I meant that Mary was saved from Original Sin before birth. God did this for her. It wasn't anything she did for herself. Is that better?
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Not one microscopic shred of Scripture supports the least bit of that.
I'll agree you can't "prove" it from scripture. But I'll say again that we Roaming Calflicks don't look at Scripture the way many Protestants do.
"Not one microscopic shred of Scripture supports the least bit of that."
Maybe not in your world. That is where we differ. You have your "If it's not specifically spelled out in modern day terms here in the bible than it can't possibly be true" religion and I have my "read the bible as a whole and see how it melds together instead of pulling out one verse here and one verse there" religion.
Scripture has been given time and time again and you choose to not see it. Whatever. Thankfully, I have the Church God gave us and His promise to not let the gates of hell prevail against it. I have the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church with it's complete Bible and rich history and Tradition. All these arguments have been hashed out over and over again in the past. I can go back and see what others believed and how they came to those conclusions and compare it to what I have read and what I believe. You have your interpretation and I have mine which is backed by the Church. I feel sorry for you that you are missing out on so much with the narrow and unbiblical Sola Scriptura.
Not only do I read the bible on my own but I get to hear the entire thing read to me in Mass over the course of three years. If I don't make it to Mass that day I read the daily readings. I get the connection between Old and New every day. I was telling a friend earlier how much I love the Bible and all the mysteries it holds for me. I love discovering/learning how it all melds together. Even though I've already read it, I get a deeper understanding and appreciate for it daily.
The way the Sola Scriptura crowd is constantly crying, "Where is that in Scripture?" gets so old! It's insulting, really. It's implying that we don't know the bible. It's so tiring! Yes, I realize that is a weakness of my own that I need to get over. Offer it up to God.