Immaculate Conception

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Christianity Roman Catholicism Assumption Visitation Annunciation Theotokos biblical literature Jesus Baptist Passion of Jesus Protestantism patristic literature

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Pope Pius IX

Pius IX

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Blessed John Duns Scotus

Scottish philosopher and theologian

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