The immaculate conception?? Christmas?

The Annunciation, celebrated in Roman Catholicism on March 25. It remembers the day when the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would become the mother of Christ.

Presumably it's the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

I have never heard of such a feast as this. I am Methodist and know that we do not celebrate this. Since Jews do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God, they would not celebrate this. Is this a Catholic celebration? I know there are many other religions, but these three cover the basics. If it is-I too would like to know more about it. I truly do not mean any offense to anyones religion. In His grasp, <:))))<>< My salvation and my honor depend on God; He is my mighty rock, my refuge.--Psalm 62:7 Edit: Thanks to singwell for that great answer. It was a Catholic celebration as I first suspected.

Christmas celebrates Jesus' birth, and the AImmaculate Conception celebrates Mary being Immaculate or pure. Although, I'm not quite sure to what the answer is but i need it for my homework. sorry

The feast of Annunciation

the annunciation...not the immaculate conception..the immaculate conception refers to the time when the blessed virgin mary was conceived without sin by saint anne

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ITS THE ANNUCIATION!

the Annunciation 1) "In Christianity, the Annunciation (ΕυαγγελισμÏŒς της ΘεοτÏŒκου, in Greek) is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus by the archangel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God. The Christian churches celebrate this with the feast of Annunciation on March 25, which as the Incarnation is nine months before the feast of the Nativity of Jesus, or Christmas. The date of the Annunciation also marked the New Year in many places, including England (where it is called Lady Day). Both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths hold that the Annunciation took place in the then village of Nazareth, but differ as to where exactly. The Catholic Church of the Annunciation marks the site preferred by the former, while the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation marks that of the latter." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annunciation 2) "The doctrine of the Incarnation of Christ is the belief that the second person in the Christian Godhead, also known as the Son or the Logos (Word), "became flesh" when he was miraculously conceived in the womb of the Virgin Mary. In the Incarnation, the divine nature of the Son was united with human nature in one divine Person Jesus Christ, who was both "truly God and truly man". The incarnation is commemorated and celebrated each year at the Feast of the Incarnation, also known as Annunciation. The doctrine is central to the traditional Christian faith as held by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, and most Protestants." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarnation_%28Christianity%29 3) "The virgin conception of Jesus is sometimes mistakenly referred to as the "Immaculate Conception." However, the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, taught by the Roman Catholic Church, relates to the conception of Mary, not that of Jesus. It states that she was conceived "without the stain of original sin". In contrast to the doctrinal view of Jesus' conception, Mary was conceived in the ordinary way, with a human father as well as a human mother. Catholic and Orthodox tradition records her parents' names as Joachim and Anna/Anne, or Jehoiakim and Hannah in Hebrew). Whilst Protestant and Orthodox denominations adhere to the doctrine of the Virgin Birth, they do not adhere to the idea of Mary's Immaculate Conception, and, unlike Reformers like Martin Luther,John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli, many Protestants do not adhere to the belief in her perpetual virginity." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Birth_of_Jesus 4) "The Immaculate Conception is, according to Roman Catholic dogma, the conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus without any stain of original sin, in her mother's womb: the dogma thus says that, from the first moment of her existence, she was preserved by God from the lack of sanctifying grace that afflicts mankind, and that she was instead filled with divine grace. It is further believed that she lived a life completely free from sin. Her immaculate conception in the womb of her mother, by normal sexual intercourse (Christian tradition identifies her parents as Sts. Joachim and Anne), should not be confused with the doctrine of the virginal conception of her son Jesus. The feast of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated on December 8, was established as a universal feast in 1476 by Pope Sixtus IV. He did not define the doctrine as a dogma, thus leaving Roman Catholics freedom to believe in it or not without being accused of heresy; this freedom was reiterated by the Council of Trent. The existence of the feast was a strong indication of the Church's belief in the Immaculate Conception, even before its 19th century definition as a dogma. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Holy Day of Obligation, except where conferences of bishops have decided, with the approval of the Holy See, not to maintain it as such. It is a public holiday in some countries where Roman Catholicism is predominant e.g. Italy. In the Philippines, although this is not a public holiday, the predominance of Catholic Schools make it almost a holiday. The Immaculate Conception was solemnly defined as a dogma by Pope Pius IX in his constitution Ineffabilis Deus, on December 8, 1854. The Roman Catholic Church believes the dogma is supported by Scripture (e.g. Mary's being greeted by Angel Gabriel as "full of grace" or "highly favoured"), as well as either directly or indirectly by the writings of many of the Church Fathers, and often calls Mary the Blessed Virgin (Luke 1:48). Catholic theology maintains that, since Jesus became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, it was fitting that she be completely free of sin for expressing her fiat. (Ott, Fund., Bk 3, Pt. 3, Ch. 2, §3.1.e). For the Roman Catholic Church the dogma of the Immaculate Conception gained additional significance from the apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes in 1858. In Lourdes a 14-year-old girl, Bernadette Soubirous, claimed a beautiful lady appeared to her. The lady identified herself as "the Immaculate Conception" and the faithful believe her to be the Blessed Virgin Mary. Now, the Roman Catholic tradition has a well established philosophy for the study of Immaculate Conception and the veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary via the field of Mariology with Pontifical schools such as the Marianum specifically devoted to this task." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception

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