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The idea of The Immaculate Conception is inconceivable ... "
Doubting Thomas

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inconceivable
ADJECTIVE
not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable:
"it seemed inconceivable that he had been unaware of what was going on" · "they behaved with inconceivable cruelty"
SIMILAR:
beyond belief
unbelievable
incredible
unthinkable
unimaginable
unimagined
impossible
out of the question
preposterous
ridiculous
ludicrous
absurd
incomprehensible

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German
ADJECTIVE
unvorstellbar
undenkbar

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conceive
VERB
become pregnant with (a child):
"she was conceived when her father was 49"
(of a woman) become pregnant:
"five months ago Wendy conceived"
SIMILAR:
get pregnant
become pregnant

form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind:
"the dam project was originally conceived in 1977";·;"a brilliantly conceived and executed robbery"
SIMILAR:
think up
think of

form a mental representation of; imagine:
"without society an individual cannot be conceived as having rights";·;"we could not conceive of such things happening to us"
SIMILAR:
imagine
envisage
visualize


Translate conceive to

verb
begreifen
konzipieren

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The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Debated by medieval theologians, it was not defined as a dogma until 1854, by Pope Pius IX in the papal bull Ineffabilis Deus. While the immaculate Conception asserts Mary's freedom from original sin, the Council of Trent, held between 1545 and 1563, had previously affirmed her freedom from personal sin.

The Immaculate Conception became a popular subject in literature, but its abstract nature meant it was late in appearing as a subject in works of art. The iconography of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception shows Mary standing, with arms outstretched or hands clasped in prayer. The feast day of the Immaculate Conception is December 8.

Many Protestant churches rejected the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception as unscriptural, though some Anglicans accept it as a pious devotion. Opinions on the Immaculate Conception in Oriental Orthodoxy are divided: Shenouda III, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, opposed the teaching, as did Patriarch Ignatius Zakka I of the Syriac Orthodox Church; the Eritrean and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo accept it. It is not accepted by Eastern Orthodoxy due to differences in the understanding of original sin, although they do affirm Mary's purity and preservation from sin. Patriarch Anthimus VII of Constantinople (1827–1913) characterized the dogma of the Immaculate Conception as a "Roman novelty".

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A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience – a reference to the Gospel of John's depiction of the Apostle Thomas, who, in John's account, refused to believe the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles until he could see and feel Jesus's crucifixion wounds.

In art, the episode (formally called the Incredulity of Thomas) has been frequently depicted since at least the 15th century, with its depiction reflecting a range of theological interpretations.