Originally posted by: zombie84
The Roman Catholic doctrine of Incarnation refers to the virgin birth of Christ. Immaculate Conception and Incarnation are specifically Roman Catholic doctrines rather than generic terms for the concepts to which they refer.
Yeah, but in common understanding when you say "Immaculate conception" people understand "virgin birth." To me, it seems that since "Immaculate (free of sin, virginal) conception" is not just a title but also simply a description it is still apt to use it in this broader sense, though its true that in Catholic theology it refers to a specific event (ie Mary's conception).
The Roman Catholic doctrine of Incarnation refers to the virgin birth of Christ. Immaculate Conception and Incarnation are specifically Roman Catholic doctrines rather than generic terms for the concepts to which they refer.
Yeah, but in common understanding when you say "Immaculate conception" people understand "virgin birth." To me, it seems that since "Immaculate (free of sin, virginal) conception" is not just a title but also simply a description it is still apt to use it in this broader sense, though its true that in Catholic theology it refers to a specific event (ie Mary's conception).
Outside of the Catholic idea of sex being dirty, immaculate conception wouldn't even make any sense in regards to Anakin. Unless we are talking about physical dirtiness or messiness, but that is part of the fun... At anyrate, immaculate has never meant virginal. It may not be just a title, and it may be a decription, but even outside of Catholic doctrine it still simply means clean and doesn't refer to virgin. I don't really see any evidence of the term even being applicable in any broader sense to apply to the idea of a virgin birth other than by the misconception of what the word actually means. Even if you search "immaculate" in wikipedia (the ultimate scholarly source of information, LOL) it will redirect you to "immaculate conception" with a link at the top that say if you meant the virginal conception of Jesus Christ, see Incarnation (Christianity) or Virgin Birth of Jesus. So it is enough of a misconception that wikipedia places a direct link to the "virgin birth" page from the "immaculate conception" page, but it still recongnizes that they are two different things.
Sorry, I am certianly not trying to nitpick your work. I love the book you wrote and have even recommended it to some friends from outside the forum and they too read it and liked it. I am trying to help you with a tiny bit of constructive critisim, but I know as well as anyone when help isn't wanted it can be very annoying. If this is the case, my sincere apologies.