Act For The Immaculate Conception Of Mary
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''Act for the Immaculate Conception of Mary'' () is the name of a dramatic play, in the
Catalan language Catalan () is a Western Romance languages, Western Romance language and is the official language of Andorra, and the official language of three autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous communities in eastern Spain: Catalonia, the Balearic I ...
, likely performed in Bethlehem College in
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on May 13, 1662, to celebrate a declaration of
Pope Alexander VII Pope Alexander VII (; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667. He began his career as a vice- papal legate, and he held various d ...
in support of the idea of
Immaculate Conception The Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception. It is one of the four Mariology, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Debated by medieval theologians, it was not def ...
. The work argues for the absence of
original sin Original sin () in Christian theology refers to the condition of sinfulness that all humans share, which is inherited from Adam and Eve due to the Fall of man, Fall, involving the loss of original righteousness and the distortion of the Image ...
in the one who was to become the
Mother of God ''Theotokos'' (Greek: ) is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity. The usual Latin translations are or (approximately "parent (fem.) of God"). Familiar English translations are "Mother of God" or "God-bearer ...
. The author of the allegorical play is unknown, and only a fragment of 732 verses has been preserved. These demonstrate the ambitious nature of the play, both in literary and theological terms.


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*Diccionari de la Literatura Catalana, 2008 Catalan-language plays 1662 plays Immaculate Conception {{Catalonia-stub