The proof of the Immaculate Conception contained in the
formula of St. Anselm, Potuit, decuit,
ergo fecit (“the Immaculate Conception was possible, it was fitting,
therefore God accomplished it”), carries conviction to every faithful mind.
When we consider the origin of Mary in the Father’s eternal mind, and her close
association with the Divinity as described above, we cannot help feeling that
God “was bound” to give His daughter every privilege that was possible and
becoming: the ergo fecit follows with
almost metaphysical cogency. The “Holy Virgin, the Daughter of God, the true
Eve,” must be perfectly stainless. (Joseph Wilhelm and Thomas B. Scannell, A Manual of Catholic
Theology: Based on Scheeben’s “Dogmatik,” 2 vols. [3d ed; London: Kegan Paul,
Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1908], 2:216)
The preservation from original sin, is, according to
Scotus, the most perfect kind of redemption. Thus, it was fitting that Christ
should redeem His mother in this manner. (Ludwig Ott, Fundamentals of
Catholic Dogma [St Louis, Miss.: B. Herder Book Company, 1957], 202)
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