[Column 1] Under the Law

St. Thomas and the Immaculate Conception (Editorial Note)

The privilege of the Virgin-Mother of God and the supreme prerogative of her Son may be seen from the following diagram:

The Law and Course of Original Sin.

[The following content was presented in the form of a three-column table in the original.]

All descendants from Adam.

Spring from Adam materially and seminally.

The body lies (not under the guilt, but) under the effects of original sin.

The stricken body dispositively causes the soul to contract the guilt of original sin.

The soul at the moment of union with the body contracts the stain.

All contract both debt and stain.

All need a Redeemer to destroy the stain contracted.