When someone asks, "Where in the Bible does it say Mary was sinless?” the first thing to understand from an Eastern Orthodox perspective is that Scripture itself teaches us that the Church—not the Bible alone—is the pillar and foundation of the truth. Christ promised that “the gates of hell shall not overcome the Church” (Matthew 16:18), and St. Paul explicitly calls the Church “the pillar and foundation of the truth” (1 Timothy 3:15). Christ also promised His apostles that t

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