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The Immaculate Conception is taken as fact in the gospels, and how the Virgin Mary could conceive a child is never explained. It is one of those truths we take on faith. Yet the early church fathers, in order to defend the faith against persecutors, understood the need to offer a theological explanation. They wrote that Mary conceived when she heard the word spoken to her from the archangel.
Since then, the ear slightly aglow in paintings, or with a light from heaven shinning down from heaven upon it, or with a dove flying to it, became a symbol of receiving the indwelling word of God. The ear, the light, and the dove are all symbols of the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, speaking to us.
Since then, the ear slightly aglow in paintings, or with a light from heaven shinning down from heaven upon it, or with a dove flying to it, became a symbol of receiving the indwelling word of God. The ear, the light, and the dove are all symbols of the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, speaking to us.
