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Mindee Poldrack wrote:

Hi, guys —

Was John the Baptist without sin, like Jesus and Mary?

Mindee

  { Was John the Baptist without sin, like Jesus and Mary? }

John replied:

Hi, Mindee —

No, but he was sanctified in his [mother's|Saint Elizabeth's] womb.

In other words, he was consecrated and set apart in the womb.

That doesn't mean he did not sin, nor that he was born without original sin.

It does imply that he may have received a baptismal-like grace in utero, but I don't know that the Church has ever explored the question.

John

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