Where in the bible is the Immaculate Conception?

Answer 1

In his Apostolic Constitution Ineffabilis Deus (8 December 1854), which officially defined the Immaculate Conception as dogma for the Catholic Church, Pope Pius IX primarily appealed to the text of Genesis 3:15, where the serpent was told by God, "I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and her seed". According to the Catholic understanding, this was a prophecy that foretold of a "woman" who would always be at enmity with the serpent-that is, a woman who would never be under the power of sin, nor in bondage to the serpent. Some Catholic theologians have also claimed the angel Gabriel's salutation to Mary at the Annunciation (Luke 1:28) as scriptural evidence for the Immaculate Conception. The verse "Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee", "Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te" (Vulgate), from the Song of Solomon (4.7) was also regarded as a scriptural confirmation of the doctrine, and as maculais Latin for "spot" or "stain", is probably responsible for its name.