Here is an interesting comment from church historian J.N.D. Kelly regarding the early church fathers' view of the question of whether Mary was free from the stain of original sin.
"In contrast to the later belief in her moral and spiritual perfection, none of these theologians had the least scruple about attributing faults to her. Irenaeus and Tertullian recalled occasions on which, as they read the gospel stories, she had earned her Son's rebuke, and Origen insisted that, like all human beings, she needed redemption from her sins" (J.N.D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, Fifth Edition, pg. 493)
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