1308), a Friar Minor like Saint Bonaventure, argued, on the contrary, that from a rational point of view it was certainly as little derogatory to the merits of Christ to assert that Mary was by him preserved from all taint of sin, as to say that she first contracted it and then was delivered.
What did the the monk of minor believe to be true of Mary ?
that from a rational point of view it was certainly as little derogatory to the merits of Christ