Is the statement "I am the Immaculate Conception" pertaining to a Divine Person?
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In the Lourdes apparition in 1858, the young Bernadette asked a question to a Lady in her vision, saying....
*"Who are you?"*
The Lady answered, **"I am the Immaculate Conception".**
Was the answer pertaining to a Divine Person speaking before Bernadette?
Was the Lady introduced Herself as a Divine Being?
https://ollsm.com/story-of-lourdes#:~:text=Our%20Lady%20of%20Lourdes%20is,properties%2C%20active%20to%20this%20day .
**Note:** The Dogma of the Immaculate Conception is not about a Divine Person, but how the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived, as the dogma clearly stated,
"...at the first instance of conception, Mary was free from all stain of original sin..."
>**What Is the Immaculate Conception?**
>The Immaculate Conception is a Catholic dogma that states that Mary, whose conception was brought about the normal way, was conceived without original sin or its stain. That’s what “immaculate” means: without stain.
https://www.catholic.com/tract/immaculate-conception-and-assumption
Clearly, the dogma is not referring to a Divine Person, but describing how Mary was conceived free from original sin and its stain.
Now back to specific question.
The young Bernadette asked, *"Who are you?"*
Clearly, this is asking who is the person that she was seeing, and not how this person is conceived.
So, when the Lady in the vision answered,
**"I am the Immaculate Conception"**
*Was the Lady introducing a Divine Being, a different being from Herself?*
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