The celebrated John Duns Scotus (d. 1308), a Friar Minor like Saint Bonaventure, argued, on the contrary, <answer>that from a rational point of view it was certainly as little derogatory to the merits of Christ</answer> 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. Proposing a solution to the theological problem of reconciling the doctrine with that of universal redemption in Christ, he argued that Mary's immaculate conception did not remove her from redemption by Christ; rather it was the result of a more perfect redemption granted her because of her special role in salvation history.
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