The celebrated John Duns Scotus (d. 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 <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.</answer> 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 point did his argument attempt to bring to the masses ?
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.