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Michelle and T.D., both of you are conflating several issues. What St. John the Baptist did or did not do is completely irrelevant to the subject of the necessity of the sacraments for salvation. In the case of our Lady the logic is simple:Major: The sacraments are necessary for salvation for Catholics (Trent)minor: The Mother of the Church (Mary) was a CatholicErgo: The sacraments (baptism) are necessary for MaryIt is theologically certain that Mary was a Catholic. It is therefore theologically certain that she was baptized. Baptism imprints the character which marks the soul as it were. There is no need to overthink this point.
Very True. Our Lady didn’t need a redeemer because She never had Original Sin. But (in the Magnificat prayer) She calls Our Lord Her Savior because even though She was sinless, She still needed the grace of baptism and the baptismal character (ie wedding garment) to enter heaven.
Our Lady absolutely needed a Savior. All the graces she received and her Immaculate Conception were paid for in advance by our Lord.
That’s exactly what I said. The act of Christ as a Redeemer is different from His act as a Savior.