The term “Immaculate Conception,” a doctrine that the Roman Catholic Church formally proclaimed in 1854, not referring to the conception of Jesus, which, according to Christianity, occurred miraculously despite his mother Mary being a virgin, but to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, Anne, despite the fact that they believe this conception occurred with ordinary procreative means. (A) that the Roman Catholic Church formally proclaimed in 1854, not referring to the conception of Jesus, which, according to Christianity, occurred miraculously despite his mother Mary being a virgin, but to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, Anne, despite the fact that they believe this conception occurred with (B) that the Roman Catholic Church formally proclaimed in 1854, did not refer to the conception of Jesus, that, as Christianity says, occurred miraculously even though his mother Mary was a virgin, but to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, Anne, despite the fact that this conception is believed to be occurring by (C) of the Roman Catholic Church formally proclaimed in 1854, referring not to the conception of Jesus, that in Christianity occurred miraculously with his mother Mary being a virgin, and to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, Anne, despite the fact that this conception is believed to have occurred in (D) of the Roman Catholic Church formally proclaimed in 1854, refers not to the conception of Jesus, which, according to Christianity, occurred miraculously even though his mother Mary was a virgin, but to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, Anne, despite the fact that this conception is believed to have occurred by (E) of the Roman Catholic Church formally proclaimed in 1854, referred not to the conception of Jesus, that, as Christianity says, occurred miraculously when his mother Mary was a virgin, and to the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, Anne, despite the fact that they believe this conception occurred by For a discussion of Sentence Correction tips, as well as a full analysis of this particular question, see this blogpost: Top Six GMAT Grammar Tips for Sentence Correction Mike

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I took 4 mins on this question.

Do they ask this long questions in GMAT?

and, How should I work on my timing?

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I'm not too sure about the answer choices. If the conception is stated as a "fact" then why is it being debated over by the author?
But I guess I should ignore this since all the answer choices are using "fact". I just brought it up because a similar question, which I solved before, had a "fact" issue

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Hello SUV0508,

We hope this finds you well.

To provide some clarity, the meaning of this sentence is that a certain doctrine of the church says something, even though it is a fact that information contrary to this doctrine is believed to be true; in other words, the sentence is not saying that the information that contradicts the doctrine is a fact; it is saying that it is a fact that there is a belief that the information is true.

We hope this helps.
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