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==Tradition and probable date==

==Tradition and probable date==

According to a tradition preserved in the east and the west, sometime during A.D. 40 to 44,<ref>Reading between Acts 11:30 and Acts 12:1</ref> Mary the mother of Jesus completed the course of her life on earth, and fell asleep; and she was laid in a tomb by John. Then according to ancient tradition, the Lord Jesus took her, body and soul, out of the tomb and assumed her into heaven. Her body has never been found. Two tombs are claimed: one in Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives in the Church of the Assumption; and one in Ephesus, the final home of John the Apostle, a claim which has been disputed.<ref>[https://www.seetheholyland.net/tomb-of-mary/ Tomb of Mary - See the Holy Land (seetheholyland.net)]</ref>

According to a tradition preserved in the east and the west, sometime during A.D. 40 to 44,<ref>Reading between Acts 11:30 and Acts 12:1, together with an apparent [[allusion]] in [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_corinthians/15-51 1 Corinthians 15:51 "Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed"]. Compare [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/romans/8-30.htm Romans 8:30].</ref> Mary the mother of Jesus completed the course of her life on earth, and fell asleep; and she was laid in a tomb by John. Then according to ancient tradition, the Lord Jesus took her, body and soul, out of the tomb and assumed her into heaven. Her body has never been found. Two tombs are claimed: one in Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives in the Church of the Assumption; and one in Ephesus, the final home of John the Apostle, a claim which has been disputed.<ref>[https://www.seetheholyland.net/tomb-of-mary/ Tomb of Mary - See the Holy Land (seetheholyland.net)]</ref>

Since the 3rd century [[Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]] has observed this event as the Dormition and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<ref>See [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Dormition Dormition (orthodoxwiki.org)] and [http://www.ewtn.com/library/answers/aofmary.htm Assumption (ewtn.com)]</ref>  

Since the 3rd century [[Orthodox Church|Orthodoxy]] has observed this event as the Dormition and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.<ref>See [https://orthodoxwiki.org/Dormition Dormition (orthodoxwiki.org)] and [http://www.ewtn.com/library/answers/aofmary.htm Assumption (ewtn.com)]</ref>