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Assumption of Mary (view source)
Revision as of 15:45, September 25, 2019
, 15:45, September 25, 2019→Tradition and probable date: cited documented history - Patriarch of Jerusalem answered request of Emperor Marcian at Council of Chalcedon 451 saying there were no relics of Mary, explaining that when her tomb was opened it was empty.
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>
The tradition is an established matter of ancient record.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0832.htm Apocryphal Works on the Assumption of Mary (newadvent.org)] ''from the [[Ante-Nicene Fathers]]''<br>—The Account of St. John the Theologian of the Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God (''St. John the Apostle'')<br>—The Passing of Mary: <br>—First Latin Form ''Concerning the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary''<br>—Second Latin Form ''Here Begins the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary''</ref> <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm Feast of the Assumption (newadvent.org)]</ref>
The tradition is an established matter of ancient record.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0832.htm Apocryphal Works on the Assumption of Mary (newadvent.org)] ''from the [[Ante-Nicene Fathers]]''<br>—The Account of St. John the Theologian of the Falling Asleep of the Holy Mother of God (''St. John the Apostle'')<br>—The Passing of Mary: <br>—First Latin Form ''Concerning the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary''<br>—Second Latin Form ''Here Begins the Passing of the Blessed Virgin Mary''</ref> <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02006b.htm Feast of the Assumption (newadvent.org)]</ref>
The fact of the assumption of Mary was clarified at the [[Council of Chalcedon]] in 451, when bishops from throughout the Mediterranean world gathered in [[Constantinople]]. Emperor Marcian requested that the Patriarch of Jerusalem bring the relics of Mary to Constantinople so that they could be enshrined in the capitol. But there were no relics. The patriarch explained to the emperor that there were no relics of Mary in Jerusalem, that
:“Mary had died in the presence of the apostles; but her tomb, when opened later ... was found empty and so the apostles concluded that the body was taken up into heaven.”
There has been no universal agreement on whether she actually died.<ref>[https://www.thoughtco.com/virgin-mary-die-before-her-assumption-542100 Did Virgin Mary Die Before Assumption? by Scott P. Richert (thoughtco.com)]</ref> The dogma proclaimed by Pope Pius XIII in 1950 in accordance with the ancient apostolic Christian tradition in the East and the West holds that Mary the mother of Jesus "''having completed the course of her life on earth''" was taken body and soul into heaven by her Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. The dogma does not state that she died, only that she was assumed body and soul into heaven when she had completed the course of her life on earth.
There has been no universal agreement on whether she actually died.<ref>[https://www.thoughtco.com/virgin-mary-die-before-her-assumption-542100 Did Virgin Mary Die Before Assumption? by Scott P. Richert (thoughtco.com)]</ref> The dogma proclaimed by Pope Pius XIII in 1950 in accordance with the ancient apostolic Christian tradition in the East and the West holds that Mary the mother of Jesus "''having completed the course of her life on earth''" was taken body and soul into heaven by her Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. The dogma does not state that she died, only that she was assumed body and soul into heaven when she had completed the course of her life on earth.