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The [[Old Testament]] figures Enoch and Elijah were taken up into Heaven as well.<ref>[http://biblehub.com/commentaries/genesis/5-24.htm Genesis 5:24] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_kings/2-11.htm 2 Kings 2:11]</ref>  

The [[Old Testament]] figures Enoch and Elijah were taken up into Heaven as well.<ref>[http://biblehub.com/commentaries/genesis/5-24.htm Genesis 5:24] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/2_kings/2-11.htm 2 Kings 2:11]</ref>  

In 1950, [[Pope Pius XII]] formally declared the Assumption of Mary to be dogma in an [[Encyclical|Apostolic Constitution ''Munificentissimus Deus'']]. Though only declared a dogma in modern times, the belief has existed in the Catholic Church for hundreds of years. The Assumption of Mary is celebrated as the [[Feast of the Assumption]] on August 15.

In 1950, [[Pope Pius XII]] formally declared the Assumption of Mary to be dogma in an [[Encyclical|Apostolic Constitution ''Munificentissimus Deus'']]. Though only declared a dogma in modern times, the belief has existed in the Catholic Church for hundreds of years. The dogmatic Apostolic Constitution definitively closed all debate regarding the doctrine, finally declaring it to be an official certainty beyond all possible doubting by the Christian faithful, all uncertainty of speculative theological debate and doubt about it henceforth illicit and heretical. The Assumption of Mary is celebrated as the [[Feast of the Assumption]] on August 15.

The Assumption of Mary is also a teaching in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (Called the "Dormition" in that Church) and several other churches, but it is not part of those denominations' dogma.

The Assumption of Mary is also a teaching in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] (Called the "Dormition" in that Church) and several other churches, but it is not part of those denominations' dogma.