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Assumption of Mary (view source)
Revision as of 11:33, September 25, 2019
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The '''Assumption of Mary''' is the [[dogma]] in the [[Catholic Church]] that [[Mary]] was "assumed" or taken up into [[Heaven]] both [[soul]] and [[body]]. Thus, in Catholic belief, [[Jesus]] ''rose'' bodily into Heaven, whereas Mary was ''taken'', bodily, to Heaven by God. The first is therefore termed an "Ascension" and the second an "Assumption."
The '''Assumption of Mary''' is the [[dogma]] in the [[Catholic Church]] that [[Mary]] was "assumed" or taken up into [[Heaven]] both [[soul]] and [[body]]. Thus, in Catholic belief, there is a fundamental distinction: [[Jesus]] ''rose'' bodily into Heaven, whereas Mary was ''taken'', bodily, to Heaven by God. The first is therefore termed an "Ascension" and the second an "Assumption."
The [[Old Testament]] figures Enoch and Elijah were taken up into Heaven as well.
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. 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. 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.
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.
==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, and one in Ephesus, the final home of John the Apostle.
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>
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.
==References==
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