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Did St. Augustine Write about the Assumption of the Virgin Mary?
I am currently investigating Catholic/Protestant theological differences. In trying to understand arguments about the immaculate conception of Mary, I began reading St. Thomas Aquinas, when I stumbled ...
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Did the Early Church Fathers believe that Mary was the queen of heaven?
Both the Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians believe that the blessed Virgin Mary when she ascended into heaven was crowned as the queen of heaven by our Lord Jesus Christ, did any of the Early ...
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If Catholics believe new revelation from God has ceased, how do they defend the Marian dogmas?
The Marian dogmas are taught by the Catholic Church, but it is commonly held that some of the Marian doctrines such as her bodily accent to heaven are not biblical. But if Catholics believe revelation ...
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How does the revelation of Blessed Emmerich harmonize the teaching of Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy in Mary's Assumption?
Pope Pius XII proclamation on the Dogma of Mary's Assumption in 1950 (Munificentissimus Deus) was silent on how Mary's death description was.
Eastern Orthodox believed in dormition.
There are also ...
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How does the existence of the Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary fit with the Assumption of Mary?
One site that tourists can visit in Jerusalem is the Tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. But Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians believe in the Assumption of Mary (that she was taken body and soul ...
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What is the source of this quote testifying Mary's assumption?
In the article, The Assumption of Mary: A Belief since Apostolic Times of EWTN it states:
At the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when bishops from throughout the Mediterranean world gathered in ...
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Why are the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of Mary such a big deal that all Catholics must believe in them?
As described in this answer to a question about infallible papal statements, there are two teachings that were clearly given ex cathedra: the Immaculate Conception (that Mary, mother of Jesus, was ...
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Does the church have any teachings on whether the Assumption of Mary occurred indoors?
This question is addressed to East Orthodox or Catholics that hold to the teaching of Mary's assumption.
Is there any dogma or tradition concerning whether she was assumed while indoors? And if she ...
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Assumption of Mary (Salvific issue) Catholic
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A protestant made the following two arguments about the assumption of Mary:
A catholic that doesn't accept the assumption of Mary will be excommunicated from the Catholic church
A ...
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How is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrated within the domestic church, that is, within the Catholic family?
I've heard that in Columbia there is a rich tradition around celebrating the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. It's a very important feast in the Catholic Church, but it's usually not observed ...
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Why did Calvin reject these Catholic doctrines about Mary?
The Catholic Church has a few teachings about the Mother of our Lord that are not accepted by many Protestants. This is not evident in the doctrines of many early Protestant reformers including Luther,...
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What is the biblical basis for the Catholic and Eastern doctrines of the Assumption of Mary?
Catholic doctrine asserts that Mary the Mother of Jesus was not only without sin and ever-virgin, but that she also ascended into Heaven. Some Eastern traditions hold that she even died, then was ...
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Books of NT written after the assumption of Mary
Assuming for the moment that the Assumption of Mary is a historical event (a statement with which certainly some Christians disagree), which books of the New Testament can be considered as written ...
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What is the Catholic theological basis for the Munificentissimus Deus?
If you are looking for direct scriptural proof of this dogma, you will not find any. Mary’s Assumption was not explicitly recorded in Scripture. However, Pope Pius XII formally defined the dogma of ...
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Was the Assumption of Mary a belief in the early church?
Was the Assumption of Mary a belief in the early church? If so, where's the evidence?
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life is a defined dogma of the ...
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What is the Biblical basis for the belief that Mary and/or other saints are in heaven? [duplicate]
The Assumption of Mary states that after she died on Earth she went to Heaven.
What is the Biblical basis for the idea that she, or any other person who died after Jesus' resurrection, is already in ...
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