Assumption of Enoch and Elijah?

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Why were Enoch and Elijah assumed into heaven a la Mary the mother of god?

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That they were assumed is not Church teaching. Some believe that they were simply taken into a “timewarp” with their human bodies.

It is also held by some that they are the “two witnesses” in the Apocalypse whose deaths have only been deferred until then.

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Why were Enoch and Elijah assumed into heaven a la Mary the mother of god?

Any ideas?
Enoch because he “walked with God” - Genesis 5:24, and Elijah for his “great zeal for the Law.” - 1 Maccabees 2:58. The Bible is very vauge on these two matters.
 
Why were Enoch and Elijah assumed into heaven a la Mary the mother of god?

Any ideas?
As GEddie said, it is not Church doctrine that they were assumed a la Mary. He mentioned an alternative theory – I will just say that I’ve never heard the time warp theory. I’ve only heard two theories: one theory is that they were assumed a la Mary (that’s the theory I believe), and another is that they died during their upward journey. (Elijah because the chariot he rode on was on fire, not sure why for Enoch.) I think we as Catholics are allowed to believe in several theories about what happened to those guys as long as we hold to what Scripture says, because that’s the core. Enoch was taken to heaven; Elijah went up to heaven in a chariot of fire. Whether to call that an Assumption a la Mary is up to you, but yeah, that’s what I do.
 
Saint Thomas Aquinas said that Elijah was not assumed into heaven, but to a place of happiness. He didn’t say more than this about this place.

According to Catholic belief, no one went to heaven before Christ descended to the dead, after he died on the cross, and announced the way of salvation to just men who had already died, and freed them to enter heaven. There is no problem about the Virgin Mary ascending into heaven because she ascended into heaven after this.
 
Why were Enoch and Elijah assumed into heaven a la Mary the mother of god?

Any ideas?
Just Bible stories.
This topic gets done to death every six months.
Just do a search and you will get more info than you ever wanted.
 
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