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anhphan
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Nothing wrong with increasing my faith and love to God. Thank you.
How do you know that Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven glory?
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kill051
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This, this, a thousand times this. Clear and cogent, perfectly stated. I bow to your clarity of thought, Agatha. Thank you! 
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anhphan
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Sometimes I am misunderstood as an anti-Christ as a result of asking many questions. I’m sad and disappointed.
Of course there’s nothing wrong with that. But may I humbly suggest that you can increase your faith and love to God even more by learning to trust the teachings of His Church more fully, especially the official dogmas of the Church.
One can think of dogmas as “settled theology”, truths that are contained in divine Revelation and have been promulgated by the Magisterium of the Church.
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kill051
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I agree. It is neither a productive nor an efficient use of our time and energy, as laypersons, to ‘re-invent the wheel’ by going over and over issues that were resolved hundreds of years ago. Far better to trust the Magisterium and build from there by prayer and good works.anhphan:
Of course there’s nothing wrong with that. But may I humbly suggest that you can increase your faith and love to God even more by learning to trust the teachings of His Church more fully, especially the official dogmas of the Church.
One can think of dogmas as “settled theology”, truths that are contained in divine Revelation and have been promulgated by the Magisterium of the Church.
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Dlee
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They were talking about this yesterday on the radio - Al Kresta. His comments (my recollection) were that the assumption of Mary was prevalent by the second century. There was no talk about her burial site which would have been important to the early church. Also, there is no talk of her bones/relics and we know how the Church loves relics. Then we have the woman in Revelation, adorned with a crown, as seen in John’s visions.
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MaryEstelle2
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I suppose someone has referred to a reply I made. It was short, but not meant to be ‘short’ or snarky. My reply was based on faith, not concrete proof that was chiseled out as a message for the eons. Yes, of course, it is OK to ask questions. It is how we learn and progress. However, I was indicating that some questions have no answer, but we take on faith or as dogma. My brain is not very complex so I must rely on faith and the wisdom of others. It is the best I can do. PAX
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ZMystiCat
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As far as I’m aware, early Protestants didn’t necessarily reject the Assumption. The near-universal rejection of it among modern-day Protestants seems to have been a later development. (That’s actually really standard when it comes to Marian dogma in general.)
I don’t really see an issue with asking these types of questions. Being inquisitive is not a sin. Even Mary herself displayed an inquisitive nature when she asked the angel how she could bear a child. For some, it could strengthen their faith, especially if they come a non-Catholic background where these beliefs are attacked, and you don’t get theologians or apologists by treating Catholicism as a place where we stop thinking because others already did that.
This isn’t to say that all questions build one up. Some are frankly pointless. But I fail to see how researching how the Church concluded the Assumption would do that unless the individual already had serious issue before starting such research.
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babochka
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Seeking to understand the historical and theological background for the dogmas of the faith is not the same thing as questioning those dogmas.anhphan:
Of course there’s nothing wrong with that. But may I humbly suggest that you can increase your faith and love to God even more by learning to trust the teachings of His Church more fully, especially the official dogmas of the Church.
One can think of dogmas as “settled theology”, truths that are contained in divine Revelation and have been promulgated by the Magisterium of the Church.
Settled theology or not, learning as much as possible is one way of increasing faith. We are not called to have a blind faith.
The homily that I heard on the Feast of the Dormition was about this exact question: How do we know?
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olof1917
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The Deposit of Faith handed down to us consists of both Scripture AND Tradition. It has been handed down via tradition that our Lady was assumed into heaven. Because the Catholic Church is divinely guided and cannot mislead the faithful, Catholics have believed in the Assumption all along, even before solemnly defining it.
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SeriousQuestion
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Who is she that goes up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatic spices, myrrh, and frankincense, and of all the powders of the perfumer? Songs 3:6
Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come. For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. Songs 2:10-11
Come from Lebanon, my spouse, come from Lebanon, come: you shalt be crowned from the top of Amana, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards. Songs 4:8
Behold my beloved speaketh to me: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come. For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. Songs 2:10-11
Come from Lebanon, my spouse, come from Lebanon, come: you shalt be crowned from the top of Amana, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards. Songs 4:8
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semper_catholicus
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Because the Church has dogmatically declared it.
I agree with this statement 100%. Reading the OP’s original question though, it seemed (to me at least) that she questioning how the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary could be confirmed, hence be declared a dogma especially since it wasn’t mentioned in the Bible. In other words — to me — it sounds like she might have been questioning the dogma itself.PeterT:
Seeking to understand the historical and theological background for the dogmas of the faith is not the same thing as questioning those dogmas.anhphan:
Of course there’s nothing wrong with that. But may I humbly suggest that you can increase your faith and love to God even more by learning to trust the teachings of His Church more fully, especially the official dogmas of the Church.
One can think of dogmas as “settled theology”, truths that are contained in divine Revelation and have been promulgated by the Magisterium of the Church.
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olof1917
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If someone is misleading you, they do not represent the Catholic Church. 
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TK421
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The Magisterium teaches it.
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Francis
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yes, your right,this is an apt verse for the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary. thanks
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Ndegwahumble
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Sacred tradition
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anhphan
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Sometimes I find the dogma hard to understand so I post the question.
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TheOldColonel
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All I can say is that I’ve personally visited both locations in Isreal where Mary was assumed into heaven. So, I certainly do not question this.
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Mark121359
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Catholic theologians see the Ark of the Covenant as the most pure body of the most Blessed Virgin Mary.
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