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Additionally, Munificentissimus Deus clearly and repeatedly refers to the death (and resurrection) of the Theotokos. While the dogmatic proclamation did not mention her death, it is significant that the document which contains (and explains) her Assumption references her bodily death and/or resurrection in ten separate places.Justin_Mary:
I’m not sure that the Latin Church denies this. From apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus, “that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory,” it kind of leaves it open to interpretation. However, most Roman Catholic scholars believe that it was the consensus of the early Church that she did pass away.
Dr. Ludwig Ott in his piece Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma writes, “common opinion” of the tradition that the the Virgin Mary died.
Pope Pius, writing about the early Christians states, “that the great Mother of God … had actually passed from this life. But this in no way prevented them from believing and from professing openly that her sacred body had never been subject to the corruption of the tomb, and that the august tabernacle of the Divine Word had never been reduced to dust and ashes.”
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