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Mousey
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The 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia states that Mary died this was the traditional teaching until recently.Definition of Dormation of the B.V.M. in my Catholic Encyclopedia says,
" Dormation refers to the falling into sleep, rather than death, of the Blessed Mother. Also, this term is sometimes applied to the Assumption."
God Bless, Memaw
I went to school in the fifties the sisters taught that Mary died.I was taught in Catholic school that she was assumed into Heaven body and soul … I was not taught that she died first.
I do believe that she did not die is a recent teaching as evident by the Encyclopedia from 1917