Introduction
The Assumption of Mary is a belief shared by Orthodox and Catholics, but not shared by Protestant Christians.
The Assumption of Mary has been celebrated throughout the church since before the 5th century. The Feast of the Assumption was established in the eastern church on the 15th August by Emperor Maurice in about 600 AD. In the East it is called the Feast of the Dormition. It was brought to the West in the 7th century where it later changed its name to Feast of the Assumption.
At the Reformation most Protestants ceased to venerate Mary. The Lutheran Church retained the 15th August but in a lesser way as a celebration of ‘Mary, Mother of Our Lord’, while the Anglican Church dropped this festival in 1549.
I, personally, do believe in the assumption of Mary – that her body was taken up after she died. I am also very familiar with Rosary groups and other devotions having been a Catholic, but I think an over-emphasis on Mary is not the right way to go and over-piousness is not a good option.
This article will cite various pseudepigrapha writings as these have been used to derive certain beliefs or originate from certain beliefs about Mary.
I will attempt to find out whether Mary lived the last years of her life in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, and when she died was buried in a tomb near Gethsemani, or if she went to Ephesus with the apostle John? It would mean that the assumption took place in Turkey rather than in Judea.
NB The images used for these posts are decorative, not documentary.
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Hi Clare
I have been catching up with a few of your posts recently. They are very good in that they put across important points in a succinct fashion. Today, on the Feast of the Assumption, I found your posts on Mary particularly helpful. So thank you!
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