The Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary to Heaven
Aug-15: Feast of The Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary to Heaven In 1950, Pope Pius XII defined Mary's Assumption into Heaven as a dogma of Roman Catholicism, in the encyclical: Munificentissimus Deus . I quote: " The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heaven. " Unquote. The word Assumption comes from the Latin verb assumere , meaning "to take to oneself." Our Lord, Jesus Christ took Mary home to himself where he is when she died, just as Enoch and Elijah had been taken up body and soul to Heaven at the end of their lives (Genesis 5:24; 2 Kings 2:11). The Assumption of Mary (“ Dormition of Mary ” in the Eastern Churches) to Heaven is unlike the Ascension of Jesus to Heaven. Jesus Christ ascended into Heaven by His own power. In contrast, Mary is believed to have been taken up into Heaven by God. Furthermore, Pope Pius XII declared, "The Most Bl...