The Assumption of Our Lady

Immaculata Magazine ^ | Oct 1980 | Rev. James M. Keane, O.S.M.

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[DieHard the Hunter]

KenTone,

I really do not want to argue with you on this thread. You have written:

> You seem to be a very, very confused person.
Not once in any of my previous posts did I ever discuss or ever mention the Assumption.
Show me in any of my posts where I discussed the Assumption with you or anyone else !!

Perhaps the confusion lies with your incorrect terminology, for you did indeed discuss the Assumption.

From markomalley's Original post:

>> Protestants as well as Catholics believe that the Body of Jesus Christ is now in heaven...
>>
>> ...This doctrine is called the Ascension and is explicitly revealed in the Bible.

and

>> ...After that, however, Protestants and Catholics part company, for Catholics believe that the body of the Blessed Virgin Mary is also in heaven. We call this doctrine the Assumption.

And from your post #18:

> The bodily ascension of Mary is not in the scriptures !!

"The Ascention" in Catholicism refers to Christ going to Heaven. "The Assumption" refers to the Virgin Mary doing the same. You can readily see that 1) your terminology was incorrect in that the two got mixed up in your post, and 2) you did indeed discuss the Assumption with me using your incorrect terminology -- and used that as your launching pad for a discussion that I really do not want to debate with you.

It drags the thread way off-topic to start talking about pagans and heathens. And, for that matter, climing all over me for quoting Herodotus to convey to you in terms that cannot be mistaken: "I Do Not Care" for this discussion -- about as much as Hippocleides did not care about disqualifying himself from marriage.

Enjoy your time on the Free Republic. I suggest paying good attention to the Moderators, and perhaps lurk a wee while to learn the flavor of what goes on in the various forums.

This particular thread is about the Virgin Mary, and most of the people here seem to be supportive of the idea of her Assumption -- or, in my case, tolerant of the concept without necessarily accepting it at face-value as a "historical fact".

Why spoil our fun?

*DieHard*

[annalex]

The Coronation of the Virgin

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[DungeonMaster]

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