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	Assumption of Mary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Roman Catholic theology and the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, the body and soul of Mary, the mother of Jesus, venerated by these denominations as the Blessed Virgin Mary or Theotokos, respectively, was taken into Heaven after the end of her earthly life.
		Mary's passage into heaven is called Assumptio BeatÃ¦ MariÃ¦ Virginis (Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary) by Roman Catholics and the Dormition of the Theotokos by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
		The Feast of the Assumption, celebrated on 15 August in both the Eastern and Western Churches, is a Public Holiday in many countries, including France, Italy, Spain, and Greece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assumption_of_Mary (375 words)

	Assumption of Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mary's passage into heaven is called the Assumption of Mary by Catholics and the Dormition of the Theotokos by the Greek Orthodox Church.
		The Feast of the Assumption, celebrated on August the 15th in both the Eastern and Western Churches, is a Public Holiday in many countries, including France, Italy, Spain, and Greece.
		The Assumption of Mary: A Belief Since Apostolic Times Father Clifford Stevens' article on the origins of the Feast of the Assumption.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Assumption_of_Mary.html (723 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Feast of the Assumption
		It is the principal feast of the Blessed Virgin.
		Today, the belief in the corporeal assumption of Mary is universal in the East and in the West; according to Benedict XIV (De Festis B.V.M., I, viii, 18) it is a probable opinion, which to deny were impious and blasphemous.
		At Piazza, in Sicily, there is a commemoration of the Assumption of Mary (double second class) the 20th of February, the anniversary of the earthquake of 1743.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02006b.htm (1140 words)

	info/guide/f/fe/feast_of_the_assumption - Info and Guide. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Assumption of Mary - Assumption of Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary's body went to Heaven along with her soul after her death, according to an ancient and widely accepted tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
		List of Turanism related subjects - nationalism-inspired pan-nationalist movements: the modern European assumption (hence the Wilsonian assumption) is that, every group of a definite distinctiveness (by default from the European perspective, linguistic distinctiveness, but can be negotiated into "racial", "tribal" or "sectarian" distinctiveness) CAN become a self-determined nation and thus IS a nation.
		For example, in the United States, the feasts of St. Joseph and of St. Peter and St. Paul are not Holy Days of Obligation, and Corpus Christi and the Epiphany are observed on the nearest Sunday.
	pheeds.com /info/guide/f/fe/feast_of_the_assumption.html (1954 words)

	Assumption
		Today, the belief in the corporeal assumption of Mary is universal in the East and in the West; according to Benedict XIV it is a probable opinion, which to deny were impious and blasphemous.
		Duchesne thinks that before the seventh century no other feast was kept at Rome, and that consequently the feast of the Assumption, found in the sacramentaries of Gelasius and Gregory, is a spurious addition made in the eighth or seventh century.
		In Central America a special feast of the Coronation of Mary in heaven is celebrated 18 Aug. The city of Gerace in Calabria keeps three successive days with the rite of a double first class, commemorating: 15th of August, the death of Mary; 16th of August, her Coronation.
	www.stjoevan.org /assumption.asp (1015 words)

	The Assumption of Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There, Mary (representing both the Church and the messianic populace) pregnant and " clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head" is attacked by "an enormous red dragon" (representing the Roman Empire in particular, and evil and persecution in general).
		On another level, the Assumption epitomizes the reconciliation of the material and spiritual world, as the human Mary enters "body and soul to heavenly glory." Carl Jung, the transpersonal psychologist, concluded that the doctrine of the Assumption reflected an acceptance of the physical world.
		Catholic Encylopedia on the Feast of the Assumption.
	saints.grettir.org /assumption.html (607 words)

	The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Under Sergius I (687-701), the Feast of the Assumption, was with the Feasts of the Nativity and the Annunciation, one of the chief Roman solemnities.
		The French historian Tillemont said that he was opposed to the doctrine of the Assumption "according to the principles of history, and not according to the principles of theology," a false distinction condemned in the modernism of the twentieth century.
		The belief in the Assumption was solemnly professed by the Armenian Bishops at the Council of Sis in 1342 (Mansi, 25, 1,185), and by the Greeks at the Council of Jerusalem in 1672.
	www.marysyellowstone.com /articles/output.php?dir=CW/Assumption_of_the_Blessed_Virgin.htm&end=2 (3600 words)

	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Duchesne thinks (Origines du culte chr., 262) that before the seventh century no other feast was kept at Rome, and that consequently the feast of the Assumption, found in the sacramentaries of Gelasius and Gregory, is a spurious addition made in the eighth or seventh century.
		The octave is privileged in the dioceses of the provinces of Sienna, Fermo, Michoacan, etc. The Greek Church continues this feast to 23 August, inclusive, and in some monasteries of Mount Athos it is protracted to 29 August (Menaea Graeca, Venice, 1880), or was, at least, formerly.
		The Birgittines kept the feast of the "Glorification of Mary" (double) 30 Aug., since St. Birgitta of Sweden says (Revel., VI, l) that Mary was taken into heaven fifteen days after her departure (Colvenerius, Cal. Mar., 30 Aug.).
	www.pax-et-veritas.org /BVM/assumtio.htm (1062 words)

	The Feast of the Assumption
		The doctrine on which the festival of the Assumption if founded, is this: that the Virgin Mary saw no corruption, that in body and in soul she was carried up to heaven, and now is invested with all power in heaven and in earth.
		The festival of the Assumption in the Romish Church is held on the 15th of August.
		The Chinese festival, founded on a similar legend, and celebrated with lanterns and chandeliers, as shown by Sir J.F. Davis in his able and graphic account of China, is equally celebrated in the month of August.
	www.biblebelievers.org.au /2bab017.htm (806 words)

	Assumption of Mary
		The Assumption was declared a dogma of the Roman Catholic faith by Pope Pius XII in 1950.
		Assumption of the Virgin (Latin assumere,"to take up") in the Roman Catholic church and the Orthodox church is the doctrine that after her death the body of Mary, the mother of Christ, was taken into heaven and reunited with her soul.
		Defined as an article of faith by Pope Pius XII in 1950, the assumption was first commemorated as the Feast of the Dormition (falling asleep) of Mary in the 6th century.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txn/assumpt.htm (720 words)

	Goffine's Devout Instructions: Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		This feast is so-called because on this day, according to a very old and pious belief, the Blessed VIrgin was, in body and soul, taken up into heaven.
		This feast is of very great antiquity; it was fixed on the 15th of August at the request of the Emperor Maurice, and afterwards, by Pope Leo IV, was extended to the whole Church.
	www.catholicforum.com /saints/gdi229.htm (624 words)

	Assumption a harvest feast
		It was as late as 1950 that Pope Pius XII formally declared the assumption of Mary body and soul into heavenly glory to be the clear teaching of the Church.
		For Protestants Mary’s assumption body and soul into heaven is the least acceptable of the Catholic Church’s teachings on Mary because it lacks a clear scriptural basis.
		The Assumption is a feast harvesting the feminine element.
	my.execpc.com /~alexis/Assumption2004.htm (2013 words)

	FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
		Among the feasts of the saints this is the solemnity of solemnities.
		Among the last named, according to the custom of arranging their feasts by the day of the week rather than the date of the month, the Assumption is fixed for the Sunday which occurs between August 12 and 18.
		The Assumption, then; will always be the national feast of France, except for those of her sons who celebrate the anniversaries of revolutions and assassinations.
	www.tldm.org /news6/assumption.htm (2617 words)

	Assumption
		On August 15, 2002 we celebrate the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.
		According to Catholic Encyclopedia, "This feast has a double object: (1) the happy departure of Mary from this life; (2) the assumption of her body into heaven.
		Feast of the Assumption - the article from Catholic Encyclopedia with articles on the history and significance of the Feast
	www.catholicmom.com /assumption.htm (210 words)

	The Assumption of Mary
		Mary's assumption shows the result of this freedom from sin--the immediate union of her whole being with her Son Jesus Christ with God at the end of her life.
		The Feast of the Assumption of Mary was celebrated in Syria.
		The Feast of the Assumption was celebrated in the city of Rome, and in France.
	www.catholicapologetics.org /ap080500.htm (507 words)

	Feast of the Assumption (Marymass) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the date of Mary's Assumption is placed from anywhere between 3 and 15 years after Our Lord's Ascension, and the place from which she was assumed is listed as Jerusalem, where her tomb has been placed since around the 6th century, though some claim Ephesus as the proper place.
		As on all Marian feasts, praying the Little Crown of the Blessed Virgin, the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, the Litany of Loreto, the Akathistos Hymn to the Theotokos, etc., would be most appropriate.
		Note: In some places in Scotland, the Feast of the Assumption has become entwined with the honoring of the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots who was beheaded by her cousin, the Protestant Elizabeth I. Great festivals are held at which a "Queen Mary" is chosen, as are 4 ladies in waiting and two knaves.
	www.kensmen.com /catholic/customstimeafterpentecost6.html (635 words)

	The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the feast has two objects – the ‘happy departure of Mary from this life’ and the &#8216;assumption of her body into heaven’.
		The Feast appears to have been celebrated in Palestine prior to 500CE and probably in August, but it was celebrated in January in other places eg on the 18th of January in Gaul in the 6th century.
		The Roman Church held the Feast of Our Lady on January 1st and it is uncertain when the Feast of the Assumption was added, although it may have been as early as the 6th century.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/modern_customs/77844 (590 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com: Saint Profile: Assumption of Mary
		The Feast of the Assumption, honouring Our Lady, was first celbrated in Palestine in the year 529.
		It was such a strong tradition in the Church, needing no confirmation, that it wasn't until November 1 1950 that Pope Pius XII declared the Assumption of Mary to be a dogma of the faith.
		This is the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980701/SAINTS/ASSUMPTION.HTM (1016 words)

	BBC - Religion & Ethics - The Assumption (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The doctrine of the Assumption teaches that at the end of her life, Mary, the mother of Christ, was taken body and soul (i.e.
		The doctrine of the Assumption was proclaimed as infallible by the Pope Pius XII on All Saints Day 1950 in the bull (formal proclamation) Munificentissimus Deus.
		The other main argument for the Assumption was that it firred well with other Catholic teaching, and would reinforce believers' faith that they too would eventually go to heaven.
	www.bbc.co.uk /religion/religions/christianity/features/original_sin/assumption.shtml (561 words)

	Assumption of the Virgin on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A forgotten Assumption of the Virgin: the reredos at St Andrew, Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
		Victor George Puotinen, 49, a former employee of the Baltimore archdiocese, was arrested Aug. 29 on charges of stealing nearly $443,000 from the archdiocese and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of...
		Czestochowa.Confession during festival of the Blessed Virgin on the 15th of August (Assumption).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-A1ssumpti.asp (439 words)

	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
		The Feast of the Assumption celebrates both the happy departure of Mary from this life by her natural death, and her assumption bodily into heaven.
		The idea of the assumption of Mary into heaven after her death is first expressed in narratives of the fifth and sixth centuries.
		On November 1, 1950, the Feast of All Saints, Pope Pius XII declared as a dogma revealed by God that "Mary, the immaculate perpetually Virgin Mother of God, after the completion of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into the glory of Heaven".
	www.wf-f.org /Assumption.html (2896 words)

	Pope Pius XII: Munificentissimus Deus
		So it was that the Feast of the Assumption was elevated from the rank which it had occupied from the beginning among the other Marian feasts to be classed among the more solemn celebrations of the entire liturgical cycle.
		And so, to cite some other examples, St. Germanus of Constantinople considered the fact that the body of Mary, the virgin Mother of God, was incorrupt and had been taken up into heaven to be in keeping, not only with her divine motherhood, but also with the special holiness of her virginal body.
		On the feast day of the Assumption, while explaining the prophet's words: "I will glorify the place of my feet,"27 he stated it as certain that the divine Redeemer had bedecked with supreme glory his most beloved Mother from whom he had received human flesh.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/pope0260b.htm (2731 words)

	STB Travel and ISIC Travelmax - Events: Feast of the Assumption (Victoria, Malta) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Celebrated in seven towns on the Mediterranean island of Malta and its sister Gozo, the Feast of the Assumption (Santa Maria) is the height of the summer season of religious festivals ( festas) and also a public holiday.
		The incessant pealing of the bells during festa week are not just a summons to an ordinary church service, instead they mark the beginning of five consecutive days of spiritual preparation which whole families flock to.
		The festivities are organised with meticulous care by the villagers and the pageantry is worthy of an occasion of State.
	travelmax.stb.com.br /sisp?fx=event&event_id=97927 (274 words)

	Feast of the Assumption, August 2003, The Good News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This dogma of the Virgin Mary's Assumption into heaven was a part of the faith entrusted to the Church, long before Pope Pius XII solemnly defined it in 1950.
		St. John of Damascus (writing in the 7 th and 8 th centuries) spoke eloquently of the Assumption of Mary saying, "It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity intact in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death.
		The assumption of Mary reveals the destiny of every human creature to share Christ's victory over death and live for eternity with God in heaven.
	www.dioceseofkalamazoo.org /Diocesan_Offices/TGN/August2003/assumption.htm (921 words)

	Feast of the Assumption 03
		This is the homily preached by Father Ray Chapman sm at his mother's Requiem Mass on August 15 2003, Feast of the Assumption.
		The feast of the Assumption of Mary that we celebrate today, in union with all members of the Catholic community throughout the world, offers us the wonderful opportunity to reflect on three significant aspects of our faith.
		In the Assumption, that moment of Mary’s death when her body and soul were taken into heaven, is the challenge for us to reflect on the contingency of our human life.
	www.kevinfbates.com /reflections/assumption_03.htm (663 words)

	The Assumption of Mary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bodily assumption is said to be the natural effect of being highly favoured or full of grace.
		A Catholic author writes: “Mary's coronation implies her preceding bodily assumption.” He wrongly assumes that this “woman” is Mary and ignores the problems of such interpretation.
		We have seen that the Assumption is neither found in Scripture nor in the early church tradition.
	www.justforcatholics.org /assumption.htm (1363 words)

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