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Fit Us For Heaven
The Assumption of MaryThursday 15th August, 2024Some Initial ObjectionsThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the belief that Mary the mother of Jesus, having completed her earthly life was assumed, body and soul, into heavenly glory to be with her Son.More will be said about that in a moment, but how do we make sense of this belief as Anglicans? The Reformation anxiety about such beliefs is that there is no clear Scriptural foundation for it. Additionally, there is not even a clear tradition of the Assumption for the first four or five centuries of the Christian Church. You would think…
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