tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post9009031672855558968..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: Assumed or Resurrected?Bonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-61943477533164590582020-08-21T01:22:11.937-04:002020-08-21T01:22:11.937-04:00to me, she fell in a deep sleep, the Apostles buri...to me, she fell in a deep sleep, the Apostles buried her thinking she was dead, and in the tomb was awoken by the angels, who opened the tomb and helped her up to be assumed into heaven.<br /><br />then St. Thomas asks to open the tomb on the third day (again, implying bodily incorruption) on a faithful hunch, perhaps in a way a reversal from his earlier doubting of Our Lord; and they all see she is not there. yet, because the tomb was closed, it is clear the Virgin didn't do this herself, but rather the angels came to take her up to assume (heh) her Queenship.<br /><br />thus she did not resurrect nor go up by herself, which would have been signs that were reserved for her Son, or otherwise shown to the faithful. if anything, that the Assumption was so low key, Mary falling asleep then assumed when no one saw, shows even more the character of Our Lady, submissive of the Lord to the end. <br /><br />perhaps she did die, remaining incorrupted of course, but idk, do Enoch or Elijah have higher standing so as to be assumed alive? and while Mary was truly sinless, and the Assumption of her incorrupted body is proof of that, didn't that mean she could have defied bodily death due to original sin as well? then again, maybe the point the Lord was trying to make was that even Our Lady was still in a fallen human body, but precisely due to her sinless nature deserving first and foremost the real Resurrection. (the people He resurrected as miracles like St. Lazarus probably died again, yet also are part of the chorus of saints). but again, why not the Enoch and Elijah treatment if truly without even original sin?<br /><br />perhaps "dormition" as mentioned in the beginning makes more sense, avoiding the "not decay but death?" question, and specially considering how some people of that age were accidentally buried alive, and in general Our Lady's humblest submissiveness to God's will, and Him using her as a way for Christians to gain in sanctity.Noucvnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10753383716873209707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-23214961674621705242008-08-31T00:45:00.000-04:002008-08-31T00:45:00.000-04:00The dogma does not say "life". it quite deliberate...The dogma does not say "life". it quite deliberately says "at the end of her earthly sojourn." Pope Pius XII did not wish to rule on whether Our Lady actually died.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352598115559204014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-17094376591918091012008-08-12T10:19:00.000-04:002008-08-12T10:19:00.000-04:00Personally, I assume she was not resurrected.Resur...Personally, I assume she was not resurrected.<BR/><BR/>Resurrection is the end of the bodily decay, and a new and perfect body is given to each of us. <BR/><BR/>Mary did not need a new and perfect body..... nor was she subject to the death/decay due to original sin.<BR/><BR/>The Dogma expresses it well.... "...at the end of her earthly life...."<BR/><BR/>Yes, we recognize the Resurrection of her Son, but even then it occured on the third day, and the Jews of the time would understand it was NOT the fourth day, like Lazurus, when decay was irreversible.<BR/><BR/>Additionally, no relics (1st Class) exist of Mary. As methodical as they were about those things, you wonder why the early Church would not keep, or attempt to keep her relics too as they did of the martyrs..... they knew where she went and how she got there.<BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com