When was the Assumption of the Virgin Mary first celebrated?

Answer 1

The bodily assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the next obvious and nesseccary step in salvation history, that it's a wonder it took so long to declare it dogma (or, official church teaching). Throughout modern history, the Madonna has been appearing in bodily form, to warn about wars (the Fatima apparitions), to help convert the pagan population of the "New World"--it wasn't new to the natives (Our Lady of Guadalupe), and she appeared to Bernadette at Lourdes. I don't believe any of these apparitions would have held as much sway if the messages were delivered by a disembodied spirit

Answer 2

Whilst this has been a traditional belief amongst some parts of the Christian church (notably the Roman Catholics), it is not supported anywhere by any scriptural reference.

On the contrary scripture indicates that Mary was a mortal woman like all others. She was a blessed one who undertook a very important role but she was human and therefore died like everyone else. This is the belief of all Protestant denominations.

The only biblical references to people going straight into the heavenly realm without physically dying are to Enoch and Elijah.

Catholic doctrines are based on both the teachings of Jesus and the Apostles that were written in Scripture, and those that were recorded in other documents. The Catholic Church refers to this second source collectively as "Tradition." It is on this source that the Church bases the doctrine of the Assumption. There are many ancient references to Mary's body having been taken to heaven. It is not known whether or not she died, and the assumtion itself has nothing to do with whether she died. It has to do with her body being taken to heaven. Not every religious event is recorded in the Bible.

As for the date, it was probably somewhere between 30 and 60 AD.

Answer 3

The entry on the Assumption of Mary in the New Advent Encyclopedia (see the Related Link below) says that the feast of the Assumption was celebrated in Palestine before the year 500, probably in August.

Answer 4

A:In 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Munificentissimus Deus : "By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory."

Bishop Geoffrey Robinson (Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church) believes that the pope's teaching on this subject was not infallible because a clause in Pastor Aeternalis, which defined papal infallibility in 1870, means that the pope can not infallibly define a new doctrine (chapter 4):

"6. For the Holy Spirit was promised to the successors of Peter not so that they might, by his revelation, make known some new doctrine, but that, by his assistance, they might religiously guard and faithfully expound the revelation or deposit of faith transmitted by the apostles."

As Pope Pius himself stated, he was pronouncing a new doctrine from divine revelation, not expounding a matter transmitted by the apostles. Bishop Robinson does not say the Assumption of Mary is not true, merely that Pope Pius XII did not infallibly define it to be.

Answer 5

Mary was probably born about the year 15 BC.

Answer 6

The Assumption is commonly celebrated on August 15

Answer 7

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church was created in 1881.

Answer 8

The date and even the year is unknown. However, it would have occurred either at the end of Mary's life on earth or within a few days after she was buried.