On 9/27/06, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sep 27, 2006, at 4:28 AM, jdiebremse wrote: > The Assumption: The dogma of the Catholic Church that at the end of > her > earthly life, Mary, mother of Jesus, "was assumed bod and soul into > heavenly glory." I was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, and do not recall anyone ever referring to the "bod" of Mary. For all we know, it was even a bodacious bod, but I really don't think it's appropriate... > ;-) I'm curious about this wink. Are you not fully on-board with the doctrine of the assumption? It's not terribly important to me either way, though I am inclined to think that it is a Churchly creation intended to exalt Mary, rather than a historical fact.
My grandmother used to say two things about this depending on her mood; either "Catholic heirarchy created this reverence of Mary because she's the most submissive role model those guys in Rome could find" or "Do you see any documentation? I don't see any documentation. The Assumption is an assumption." Ahh, I miss Gramma. Well, at least sometimes. She could be funny and pithy, but sometimes we just didn't get along. At all. For long periods of time. -- Mauro Diotallevi "Hey, Harry, you haven't done anything useful for a while -- you be the god of jello now." -- Patricia Wrede, 8/16/2006 on rasfc _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
