SOLEMNITY OF THE
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
August 15
"Therefore,
having directed humble and repeated prayers to God, and having invoked
the light of the Spirit of Truth; to the glory of almighty God who has
bestowed His special bounty on the
Virgin Mary, for the honor of His Son, the immortal king of ages and
victor over sin and death, for the great glory of His august mother, and
for the joy and exultation of the whole Church; by the authority of Our
Lord Jesus Christ, of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul, and by our
own authority, we PROCLAIM, DECLARE AND DEFINE AS A DOGMA REVEALED BY
GOD: THE IMMACULATE MOTHER OF GOD, MARY EVER VIRGIN, WHEN THE COURSE OF
HER EARTHLY LIFE WAS FINISHED, WAS TAKEN UP BODY AND SOUL TO THE GLORY
OF HEAVEN. Wherefore, if anyone, which God forbid, should willfully dare
to to deny or call in doubt what has been defined by Us, let him know
that he certainly has abandoned the divine and Catholic faith."
- Pope Pius XII
Munificentissimus Deus
Nov. 1, 1950
(Upper Photo shows the Assumption of Mary into Heaven, Right side photo depicts Pope Pius XII solemnly defining the Dogma of the Assumption and invoking his infallible authority to define dogma.)
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