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To: RobbyS
And no one knows Mary’s grave to this day.

Nor Moses'. Enoch and Elijah departures were documented. Moses' death was documented but no grave found. So the evidence is two people 'taken' by God, one who died and was buried by God, Mary's death neither documented or her grave found = Assumption into heaven.

128 posted on 06/15/2012 5:58:04 AM PDT by xone
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To: xone

S0 if Mary’s death was not documented, she never died. Likewise,Peter.Paul, John etc. My point being that Scriptures are not a complete record, but a collection of writings by the Apostles and those close to them. They tell us nothing about the careers of anyone beyond the year 60 A.D. But we have made stories that have also been passed down, such as about the deaths of Peter and Paul in Rome. The Scriptures are silent about these events, but that proves nothing one way or another. Now Mary is not mentioned after The opening of Acts. Yet by the end of the century is already “the Virgin.” central to the disputes about the divinity of Jesus. By the end of the second century, she is central to orthodox Christian theology. How can you ever talk about the idea of the incarnation without bringing her into the matter. Furthermore, already in the early second century, Rome claimed Peter and Paul for itself. Yet no one, no place claimed Mary. The fact needs to be dealt with. Why not? Of all the places Mary was said to live: Jerusalem, Ephesus, no place claimed to be the resting place of the mother of Jesus.


159 posted on 06/15/2012 2:29:24 PM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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