personally I don't know a single Orthodox person or hierarch who does not believe in the bodily Assumption of the Theotokos into heaven after her death.
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Sorry Kolo, but I'm shocked at the nonsense that the more TRADITIONAL AND TRADITION BOUND sects come up with. That's just incredible. Hard to fathom. Except that I'm keenly aware of the heart of man as well as group forces.
At least 2-3 times folks tried to tie Christ back to his "family obligations" vis a vis Mary, particularly.
EACH AND EVERY TIME RECORDED HE ESSENTIALLY GENTLY REBUKED THE WHOLE IDEA AND INSTEAD DIRECTED PEOPLE TO HEARING AND DOING THE WILL OF THE FATHER.
Clearly, millions of people have been exceedingly misled on that score.
"Clearly, millions of people have been exceedingly misled on that score."
More likely billions; in fact, virtually every Christian until some time after the Reformation and the overwhelming number of them to this day. Quix, do you believe that Christ was lying to the Apostles when he said that he would send the HS to guide The Church, or is it that the HS took 1600 years to finally get around to convincing a relative few Christian of the error of the previous centuries on the subject of the Theotokos?