I am surprised that those who profess the Rapture deny that Mary, who has already been judged and found sinless, has been taken up.
Scripture does not specifically confirm, or preclude the Assumption of Mary, but the Apostolic Tradition has long held it to be a fact. Scriptural evidence of the Assumption of both Elijah and Enoch affirms this doctrine.
How many times do I need to ask you not to ping me? Do I really need to involve others to get you to comply?
“Scripture does not specifically confirm, or preclude the Assumption of Mary, but the Apostolic Tradition has long held it to be a fact. Scriptural evidence of the Assumption of both Elijah and Enoch affirms this doctrine.”
Besides why would Jesus not do for His Mother what he did for Elijah and Enoch?
Do you have any sources for that Apostolic Tradition story of Mary's assumption? Did anyone reliable write about such an event? Did anyone actually see it happen? Did John, to whom Jesus entrusted the care of his mother, write anything about it? I assume she probably was not still alive when he was exiled on the island of Patmos (90AD) and wrote the book of Revelation. I have no problem about it if people want to believe that she was assumed either alive or dead, but I am curious about when such a dogma was adopted into the Catholic faith and why it was.