There is silence about the Assumption until about the 4th century (so Altaner is off by a century BTW). Lack of evidence means few statements for or against, so not much indication of change one way or the other. To measure change you need a good set of data points over a set timeline.
You do realize you killed your argument for Sacred Traditon with this post.....right?
187 posted on 07/27/2017 8:56:11 PM PDT by ealgeone