[metmom]

Ultimately these threads come down to the question of Sola Scriptura vs. Catholicism. The question of whether the Assumption can be required is ultimately a question of whether the Catholic Church can define dogma. The question of whether one can believe Mary was assumed is ultimately a question of whether one needs proof (as opposed to evidence) of something prior to believing it. Americans are a little obsessed with the threshold of beyond reasonable doubt.

OK, so why did the early popes declare the assumption of Mary to be heresy and now the later popes not only believe it, but make it dogma?

[ronnietherocket3]

OK, so why did the early popes declare the assumption of Mary to be heresy and now the later popes not only believe it, but make it dogma?

Where do any Popes state that it is heresy to believe the Assumption? Keep in mind this must be a condemnation specifically of the Assumption. If it is a condemnation of a group, that would mean the Church can't teach that Christ was crucified, as the Arians believed this (their problem was in denying the divinity of Christ).