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ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF . The feast of the " Assumption of the blessed Virgin See also:

Mary " (See also:

Lat. festum assumptionis, dormitionis, depositions, pausationis B. V. M.; Gr. Koiµrla'z5 or avaXrt>Gts Ti7s BeorbKov) is a festival of the See also:

Christian See also:

Church celebrated on the 15th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, in See also:

COMMEMORATION

commemoration of the miraculous ascent into See also:

HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven of the See also:

MOTHER

mother of See also:

Christ. The belief on which this festival rests has its origin in apocryphal See also:

SOURCES

sources, such as the eh TO KoL/.uynv Tits vaepayfas Seoiroivrls ascribed to the Apostle See also:

John, and the de transitu Mariae, assigned to See also:

MELITO

Melito, See also:

bishop of See also:

SARDIS

Sardis, but actually written about A.D. 400. See also:

Pope See also:

GELASIUS

Gelasius I. (492-4.96) included them in thelist of apocryphal books condemned by the Decretum de libris recipiendis et non recipiendis; but they were accepted as See also:

AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic by the pseudo-See also:

Dionysius (de nominbus divinis c. 3), whose writings date probably from the 5th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and by See also:

Gregory of See also:

TOURS

Tours (d. 593 or 594). The latter in his De gloria martyrum (i.

4) gives the following See also:

account of the See also:

MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle: As all the Apostles were watching See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the dying Mary, Jesus appeared with His angels and committed the soul of His Mother to the See also:

Archangel See also:

Michael. Next See also:

day, as they were carrying the See also:

BODY

body to the See also:

GRAVE

grave, Christ again appeared and carried it with Him in a See also:

CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud to heaven, where it was reunited with the soul. This See also:

story is much amplified in the account given by St John of See also:

DAMASCUS

Damascus in the homilies In dornzilionem Mariae, which are still read in the See also:

ROMAN

Roman Church as the See also:

LESSON (through Fr. lecon from Lat. lectio, reading; legere, to read)

lesson during the See also:

OCTAVE (from Lat. octavus, eighth, octo, eight)

octave of the feast. According to this the patriarchs and See also:

Adam and See also:

Eve also appear at the See also:

DEATH

death-See also:

bed, to praise their daughter, through whom they had been rescued from the curse of See also:

God; a, See also:

JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew who touches the body loses both his hands, which are restored to him by the Apostles; and the body lies three days in the grave without corruption before it is taken up into heaven. The festival is first mentioned by St See also:

Andrew of See also:

CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete (c. 65o), and, according to the See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine historian Nicephorus Callistus (His'. See also:

ECCLES

Eccles. xvii. 28), was first instituted by the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor See also:

Maurice in A.D. 582. From the See also:

East it was borrowed by See also:

Rome, where there is See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of its existence so See also:

early as the 7th century. In the Gallican Church it was only adopted at the same See also:

time as the Roman See also:

LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy. But though the festival thus became incorporated in the See also:

REGULAR

regular usage of the Western Church, the belief in the resurrection and bodily assumption of the Virgin has never been defined as a See also:

DOGMA (Gr. Sbypa, from b6aeiv, to seem; literally " that which seems, sc. good or true or useful " to any one)

dogma and remains a " pious See also:

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion," which the faithful may reject without imperilling their immortal souls, though not apparently—to quote Melchior See also:

Cano (De Locis Tlzeolog. xii.

'o)—without " insolent temerity," since such rejection would be contrary to the See also:

COMMON

common agreement of the Church. By the reformed Churches, including the Church of See also:

England, the festival is not observed, having been rejected at the Reforma tion as being neither See also:

PRIMITIVE

primitive nor founded upon any " certain See also:

WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant of See also:

HOLY

Holy Scripture." See See also:

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie (ed. 3), s. Maria "; Mgr.L. See also:

DUCHESNE, LOUIS MARIE OLIVIER (1843– )

Duchesne, Christian See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

Worship (Eng. trans., See also:

LONDON

London, 1904) ; Wetzer and Welte, Kirchenlexikon, s. "Marienfeste "; The See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia (London and New See also:

York, 1907, &c.), s. " Apocrypha,".

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