Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site vaxwaller.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!vlsvax1!zehntel!varian!vaxwaller!susan From: susan@vaxwaller.UUCP (Susan Finkelman) Newsgroups: net.religion.christian Subject: Re: Assumption Message-ID: <340@vaxwaller.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 15:36:35 EDT Article-I.D.: vaxwalle.340 Posted: Fri Sep 20 15:36:35 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 05:57:25 EDT References:<2119@burdvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek, CA Lines: 25 > >As I understand it, saying Mary was assumed into heaven is basically > >saying that she was raptured. The following is the scriptural reference > >to rapture. > > > >"For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with > >the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And > >the dead in Christ will rise first; then we who are alive, who are left, > >shall be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall > >always be with the Lord." 1 Thess 5:16 > > > >Carlyn Iuzzolino > > The problem with this explanation is that the Bible talks of the rapture of > the church as an ALTERNATIVE to death. The RC doctrine of the assumption > of Mary says that her body was taken to Heaven AFTER she died. Not quite > the same thing (or even close). > -- > Tom Albrecht Burroughs Corp. What do Eastern Orthodox Christians believe about the Assumption. I realize that there is neither pope nor infallible pronouncement by patriarch, but other than that, how do they differ from the Roman church? Susan Finkelman {zehntel,amd,fortune,resonex,rtech}!varian!susan