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From: susan@vaxwaller.UUCP (Susan Finkelman)
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Subject: Re: Assumption
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Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 15:36:35 EDT
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> >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
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