Typo to be forgiven: "St. Bernard insists that if the body of our Lord had not been assumed into Heaven," SHOULD HAVE READ THE BODY OF OUR LADY (not our Lord). stmichaels Original Message: ----------------- From: rector@... rector@... Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:14:54 -0400 To: faithandlife@... Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Latria and Dulia YEt, "since the sixth century the death of the Blessed Virgin is commemorated in the liturgies on August 15. The Sacramentary of Pope Gregory I (540-604) contains this passage: "To-days festival is venerable to us, O Lord, because on this day the blessed Mother of God suffered temporal death . . ." "St. Bernard insists that if the body of our Lord had not been assumed into Heaven, God would not have concealed its resting-place. But this is hardly a cogent argument. God might have chosen to conceal our Lady's tomb for the same reason that led Him to hide the grave of Moses, viz.: to prevent idolatrous practices." "Mariology,Dogmatic Theology Vol VI," The Rt.Rev. Msgr. Joseph Pohle, edited by Arthur Preuss. stmichaels Original Message: ----------------- From: GMSpencer@... Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:22:14 -0400 To: faithandlife@... Subject: Re: [FaithandLife] Latria and Dulia Thomas Hopko when asked what would it take to achieve reunion between Rome and the Orthodox specifically says that the Pope must affirm that the BVM died. That seems to suggest that there is enough concerning what Romans really believe on this issue that the Orthodox need a statement affirming that she in fact died. http://www.htaoc.com/faith/library/articles/hopko_reunion.html This makes me wonder what Rome believes on the issue. gms+ -- To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: faithandlife-unsubscribe@... -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: faithandlife-unsubscribe@... -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .