‘Pope Francis’ Claims Mary Was ‘Assumed Into Heaven Body and Soul’ on Feast of Assumption
[‘Pope Francis’ Claims Mary Was ‘Assumed Into
Heaven Body and Soul’ on Feast of Assumption by Heather Clark Christian News
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"Jorge Bergoglio, also known as “Pope Francis,” asked for
Mary to intercede for the oppressed on Monday and claimed to the thousands
gathered to observe what is known as the Roman Catholic “Feast of the
Assumption” that she had been “assumed into Heaven body and soul.”
“To the Queen of Peace, who we contemplate today in
heavenly glory, I wish to entrust once again the anxieties and sufferings of the
people who, in many parts of the world, are innocent victims of persistent
conflict,” he said.
The Feast of the Assumption marks the Roman Catholic
belief that Mary ascended into Heaven and did not suffer a physical death,
although as the outlet American Catholic notes, “Scripture does not give an
account of Mary’s assumption into heaven.”
The dogma was made an official Catholic doctrine by
Pius XII, who wrote in 1950, “We pronounce, declare and define it to be a
divinely revealed dogma that the immaculate mother of God, the ever virgin Mary,
having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul to
heavenly glory.”
Bergoglio echoed this belief on Monday as he read what
is known as the Magnificat and led those gathered in a recitation of the Angelus
Domini.
“She was the first to believe in the Son of God and is
the first to have been assumed into Heaven body and soul,” he said.
Bergoglio stated that Mary was the first to have held
the Son of God in her arms “and is the first to have been welcomed by his arms
to be introduced into the eternal kingdom of the Father.”
“Mary, a humble and simple girl from a remote village
in the outskirts of the empire, because she welcomed and lived the gospel, was
permitted by God to stand next to the throne of the Son for all eternity,”
Bergoglio stated.
However, Mike Gendron of Proclaiming the Gospel
Ministries in Plano, Texas told Christian News Network that this assertion is
unbiblical.
“The dogma that celebrates the assumption of Mary’s
body into Heaven is closely tied to another Catholic dogma, which is, the
immaculate conception of Mary,” he explained. “In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared
Mary was conceived free from original sin and she remained free of every
personal sin throughout her entire life (Catechism of the Catholic Church, para
491, 493).”
“After the pronouncement, some Catholics began asking
a question that the church could not answer. ‘Since Mary never sinned, and sin
is what causes death and the body to decay, where is Mary and what happened to
her body?’ Gendron continued. “Thus the heresy that declared Mary’s sinlessness
led to another heresy. In 1950, Pope Pius XII declared Mary’s body was
miraculously assumed into Heaven.”
He said that Roman Catholics acknowledge that Mary’s
ascension is not found in the Scriptures, but is rather only a tradition based
on assumption.
“Their only basis for believing Mary’s body was
miraculously assumed into Heaven is that their ‘infallible’ Church has declared
it,” Gendron stated.
But, “Two thousand years ago the Pharisees nullified
the word of God with their ungodly traditions and were soundly rebuked and
called hypocrites by the Lord Jesus (Mark
7:6-14). Catholic bishops have made the same fatal
error by rejecting and opposing God’s word,” he said.
He noted that the Bible clearly states that all have
sinned—including Mary, who Catholics declare to be immaculate and therefore
received into Heaven bodily.
“In
Romans 3:10-12,
23, we read, ‘None is righteous, no, not one…All
have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not
even one … all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.’ Mary is included
in the ‘all,’ the ‘none’ and the ‘no one,'” Gendron said. “Instead of
celebrating the assumption of Mary, Catholics would be wise to study the
Scriptures so they can know the truth, which will set them free from religious
bondage and deception (John
8:31-32).”"
‘Pope Francis’ Claims Mary Was ‘Assumed Into Heaven Body and Soul’ on Feast of
Assumption
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‘Pope Francis’ Claims Mary Was ‘Assumed Into Heaven Body and Soul’ on Feast of Assumption