Assumptions about women in religion show Mary is vital symbol

Today is the Feast of the Assumption all over the Christian world, a feast day first instituted by Emperor Maurice in 600 AD and bigged up by Pope Nicholas 1 around 850 AD to rival Christmas and Easter.

Assumptions about women in religion show Mary is vital symbol
Thu, 15 Aug, 2019 - 01:00
Victoria White

Today is the Feast of the Assumption all over the Christian world, a feast day first instituted by Emperor Maurice in 600 AD and bigged up by Pope Nicholas 1 around 850 AD to rival Christmas and Easter.

It honours the day a little more than 2,000 years ago on which Mary, the mother of God, was “assumed” bodily into heaven.

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