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The word ‘assumption’ derives from the Latin word ‘assumptio’ meaning ‘’taking up’’. The assumption of The Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII expounded it in his apostolic constitution in 1950 known by definition as ‘Munificentissimus Deus’ as follows:- ‘We …

Assumption of Virgin Mary is the taking up of Marys body into heaven after the end of her earthly life. The word “assumption” comes from the Middle English “assumpcioun” which means “a taking up into heaven“, and from Latin “assumptio” which means “a taking”. The feast of Assumption is celebrated …