FEAST OF See also:

• FEAST OF ASSUMPTION

ASSUMPTION  . The feast of the " See also:

• ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

Assumption of the blessed Virgin See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary " (See also:

• LAT

Lat. festum assumptionis, dormitionis, depositions, pausationis B . V . M.; Gr . Koiµrla'z5 or avaXrt>Gts Ti7s BeorbKov) is a festival of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church celebrated on the 15th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, in See also:

• COMMEMORATION

commemoration of the miraculous ascent into See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven of the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ . The belief on which this festival rests has its origin in apocryphal See also:

• SOURCES

sources, such as the eh TO KoL/.uynv Tits vaepayfas Seoiroivrls ascribed to the Apostle See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, and the de transitu Mariae, assigned to See also:

• MELITO

Melito, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• SARDIS

Sardis, but actually written about A.D . 400 . See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• GELASIUS

Gelasius I . (492-4.96) included them in thelist of apocryphal books condemned by the Decretum de libris recipiendis et non recipiendis; but they were accepted as See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic by the pseudo-See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius (de nominbus divinis c . 3), whose writings date probably from the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and by See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of See also:

• TOURS

Tours (d . 593 or 594) . The latter in his De gloria martyrum (i .

4) gives the following See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle: As all the Apostles were watching See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the dying Mary, Jesus appeared with His angels and committed the soul of His Mother to the See also:

• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSK)
• ARCHANGEL (ARCHANGELSx)

Archangel See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael . Next See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, as they were carrying the See also:

• BODY

body to the See also:

• GRAVE

grave, Christ again appeared and carried it with Him in a See also:

• CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud to heaven, where it was reunited with the soul . This See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is much amplified in the account given by St John of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus in the homilies In dornzilionem Mariae, which are still read in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Church as the See also:

• LESSON (through Fr. lecon from Lat. lectio, reading; legere, to read)

lesson during the See also:

• OCTAVE (from Lat. octavus, eighth, octo, eight)

octave of the feast . According to this the patriarchs and See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam and See also:

• EVE

Eve also appear at the See also:

• DEATH

death-See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed, to praise their daughter, through whom they had been rescued from the curse of See also:

• GOD

God; a, See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew who touches the body loses both his hands, which are restored to him by the Apostles; and the body lies three days in the grave without corruption before it is taken up into heaven . The festival is first mentioned by St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew of See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete (c . 65o), and, according to the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine historian Nicephorus Callistus (His' . See also:

• ECCLES

Eccles. xvii . 28), was first instituted by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

Emperor See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice in A.D . 582 . From the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East it was borrowed by See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, where there is See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of its existence so See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 7th century . In the Gallican Church it was only adopted at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time as the Roman See also:

• LITURGY (Low Lat. liturgia; Gr. X€Zros, public, and Epyov, work; )Aetrovpy6s, a public servant)

liturgy . But though the festival thus became incorporated in the See also:

• REGULAR

regular usage of the Western Church, the belief in the resurrection and bodily assumption of the Virgin has never been defined as a See also:

• DOGMA (Gr. Sbypa, from b6aeiv, to seem; literally " that which seems, sc. good or true or useful " to any one)

dogma and remains a " pious See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion," which the faithful may reject without imperilling their immortal souls, though not apparently—to quote Melchior See also:

• CANO, ALONZO (1601–1667)
• CANO, MELCHIOR (1525-1560)

Cano (De Locis Tlzeolog. xii .

'o)—without " insolent temerity," since such rejection would be contrary to the See also:

• COMMON

common agreement of the Church . By the reformed Churches, including the Church of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, the festival is not observed, having been rejected at the Reforma tion as being neither See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive nor founded upon any " certain See also:

• WARRANT (Med. Lat. warantum; O. Fr. garant, warant, derived from O.H.G. root represented in modern German bygewdhren)

warrant of See also:

• HOLY

Holy Scripture." See See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie (ed . 3), s . Maria "; Mgr.L . See also:

• DUCHESNE, LOUIS MARIE OLIVIER (1843– )

Duchesne, Christian See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

Worship (Eng. trans., See also:

• LONDON

London, 1904) ; Wetzer and Welte, Kirchenlexikon, s . "Marienfeste "; The See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia (London and New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1907, &c.), s . " Apocrypha," .