Very good. It should also be noted that St. Epiphanius was from Cyprus, and the common view of the East is that of the Dormition. This is that Holy Mary died as a last service to the Church and God, that her suffering had great merit, and the Apostles took her body the same day to an open clearing and angels took her up. It should be noted that Jude indicates Moses’ body was also assumed after he died. God didn’t allow His Mother to rot in the ground. Eastern Saints are not sure of how exactly the Theotokos died though. So this is certainly what St. Epiphanius is referring to when he claims we don’t know what happened to her. We simply don’t know how she died in the Dormition.
Let’s just be honest.. Ortlund is using the poor scholarship of James White, and both of them are causing a lot of sincere Protestants to come to the fullness of the faith. The Catholic faith. They are causing this unwittingly and unwillingly, of course. But, that’s how the works of Satan backfire. 💯
Very good. It should also be noted that St. Epiphanius was from Cyprus, and the common view of the East is that of the Dormition. This is that Holy Mary died as a last service to the Church and God, that her suffering had great merit, and the Apostles took her body the same day to an open clearing and angels took her up. It should be noted that Jude indicates Moses’ body was also assumed after he died. God didn’t allow His Mother to rot in the ground. Eastern Saints are not sure of how exactly the Theotokos died though. So this is certainly what St. Epiphanius is referring to when he claims we don’t know what happened to her. We simply don’t know how she died in the Dormition.
Let’s just be honest.. Ortlund is using the poor scholarship of James White, and both of them are causing a lot of sincere Protestants to come to the fullness of the faith. The Catholic faith. They are causing this unwittingly and unwillingly, of course. But, that’s how the works of Satan backfire. 💯
I’m genuinely confused by Ortlund’s argument here. A plain reading of the text does suggest that he believed in the Assumption.