medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Wickstrom wrote:
>
> I don't know that I would say the Assumption became dogma in 1950. It
> was declared an infallible teaching of the pope at that point...for
> all sorts of political and religious reasons. But the Assumption had
> been a long held belief in the Church since the 4th or 5th century.
But it only became a dogma in 1950. Prior to that it was only a "probable
opinion" - enforced by the Inquisition, of course.
John Briggs
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