What are the orthodox catholic teachings regarding the Immaculate Conception and the Bodily Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
There is no tradition in the Eastern Churches for the belief that the Holy Mother was born without original sin, although the Eastern tradition tends to the belief that she committed no voluntary sin during her lifetime. The bodily assumption of the Blessed Mother is a reverent and pious tradition which many in the orthodox catholic churches respect. However, neither the Immaculate Conception nor the Bodily Assumption are recognized as dogmas, that is, required to be believed for our salvation. The Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of Ireland (Anglican) said this in a Pastoral Letter, when the dogma of the Assumption was promulgated by Rome on December 10, 1950: By its various enlargements of the ancient Catholic Creed to contain the twelve new articles of Pope Pius IVs creed, the two new articles of Pope Pius IX in 1854 and 1870, and the new dogma of 1950, the Roman Church is shutting itself further away from Catholic Christendom … which those who are content with the ancient Ru
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