"Pope Innocent IV (1243-1254) counted the Assumption an opinion that could be held or not held, for the Church had not yet decided." (Eamon Carroll, in Juniper Carol, ed., Mariology, Vol. 1 [Post Falls, Idaho: Mediatrix Press, 2018], approximate Kindle location 710)
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ReplyDeleteVerily I say unto you, among them that are born to a woman there has not risen a greater than John the baptist: ........ Jesus proclaimed that John was greater than Mary. He slams shut the door on any form of veneration of Mary.