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Autpurt Ambrose (d. 784) on the Ark of Revelation 11:19 and the Woman of Revelation 12:1 and On the Bodily Assumption
Ambrosius Autpertus, in Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediavalis (CCCM) vol. XXVII (Ambrosius Autpertus, part 1), Expositions in Apocalypse, Books I-V From the preface: Again, John tells of having seen a woman clothed with the sun in the sky, and there she gave birth. But the dragon stood before her, to devour her child; however, the child…
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Epiphanius didn't Fall for the Collyridian Teaching of the Bodily Assumption
Assumptionist argument: Epiphanius claims May was bodily assumed, because he compares her to Elijah, based on Panarion 79. This, they assert, shows that Epiphanius changed his mind between Panarion 78 and Panarion 79, even though the two are chapters of the same tome of the same book. We respond (as explained in the video linked…
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Epiphanius of Salamis – Evidence of the Bodily Assumption in the Panarion
Panarion, Anacephalaeosis VII, Chapter 78, Against Antidicomarians (p. 635): 23,8 And there have been many such things to mislead the deluded, though the saints are not responsible for anyone’s stumbling; the human mind finds no rest, but is perverted to evils. (9) The holy virgin may have died and been buried—her falling asleep was with honor,…