Mary was a Middle-Eastern Hebrew or Jewish woman, so she most likely had black or brown hair. If her hair was red or blond, it would have mentioned in the Gospels. King David was mentioned in the...
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the belief that after she died, or was very near death, she was lifted body and soul into Heaven by Our Lord Jesus Christ. This was merited by the fact...
The bodily assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the next obvious and nesseccary step in salvation history, that it's a wonder it took so long to declare it dogma
(or, official church teaching)....
The entry on the Assumption of Mary in the New Advent Encyclopedia (see the Related Link below) says that the feast of the Assumption was celebrated in Palestine before the year 500, probably in...