By William Albrecht
Question: Did Pope St. Gelasius DENY the Bodily Assumption of Mary?
Answer: NO! Like St. Epiphanius, and Saint Damascene and others, he CONDEMNED THE HERETICAL TRANSITUS literature.
How do we know he AFFIRMED the Assumption? Because in his AUTHENTIC GELASIAN SACRAMENTARY, he has the sermon for the Feast Day and a dedication to Holy Mary on that Feast Day. Here is the translated portion from Latin to English:
“O God, who by the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary bestowed upon the human race the rewards of eternal salvation, grant, we beg, that we may perceive her interceding for us, through whom we merited to receive Your Son, the author of life.”
For the Feast of the Assumption
Gelasian Sacramentary for the Assumption of Mary on 15 August (xviii, Kalendas Septembris)
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