[from my book, Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths (2009), except that RSV is used for the Bible verses, rather than KJV]
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This paper has been re-uploaded as:
Mary’s Bodily Assumption: Eleven Related Bible Passages [2009]
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Photo credit: The Assumption of the Virgin, by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) [public domain / Wikimedia Commons]
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