Your Questions: Q: Describe the scriptural support for the dogma of Mary's Assumption. Q: Why do we call Mary Queen? A:Assumption and Coronation must be sharply distinguished... Q: What connection is there between the liturgical celebrations of the Assumption and the Queenship of Mary? Frequently Asked Questions Q: What about Mary's death? Q: Where did Mary die? See also: Major Documents of the Church on the Assumption The encyclical: Munificentissimus Deus, which explains the definition of the dogma on Mary's Assumption Mary and the Church: Assumption (eschatological image) A list of quotations on the Assumption from post-Vatican II magisterial documents.

Assumption The Little Hours of Anne of Brittany, ca. 1503

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