It is our faith and belief that Mary was assumed, body and soul, into Heaven. Firstly, it's important to understand Mary's identity as the Mother of God. Mary has been identified in many scriptural passages as the “Mother of Jesus the Savior” (John 2:1; Mat. 1:18, 2:11, 12:46). Since Jesus is God (cf. John 1:1), Mary must be recognized as the one who bore God in her womb (Theotókos, Council of Ephesus, 431 AD) i.e., the Mother of God (Council of Ephesus 431 AD)....