Why did Pope Pius XII mention the soul of Mary?
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In _Munificentissimus Deus_ Pope Pius XII defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception:
> By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body **and soul** into heavenly glory.
I can understand the need to define the fact that the body of the Blessed Mother is in Heaven, but was Mary not already a canonised saint before the document was produced?
Even the protestant reformers did not contest the sainthood of Mary.
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Mar 16, 2018, 09:23 PM
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