Is Mary's Assumption a Gnostic Legend?

In this video I respond to William Albrecht's criticisms of my work on the bodily assumption of the Virgin Mary, focusing on the timing and context of the emergence of this belief in the early church.

The original video:    • The Assumption of Mary: Protestant Cr...  
My dialogue with Cameron:    • Mary's Assumption: A Protestant Criti...  


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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai.

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00:00 - Introduction
02:11 - 1) Overview of Historical Timeline
07:20 - 2) The Book of Mary's Repose
21:02 - 3) The Six Books Dormition Apocryphon
25:34 - 4) Response to William Albrecht