Answering Arguments from Silence Against Mary's Assumption

In this episode Trent answers a common argument from silence related to Mary's Bodily Assumption and the witness of the Church fathers.

00:00 Intro
00:58 Silence from the Early Church Fathers
01:56 Enoch and Elijah
06:25 The Assumption of Moses
09:04 Timing of When the Assumption Happened
09:23 Positive References of the Assumption
10:53 Gnostic Legend or Apostolic Tradition?
12:12 Conspicuous Lack of 1st Class Relics
12:58 Present in Paradise
14:22 Role of Authority
16:50 Conclusion

[FrJohnBrownSJ]

Thanks for including Saint Ignatius in the thumbnail. Most for most Jesuits, this is the anniversary of our vow day!

[Tp-ikvc]

I pray that you get acknowledgment by the Catholic Church even from the pope himself. I don’t think they are aware at how much you are doing for the church. In this day of YouTube you are reaching far more people than they realize. God bless you and thank for being one of the reasons I’ve came back to the church.

[ianpardue]

I'm a Protestant, and I believe in the assumption

[alwaysslightlysleepy]

The most under-appreciated part of your channel is your absolutely stellar VOLUME levels 🌟may God bless you so hard for that

[jaikelr.]

Thank you Trent for all your great work for the Catholic Church.

[Kostas_Dikefalaios]

Happy feast day of the Panagia and Theotokos to you Catholics from an Orthodox.

[CristianaCatólica]

GOD BLESS HIS ONE AND ONLY CATHOLIC CHURCH ❤

[bhgtree]

I am so grateful to God and my wonderful parents that I am Catholic and I hope that our Protestant brothers and sisters will come to full belief in the Church.

[zendude]

I have just started praying the holy rosary and have pondered this question when meditating on the 4th Glorious Mystery. Thank you for this video 🙏🏼.

[jackross]

I struggle with this a lot. I understand and agree that we can and should venerate the Blessed Mother of Jesus, but that line by Trent, “Mary’s role is not to attract vain attention to herself, but to always lead people to her son, Jesus Christ” I find difficult to understand.

I think there are a lot of Catholics who don’t center their salvation on Mary or put her on equal footing to Christ. That said, I just took a trip up towards Wisconsin with my Protestant wife and Catholic family (my side) to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help.

The statuary, the Catholic shops, the shrine itself, intercessory prayers to the Virgin Mary, and emphasis on the visionary of the shrine, all scared the wits out of my wife.

I tried explaining how and why Christ is at the center using my knowledge obtained by Trent’s videos and yet there wasn’t much wiggle room left to see Jesus. To her, it was all praise given to Mary alone with the added bandaid of, “through Mary, to Christ”.

Lastly, I so badly want to return to the sacraments and show my wife that Christ is truly at the center of it all. That the saints are alive and witnessing everything that happens on earth.

That’s the best I could offer her, yet her heart was hardened by the experience.

Pray for us, brothers and sisters in Christ.

[jeffreycatalon]

Hi from the Philippines! We love you Trent! Mother Mary Pray for us!

[ucybhyn]

A Blessed Feast of the Assumption to you Trent. Ο Θεός να ευλογεί.

[brandonp]

Very well done Trent. God bless you. Happy Feats of our Blessed Mother's Assumption!!

[hsha]

The assumption of Mary is one of the most good and beautiful truths we know!
As a protestant convert of 15years, it was something that I merely assented to for a long time (based on "if they're right about the real presence, apostolic succession, etc, then they're probably right about this too.") But this year, when it finally sank in - wow. Praise to the Queen of Heaven! And Glory to God who makes all things possible.

Having said that, this is a tough one to argue. Of all doctrines, it seems to most clearly enuniciate our confidence in Holy Tradition. Thanks for the good work, Trent.

[beesknees]

You are such a great help when it comes to better understanding my Faith and by extension, with the Lord.

[MaranglikPeterTo-Rot-dmnc]

God bless you brother Trent Horn, , you are amazing. Catholic as always ❤️.

[thecatechumen]

As a video producer, I feel that pain for you losing video files 😭

[voxangeli]

Makes sense, Trent!🎉
You never disappoint us in all your videos, buddy!❤

[rhwinner]

It is telling that John's Apocalypse, which was one of the last books of the New Testament to be written, mentions Mary in heaven....

[MOMARRIEDyrAISHA]

This video should go viral in social media ❤