Munificentissimus Deus (Pius XII, 1950)
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Pius XII's definition of the Assumption. Pitre notes that it cites Modestus of Jerusalem and John Damascene on the Ark of incorruptible wood as a type of Mary's body, and that it calls her 'Queen over all things.'
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