"The Saviour arose into heaven through His own power as Lord and Creator...Mary arose into heaven lifted up by grace, not through her own power. This is why one is called Ascension and the other Assumption."
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Nicholas of Clairvaux (the pseudo-Damian), Serm. In Assumptione beatissimae M. V., PL, 144, 717.
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Nicholas of Clairvaux
Nicholas of Clairvaux, also Nicholas of Montiéramey (b and d 12th century) was a French Benedictine monk who later became a Cistercian monk. He was a secretary of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (until Saint Bernard dismissed him), and the author of letters and sermons.
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