The Silence of the Fathers and Ecclesia Writers

Tertullian did not mention mary being transplanted into heaven, and she is also exempted from all humiliation. This would only prove that tertullian was unaware of the assumption, not that it never happened. There are other silences in the fathers that also relate to fundamental christian doctrine. Richard carrier claims that jesus didn't exist. And he uses the silence of the church fathers in relation to jesu's life as evidence for that claim. It's just a curious silence. One explanation behind the silence is that in the ancient world, older stories were more esteemed by jewish opponents of the church. That would explain why some fathers cite from old testament stories more