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Apr 5, 2024 · According to multiple popular accounts, Mary Magdalene was a sex worker who converted and followed Jesus. According to a few arcane theories, she even married Jesus. The sex worker theory has been a popular one for centuries. People seem to enjoy stories about women who go from lives of transgression to lives of austere holiness.
4 days ago · July 22nd is the feast day of St. Mary Magdalene. Not much is known about Mary Magdalene. She first appears in the Gospel of Luke as a follower of Christ from whom 7 demons have been cast out. In the Gospels, she is sometimes associated with two other women in Scripture: the woman who washes Jesus’ feet with oil and Mary, the sister of Martha ...
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Apr 12, 2024 · The Gospel of Mary, contrarily, portrays Magdalene as a figure of high clerical importance within the early church, and a favorite of Jesus. And of course, the Gospel of Philip is the text that states that Mary was Jesus' "companion" and that Jesus "used to kiss her often on the mouth." Nowhere, however — including in the Bible — does it ...
1 day ago · Recognition of Magdala as the birthplace of Mary Magdalene appears in texts dating back to the 6th century CE. In the 8th and 10th centuries CE, Christian sources write of a church in the village that was Mary Magdalene's house, where Jesus is said to have exorcised her of demons.
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Apr 23, 2024 · Pope Francis called Mary Magdalene a "true and authentic evangelizer." The feast day was meant to "highlight the relevance of this woman who showed great love for Christ and was much loved by ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and what he told her. The first person to discover that the tomb was empty was Mary Magdalen. Peter and the disciple Jesus loved were the first to inspect this empty tomb, but they were not the first to encounter the risen Jesus.
Apr 9, 2024 · Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.” She was also there for Jesus’ burial ( Matthew 27:61 ). Mary Magdalene was one of the first to see the empty tomb, along with one or more other women ( Matthew 28:1-8 ; Mark 16:1-8 ; Luke 24:1-12 ; John 20:1-10 ).
