Female 'great saints' with sordid pasts..?

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My evidence is the scripture that say Jesus drove out 7 demons from her.

You cannot prove that her past was clean before exorcism. What you know about her is only after the exorcism. Thus, I have more evidence (about her sordid past) than those who believe otherwise.
 
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As many others here told you, there is no evidence.
There are from some saints (blessed) but those are still unapproved revelations so no credible evidence.
Accept it and move on. You could also read from sources other posted in this thread.
 
You did not answer my question :

If those demons did not cause her to sin, what exactly Jesus saved her from when he drove them out from her?
 
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Blessings
The church is having some discussion about Mary Magdalene & the woman found in a sexually, compromising situation. I was taught, as you, she was the woman being stoned & saved. I can’t recall right now, who the other Mary is, that the church is considering. Many of us, didn’t give up in St. Christopher. There are Science fans, who still consider Pluto a planet. Oh well! We’ll survive.
God bless. When the church settles on it, we’ll find out.
Mary is the first disciple. Mary Magdala was the next female disciple.
Pray for us, St Mary Magdelana. For spiritual wisdom. In Jesus name.
Amen
 
Mary Magdalene, the woman who witnessed the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, is often confused with:

1> Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus who anointed Jesus In Bethany six days before Passover. Jn 11-12
2,3> The unnamed women who anointed Jesus in Bethany three days before Passover. Mk 14; Mt 26.
4> the unnamed woman with a bad reputation who anointed Jesus before he started toward Jerusalem, probably in Galilee. Luke 7.
4a or 5> that woman from Luke Is sometime confused with the woman taken in adultery. John 8.
6> Mary Magdalene From whom 7demons were expelled, who followed Jesus from when he was in Galilee. Lk 8

Mary, the mother of Jesus is sometimes identified with:

A> Mary, the mother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon. Mk 6
B> Mary the mother of Joseph and James who watched the death of Jesus with Mary Magdalene. Mk 15:40 and Mt 27:56
C> Mary the mother of Joseph who saw Jesus buried alongside MM. Mark 15:47
D> Mary, the mother of James who went to the tomb with MM to anoint the body Of Jesus. Mk 16:1 & Lk 24:10
E> the other Mary who saw the burial and empty tomb with MM. Mt 27:61 & 28:1
F> The Mother of Jesus at Cana. Jn 2
G> The mother of Jesus at the foot of the cross with Mary of Clopas and MM. Jn 19:25

Most agree A, F & G refer to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. The others do not have a consensus.

Mary Magdalene can only be securely identified with 6. Because MM was going to anoint Jesus in his tomb, she can be confused with 1, 2, 3 & 4. All collectively are known as the Holy Myrhophores, or Myrh Bearers. The gospels, as independent accounts, really do not clarify if there are 6 women or just one.
 
Thank you.
MM had been thought of as the adultering woman & the church has removed the stigma now.
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G> The mother of Jesus at the foot of the cross with Mary of Clopas and MM. Jn 19:25

Most agree A, F & G refer to Mary, the Mother of Jesus . The others do not have a consensus.
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One thing for sure, about the woman who cried at Jesus feet wiping His feet with her hair and anoited them with expensive perfume (Luke 7:36-50).

Jesus said about her:

Luke 7:47
This is why, I tell you, her many sins are forgiven…
But the one who is forgiven little, has little love

The passage above teach us the contrast between two kinds of purity:
  1. a woman with sordid past who repent (Salvation based on the forgiveness of sins, which is biblical teaching and is the core value of our faith)
  2. a religious piety attitude of a pharisee who look down on the woman (Purity without any repentance, no forgiveness / mercy)
Imagine if there is a person who is pure since her conception, she need no forgiveness throughout her life time. According to Jesus, such person has less love

Whether that person was Mary Magdalene, hard to tell. But according to the parable Jesus told Simon the pharisee, those who are forgiven their debt because the cannot pay, the one forgiven more, will have more love. With that, I know, the woman in the passage, she became a saint.
 
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my last post I didn’t mention the womans name. i merely shows that that woman with sordid past in Luke 7:36-50, that woman had more love than everyone else who had no sordid past
 
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This is one of the hardest messages to convey. Many who try to “salvage” Mary Magdalene’s reputation give the impression that people with bad reputation’s need to be salvaged. They do not understand the message from Jesus that you are repeating here, that those who have been forgiven more will love more. Mary Magdalene was NOT defamed by identifying her with the woman with a bad reputation in Luke 7.

Having said that, there are few cogent reasons for identifying these two different women. Mary Magdalene should be remembered as the woman who witnessed the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. The woman who anointed the feet of Jesus should be remembered for her great love and her affirmation of Jesus as the Anointed One, the Messiah, the Christ.
 
Here is another passage about a woman whose name was Mary, the sister to Martha & Lazarus:

John 12:1-8
Jesus Anointed at Bethany

1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
2 Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him.
3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.
6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”

I don’t think there were two different women happened to have had anointed Jesus feet with perfume and wipe them with their hair.

And, guess who came early morning to Jesus grave with that perfume ?

Mark 16:1
1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.

I don’t know about you, but I think those are compelling evidence indicate that the woman with sordid past in Simon’s home (Luke7:47) was Mary Magdalene
 
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Your supposition is that there would not be two women who took the same action.

In Mark, Jesus is at supper with Simon a Pharisee. John He is at supper with Lazarus, Martha and Mary. I assume that you are saying that the sister of Lazarus was Mary Magdalene. She is identified as coming from Magdalene while Lazarus sister is from Bethany. They are not the same woman.

It isn’t convincing or compelling evidence that they were the same woman. The evidence is more convincing that they were two different women.
 
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