Why Mary Magdalene?

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Of all the women in the gospels,only Mary Magdalene is depicted as a sinned one.What is the significance of the fact that she only got the unique privilege of first seeing the resurrected Jesus,the very foundation of our belief?
 
joseie said:
Of all the women in the gospels,only Mary Magdalene is depicted as a sinned one.What is the significance of the fact that she only got the unique privilege of first seeing the resurrected Jesus,the very foundation of our belief?
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There are some others that were sinful too. St. Mary Magdalene is called equal to the Apostles, sent to announce the resurrection of Our Lord, and was present at the crucifixion and burial, and supported the ministry of Christ. It was a great healing when she was delivered from seven demons.
 
For the millionth time, St Mary Magdalene was NOT a former prostitute. That was Mary of Egypt.
 
Ok, why so many Mary’s in Judea?

It’s bad when they start saying ‘the other Mary’ to describe who they are discussin!!
 
Would it really matter even if Mary Magdalene was a prostitute?
 
The only “bad thing” that the Gospels say about Mary Magdalene is that she had seven demons, which Jesus cast out of her. Everything else is guesswork, rumors, and in some cases, just plain lies.
 
Roseeurekacross said:
Leading up to Jesus casting those demons out of her, its ok for her to be a sinner, but just not a prostitute?
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Nothing wrong with that if she was actually a prostitute. If she isn’t/we don’t know, why make up false stories or speculate? She isn’t a fictional character that we can just tweak here and there imo.

Worrying too much about her past is unnecessary and so not the point. Stick to what is written about her and admire her for her great conversion.
 
Lea101 said:
Nothing wrong with that if she was actually a prostitute. If she isn’t/we don’t know, why make up false stories or speculate? She isn’t a fictional character that we can just tweak here and there imo.

Worrying too much about her past is unnecessary and so not the point. Stick to what is written about her and admire her for her great conversion.
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So true.
I just have a hard time understanding why it’s ok for a Saint to be a former any other type sinner, even an adulterer, philanderer, injurious temper, thief, murderer, persecutor of Christians, even Pontius Pilate is a Saint in some Eastern Catholic Churches.

But as soon as this topic is bought up, heated debates follow.
 
Little is known about Mary Magdalene. What is important to note is she was a very close friend of our Lord who loved Him very much.
 
Of course,there is no direct mention that she is the same women caught in adultery and brought before Jesus or the women who washed Jesus’ feet and dried with her hair.In either case,the person is a known sinner.Still,from the overall picture, it can be reasonably assumed that both are the same person and is Mary Magdalene only. May be that Jesus want to give a message that repented sinners are equally to be given due importance…
 
DaddyGirl said:
It matters that people call her one if she was not. And as far as we know, she was not.

I’m sure it would matter to her that millions of people for over a thousand years called her a prostitute at a time when one’s reputation and virginity was of utmost importance.

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Which makes her actions after she met Jesus all the more important!

As a side note, your premise is based on what I bolded, so you yourself can’t make any dogmatic statements on this.
 
DaddyGirl said:
Sinned one?
Where do the gospels say that?

I think they say Jesus cured her of the “seven demons” inside her, but…where do they say she “sinned”?

Maybe she got the privilege because she was very close to him and he trusted her the most.

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We are all sinners so, 🤷

And as to your second statement, I’m pretty sure He trusted John the most out of His disciples.
 
Well I would think that calling somebody a whore without any basis would be a rather serious matter.
If (joking) I were sainted in the Russian Church, should I be known as “St Steven the former Facebook killer” for 2000 years just because the name happens to be the same?
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I wasn’t meaning to be disrespectful to the saint, only pointing out that making a historical judgment based on a limited knowledge of the 1st century holy land is suspect, especially since we know that Jews of that time period had an inordinant amount of people with the same first name.
 
Again, here is my point, it should not matter in the slightest what her sins were, adultery ( whore in the Old Testament commonly) , prostitute, thief, murderer. Ripper of wings off flies.

And this seems to be the only sin people get up in arms about.

But some great trivia about Mary Magdalene and Easter Eggs.

catholiccompany.com/getfed/mary-magdalene-first-easter-egg/
 
*Kresta in the Afternoon * radio program, sometime in between one and two months ago. I just caught the program intermittently that day, but there was a priest on who said the scholarship is starting to change back to where more scholars are saying that yes, Mary Magdalena is the same woman depicted as a prostitute.
 
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