Talk:Mary Magdalene/Archive 3

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Which Pope Gregory?

The cited article for the conflation of Magdalene with Mary of Bethany and the Unnamed sinner says Pope Gregory the Great, in 1591. Gregory the Great is Gregory I, who was pope in the 6th century. The pope in 1591 was Gregory XIV.

The Wikipedia page on Mary of Bethany says Gregory I and the year 591: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Bethany.

Benny121221 (talk) 03:07, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

This conflation is due to a recent unconstructive edit which I just reverted. --Omnipaedista (talk) 03:22, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Mary Magdalene's Holy Gospel

Mary Magdalene the Beloved Companion of LORD YESHUA did write her gospel contrary to this written article. It is called, "The Gospel of The Beloved Companion. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene". Transcribed and edited by Jeanne de Quillan and is available on Amazon. Co.uk for sale. 46.208.100.219 (talk) 16:59, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

"Artist's fantasy"

I concur with @LMorland's removal of "(artist's fantasy)" from the caption of the portrait. If we captioned every painting with fantastical elements with "artist's fantasy" the captions would all be very cluttered. It is totally unnecessary, and the unusual nature of this label makes it suspect, as if the editors need to disavow the realism of the artist's beliefs. I could understand if it were a fantastical painting with spiritual or supernatural elements depicted, but this is a slice of life, other than a possibly anachronistic pharmaceutical vessel. Per WP:NPOV if we don't use it routinely then we shouldn't make this special case. Elizium23 (talk) 14:14, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

I agree; possibly replacing "showing" with "depicting". W. P. Uzer (talk) 14:39, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Yes, it need better wording, but noone knows what MM looked like: this is not a portrait, it's imagination. Skyerise (talk) 14:43, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Bibliography entry

@StarryNightSky11: please help me understand how a bibliography entry formatted as a citation is "unsourced"? Elizium23 (talk) 02:31, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

@Elizium23: My mistake, reverted :) StarryNightSky11 ^☎ 02:45, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ never got married to her or anyone else for that matter. How could He have done what He did if that was the case.Why would anyone want to lie about such a thing as that? He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born free from sin. He didn’t come into this world to sin but to deliver us from sin. He thought about us and never Himself. Stop saying that!!!! 2603:8080:F400:12A4:FCEC:2096:1CE8:4EDA (talk) 03:47, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

The article simply describes the speculation from several respected writers that Jesus MAY HAVE been married to Mary Magdalene. While no source says that they definitely were married (nor that they weren't), the speculation is real. HiLo48 (talk) 04:00, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Magdala as a Fishing Village

It is my understanding that the identification of Magdala as a fishing village is not based on verified historical data. As this part of the introduction is not cited, I propose it be amended or removed. 109.78.46.129 (talk) 08:25, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Misleading Error in Life Section

"According to John 20:1–10, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb alone when it was still dark and saw that the stone had already been rolled away."

John 20:1-10 does not say Mary Magdalen was alone, but only that she went to the tomb, there is no mention that she was specifically/explicitly alone, and whoever wrote this clearly had the intention of trying to make John's telling of the event contradictory to the synoptics.

Here is what John says: "Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

This type of editorializing should not be allowed. SimonBarJonah (talk) 21:32, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene, Magdalena or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and resurrection. She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of the apostles and more than any other woman in the gospels, other than Jesus's family. Mary's epithet Magdalene may be a toponymic surname, meaning that she came from the town of Magdala, a fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Roman Judea. The Gospel of Luke chapter 8 lists Mary Magdalene as one of the women who travelled with Jesus and helped support his ministry "out of their resources", indicating that she was probably wealthy. The same passage also states that seven demons had been driven out of her, a statement which is repeated from Mark 16. In all four canonical gospels, Mary Magdalene is a witness to the crucifixion of Jesus and, in the Synoptic Gospels, she is also present at his burial. All four gospels identify her, either alone or as a member of a larger group of women which includes Jesus's mother, as the first to witness the empty tomb, and, either alone or as a member of a group, as the first to witness Jesus's resurrection. Mary Magdalene is considered to be a saint by the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran denominations. In 2016, Pope Francis raised the level of liturgical memory on July 22 from memorial to feast, and for her to be referred to as the "Apostle of the apostles". Other Protestant churches honor her as a heroine of the faith. The Eastern Orthodox churches also commemorate her on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers, the Orthodox equivalent of one of the Western Three Marys traditions. 197.245.50.26 (talk) 07:19, 4 March 2024 (UTC)