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Dawidos:
--- Quote from: Joel on October 21, 2010, 10:21:14 PM ---
I could be wrong about her, but can anyone show me in the scriptures where it says she was a prostitute?
--- End quote ---
If I remember correctly it's one of the biggest "mistake" in the history of Church. There is talking about casting demons out of her by Christ, but nothing about prostitution.
According to Wikipedia:
Few characters in the New Testament have been so sorely miscast as Mary Magdalene, whose reputation as a fallen woman originated not in the Bible but in a sixth-century sermon by Pope Gregory the Great. Not only is she misidentified as the repentant fallen prostitute of legend, meditating and levitating in a cave, but she was not necessarily even a notable sinner: Being possessed by "seven demons" that were exorcised by Jesus, she was arguably more victim than sinner. And the idea, popularized by The Da Vinci Code, that Mary was Jesus' wife and bore his child, while not totally disprovable, is the longest of long shots.
grapehound:
Hi Dawidos!
It's great to hear from you bro, I've missed you.
Glad to see you online again. :)
Thanks for that important post about Mary Magdalene. That makes such a difference to history and the ripple effect on popular culture.
I've often wondered about that, so thanks for the excerpt from Wiki. 8)
Do you identify with a particular character from scripture?
I'd be keen to know !
Thanks again Brother
Every Blessing
Grape
Dawidos:
Grapehound, God bless you for your warm welcome :). I had problems with my password but masterful Craig has fixed everything, and now I can be online again :). Anyway, thank you for your kind words.
Back to Mary Magdalene, I think the Roman Catholic Church is the only big christian denonimation who holds still its conviction that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. She is often misidentified with the woman who washed Jesus's feet.
Scripture:
Luk 7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
Luk 7:38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Luk 7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Luk 7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
Luk 7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
Luk 7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
Luk 7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Luk 7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
Luk 7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
Luk 7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Luk 7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Luk 7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Luk 7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
Luk 7:50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Comment (not mine, some kind of expert)
It is not Mary (the sister of Martha and Lazarus) because although it is similar to the events in Matthew 26:6-13 where Mary (the sister of Martha and Lazarus) annointed Jesus, that was in Bethany and the " woman... who was a sinner" in Luke 7 was in Galilee. It is very unlikely that it was Mary Magdalene either because she was mentioned by name only three verses later in Luke 8:3 and Luke, the careful historian, doesn't add anything to identify or explain her such as "Mary Magdalene, who washed Jesus feet in Simon's house"; also, although she had demons cast out of her there is no evidence Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.
By the way, casting demons may be taken literally, but it may be a metaphor as well - meaning "healing from illness". For me illness is like a demon :D :D Believe me, when I was ill, I often asked God to cast this demon out of me :D
Do I identify with any character from the Bible? Hmm, difficult question. My name is David, so I'm close to King David rather not by my ruling abilities but sinful nature. I don't know if there is any ex-atheist in the Bible, but taking into consideration my faith struggle maybe I'm linked in some way to Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas. I don't know. What do you think?
Deborah-Leigh:
Excellent research Dawidos! ….and what a s-w-e-e-t little puppy of Janine's….welcome back brother! :)
Arc
Dawidos:
Thank you Arc for your opinion - I've just found some good sources and combined them into one "research post". Yes, it's Janine's dog. Very sweet, isn't he/she?
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