Whether you believe she was a penitent prostitute, the wife of Jesus or the apostle’s apostle, Mary Magdalene and her story have intrigued the nation since Dan Brown published “The Da Vinci Code” in ...
She was there when Jesus was crucified, yet no one knows much about her. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene. The Penitent Magdalene by Guido Reni.
The Gospels give some intriguing clues to the identity of Jesus’ famous follower—who was unwed, moved freely, and provided for the Apostles out of her own resources. A Renaissance (c. 1524) ...
She is one of the most significant women in the Bible. But what did Mary Magdalene really look like? In Western art and film – such as the 2018 film 'Mary Magdalene', starring Rooney Mara – she is ...
The lie that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute persisted for centuries. A new play reclaims her story.
On Easter Sunday in the year 591 A.D., Pope Gregory I made an error that would sully the reputation of one of Christ’s greatest followers for centuries. During a ...
Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Christ near the empty tomb is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne, N.Y. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Today is ...
Soon to go on display at the National Gallery of Art in DC, it took a female artist to portray the biblical figure not as shamed and repentant but in the throes of ecstatic rapture A woman knocks her ...
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