Mary Magdalene has been characterized as a prostitute for hundreds of years — which has no basis in the Biblical text. Washington Post columnist Petula Dvorak explains why the myth has persisted.

We do know this: St. Mary Magdalene came to Christ’s tomb on the third day, found it empty and ran to tell the apostles. Then, as she wept by the tomb, the Risen Christ came to her and addressed ...

Here’s who Mary Magdalene was: one of Jesus Christ’s original followers, the last to stay with him while he was nailed to the cross and, Christians believe, the first to see his empty tomb and ...

She’s one of the most recognized figures in the Bible—and perhaps the most misunderstood. That might be why scholars just can’t quit chasing down the truth about Mary Magdalene.

This is British artist Harold Copping’s depiction of the grieving Mary Magdalene as she is about to meet the risen Jesus Christ in his tomb. Copping lived from 1863-1932. (Courtesy Photo) One of ...

Mary Magdalene looks into a convex mirror, ... M ary Magdalene’s witness to the tomb and beyond speaks of God’s immense redemptive power that delivered her from seven demons.

According to tradition, Charles found an ancient tomb in Saint-Maximin containing a mostly-complete skeleton accompanied by a wooden tablet identifying the remains as those of Mary Magdalene.

Mormon model Holly Jane has detailed her experience being excommunicated from the Mormon Church, after reaching out to The ...

But if you read John 11 without Martha, then you can see that John seems to be deliberately putting the idea in readers’ heads that Lazarus’s sister Mary could be Mary Magdalene. She’s named Mary, and ...

Marina Warner writes about several portraits of Mary Magdalene with writing instruments in hand by a French artist from the early 16th century, the Master of the Female Half-Lengths, ‘surely some of ...

Mary Magdalene showed up to help. ... celebrating Mass in the Easter tomb, walking the Via Dolorosa. ... It looks as if the boat is sitting on top of the sea.