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 ...

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.

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 ...

Happy Easter! On Easter, the Church offers us two Gospels. Mark’s account (16:1-7) of the encounter of Mary Magdalene and the other women with the angel at Christ’s tomb is read at the Easter ...

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 ...

The Magdalene at the Tomb of Jesus Christ, (painting) Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery. Object Details artist ... Religion--New Testament--Mary Magdalen Religion--New Testament- ...

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.

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.