Mary Magadalene,who was she really?
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I would like to clear up some errors found in the above answers. Mary Magdalene is explicitly named in the canonical scriptures as demon possessed, but NOT a prostitute. The woman who was going to be stoned for being caught in the act of adultery was not named in the Bible (John 8:1-11). \n\nThere is a Mary (of "Mary and Martha") - she was the sinner who washed Jesus' feet with her tears and dried his feet with her hair. She also anointed Jesus with ointment (beginning in Luke 7:37). John 11:2 identifies this woman as Mary of Bethany. She had a sister named Martha -- they were both sisters of Lazarus. People often mistake this Mary for Mary Magdalene. This isn't true, either.\n\nMary Magdalene was one of several women who was healed of evil spirits and infirmities as Jesus toured Galilee for the fourth time. She had seven demons cast out of her Luke 8:2). Once she was healed, she became a follower of Jesus Christ.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Bernadette
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Mary, the mother of Jesus.  She could have said "no" but she said "yes" and stood by her son and God through everything.  She was a strong woman (she instigated Jesus' first miracle) and is a great model for us.\n\nGood question, thanks!
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Ruth Ann Minner, I believe.\nNote the source and scroll to the bottom of the page.\nPlus, you will get much more information.
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http://www.thepeacebeads.com/ourlady/mary.htm
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Legends say Catharine the Great due to propogation of libel but the real answer is Queen Mary.  Check out the website, she's famous. :-)
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The Little woman from  Ms Alcott's book with that title. Jo, Beth  and Meg were Josephine, Elizabeth and Margaret
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How did the words "she will never marry," change Mary Turner's life? What made Mary's friends think she would never marry? \nThe Turners were disliked, though few of their neighbors had ever met them, or even seen them in the distance. Yet what was there to dislike? They simply "kept themselves to themselves" \nExplain the situation of the Turners being called "poor whites" How did this change Mary's outlook on her life with Richard?\nWhy did Mary hate her life with Richard? How did she plan to change things?\nOf all of Mary's decisions...do you think she made her choices based on what she felt she wanted to do or on what she though people would accept?
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Oh dear Lord. The first answer is that she was a prostitute. Apparently the Good Christian knew the answer without even needing to read the question.\n\nI'm not sure what movie you're asking about, so I can't really answer.\n\nBut for the record, the idea that Mary Madgalene was a prostitute came a few hundred years later. The Church Fathers engaged in frequent slander against women and against each other -- after listing all of the theological heresies of their rival Xians, they'd conclude with And furthermore, he was WOMEN FOLLOWERS!\n\nNow they pretty much ALL had women followers, in fact most of the ministry was supported by wealthy widows. Unfortunately, Xians got started with this holier than thou stuff real early in their history. And most of us grew up thinking that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.
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For all of Mary’s piety and distinction as Jesus’ mother, there was a woman who had been actively searching for the Messiah, though neither her faith in his coming nor her devoted affirmation of his arrival have ingratiated her to the annals of memory. The Bible calls her Anna, and she was both a prophetess of Christ’s coming, and the first person mentioned to ever proclaim Jesus as the Christ and Saviour. \n\nFrom all accounts, Anna was a gentle, elderly woman of supreme faith and commitment to God and His works. She was a scholar of the Torah, and believed whole-heartedly in the proclamations of Isaiah and Micah. \n\nThis link gives more information about Anna.
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Mary was a normal human like everyone else.  She never preformed miracles, and she didn't stay a virgin much longer after Jesus was born.  She gave birth to Jesus' brother.    And right now (sorry Catholics) Mary is a dead woman who is nothing special.  What if a woman named "Suzan" gave birth to Jesus?  Would people start praying to "the virgin Suzan"?  Dead people don't hear prayers, only God does.
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there's something about mary
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I don't know specifically but here are some good websites to check: http://www.africawithin.com/bios/mary_bethune.htm\nhttp://www.floridamemory.com/OnlineClassroom/MaryBethune/
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Salome.  She asked for the head of John the Baptist on a platter when her step-father, driven to distraction by her sexy dance, said she could have anything she wanted.\n\nYou gotta wonder about that step-father, don't you?
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Mary, duh.\n\n\n...I'd like my 10 points now.
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People need to keep in mind that The Da Vinci Code was written as a work of fiction and not get quite so tied up in knots about it.\n\nHow many Mary's in the bible?  Gosh, I don't really know for sure: \n\nMary, the mother of Jesus\nMary, the sister of Lazarus and Martha\nMary Magdalen\n\nWere there others?
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Typhoid  which is why she was known as Typhoid Mary\n\nk.m.