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Originally posted by paigowprincess
Who is Mary Magdalene? I thought they all went by one name in those days, like Cher? I have always vageuly wondered about this stuff but didnt really care enough to ask. THank god for the FB. No pun.
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Mary Magdalene was a follower of Jesus. She was, if memory serves, from a town called Magdala, so that's where the "last name" comes from. She gets two names to avoid the possible confusion with the other Mary.
She was also (not sure if this is in the text or from tradition) a prostitute. Like the apostle Matthew (a tax collector), she belonged to a group that was not held in high esteem by Jerusalem society. Apropos of nothing, singer-songwriter Richard Shindell has a song about her called (duh) "Mary Magdalene" which contains the priceless line about her relationship with Jesus: "it was his career before mine."
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Originally posted by paigowprincess
And I thought the difference between Catholics and Protestants was that Protestants, in true Connecticut style, didnt feel all the bells and whistles (ie stained glass and saints) were necessary. Just keep it simple.
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Depends on the version of Protestantism -- you go from High Episcopalians, who -- according to the witticism -- have all the pagentry of the Catholics with none of the guilt, to the Puritans who settled New England -- even Christmas was too much in terms of bells and whistles for them.
