John's is the only one to name her, and he calls her Mary of Bethany. ... "3 This image of Mary Magdalene is later solidified in 594 by Pope Gregory the Great who preached, "She whom Luke calls the sinful woman, whom John calls Mary, we believe to be Mary from whom seven demons were ejected according to MarkThis woman previously used the unguent to perfume her flesh in forbidden acts.... Following this train of thought, the event of the woman with the alabaster jar could instead be considered, as Margaret Starbird in her book, "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar," sugges...

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