Cynthia Bourgeault's opus, "The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity," offers a provocative study of the life of Mary Magdalene and her relationship with the prophet Jesus of Nazareth. ... "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."4 This seemingly logical h...

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