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Mary Magdalene

In Our Time: Religion

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The Implications of Gregory's Homily on Women in the Western Church

The visual arts have taken Gregory's homily to heart. They have lots of fun with the prostitute, they in the red dress and so on. What do you think it had a damning indictment for women because she became a patron saint of fallen women? And this is what actually mitigates and legislates for her enormous popularity across Western Christendom. So yet again, she still remains a model, a pathway to salvation. But I'm sure you're an untangulate. It's a process of historical constructions of piecing together fragments of truth"

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