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Mary Magdalene

In Our Time: Religion

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The Evolution of Mary Magdalene in the Western Church

In the Eastern churches, that was how she remained. A mare-bearing saintly woman, and she continued in that case. In the Western church, she was transformed. It uses propaganda, you might say. When did the first steps go in that direction in the Western church? Well, it boils down to a way of reading the texts. The composite figure of Mary Magdalene that emerges in the West came from a desire to make sense of these events.

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