Mary Magdalene and power of misinformation

The Charlotte Observer ^ | 2/15/2004 | Ed Williams

[OLD REGGIE]

You have no understanding of Catholicism if you think the opinion of the Pope constitutes official Church teaching.

You have no understanding of me if you think I have no understanding of what constitutes official Catholic Church teaching.

Then again, it is not I who claims what a Pope says, writes, or preaches is trash.

[OLD REGGIE]

Nice try referencing an ultra-liberal, feminist Catholic website.

Excuse me, I thought you were interested in the words of Pope Gregory. I had no idea you were so prejudiced you would attack the site, not the truth.

Lets try another one. Harvard Divinity School

Which prejudice do you wish to exercise now?

[autopsy]

So, you have resorted to quoting lesbians and the Harvard Divinity School. How far away from God will you go to find a source?

[OLD REGGIE]

So, you have resorted to quoting lesbians and the Harvard Divinity School. How far away from God will you go to find a source?

I am simply exposing your blind prejudice.

To date, you have refused to examine a quote of Pope Gregory simply because it was posted on a feminine site. Misogony exposed.

You have refused to examine a quote of Pope Gregory simply because it was posted on a "Protestant" site. Hatred of Protestantism exposed.

Do you wish to keep going with your inanity?

Here is the same quote from a "Catholic" source. He agrees with Pope Gregory that Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany are one and the same. However, he uses the same quote as is used in the sites you refuse to examine due to your blind prejudice.

If this argument holds, then Mary Magdalene, the penitent woman, and Mary of Bethany are the same. Granted, we are still left with a little mystery. Nevertheless, I personally agree with Pope St. Gregory, who concluded, A She whom Luke calls the sinful woman, whom John calls Mary [of Bethany], we believe to be the Mary from whom seven devils were ejected according to Mark" (Homilies on the Gospels). St. Mary Magdalene, the repentant sinner, who found both forgiveness and friendship with our Lord, who stood faithfully at the foot of the cross, and who saw the risen Lord, is a powerful example for each believer.

By Fr. William P. Saunders
Herald Columnist
(From the issue of 8/28/03)

CATHOLIC HERALD

OR - from a quasi Religious and Secular source.

Mary Magdalene, for instance, HAS been exonerated by the Catholic Church. The Vatican did it in 1969, but few Catholics seem aware of the historical cleansing. She is not the devout and penitent whore weeping at the foot of the cross, as I was brought up to believe. She didn't suffer the bum rap of being a prostitute until the end of the sixth century, when Pope Gregory I delivered a famous sermon in which he tagged her as the unnamed "sinner" in the Gospel of Luke.

John Hanchette, a professor of journalism at St. Bonaventure University, is a former editor of the Niagara Gazette and a Pulitzer Prize-winning national correspondent. He was a founding editor of USA Today and was recently named by Gannett as one of the Top 10 reporters of the past 25 years. He can be contacted via e-mail at Hanchette6@aol.com.

You may wish to continue your argument with him.

Mary Magdalene exonerated.