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Jesus is said to have cast seven evil spirits out of her (Luke 8:1-3). Although the work is popularly known as the Gospel of Mary, it is not classed as a gospel by some scholars, who restrict the term 'gospel' to texts "primarily focused on recounting the teachings and . (he calls her by her name), How does this connect to what happened in episode 1? [296], Her left hand relic is kept in the Simonopetra Monastery on Mount Athos. It is not about the sister of Saint Martha, nor about the sinful woman whose sins the Lord forgave. [185][181][186] In this account, Mary Magdalene is, in Ehrman's words, "fabulously rich, insanely beautiful, and outrageously sensual",[185] but she gives up her life of wealth and sin to become a devoted follower of Jesus. She is mentioned several times in the Gospels as a devoted follower of Jesus who was present at his crucifixion and burial. [I]n the post-Biblical period, the sages identify the lilith . [229][226][230] In Superstar, Mary describes her sexual attraction to Jesus in the song "I Don't Know How to Love Him", which shocked many of the play's original viewers. [160] Instead, Augustine praised Mary Magdalene as "unquestionably surpassingly more ardent in her love than these other women who had administered to the Lord". After the Resurrection, He appeared first to her. [67][69][77] Casey argues that the reason for this abrupt ending may be because the Gospel of Mark is an unfinished first draft. [195] They were sometimes thought to be the couple at the Wedding at Cana, though the Gospel accounts say nothing of the ceremony being abandoned. Many characters and stories are based on events in the Gospels, but there are also characters and events that the creators made up to tie things together. The Chosen, a TV show on the Angel Studios' free streaming service, chronicles the life of Jesus and his many followers. "[145] This may indicate that Mary Magdalene was already being conflated with the "sinful woman" in Luke 7:3650, though Tertullian never clearly identifies the woman of whom he speaks as Mary Magdalene. [55][75] Nonetheless, the details of the accounts differ drastically. [47] Luke 23:49 mentioned a group of women watching the crucifixion, but did not give any of their names. The creators make changes in order to adapt the biblical stories to TV. The 1552 edition omitted the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, which was restored to the Book of Common Prayer only after some 400 years. [68][69][78] In Luke's account, Jesus never appears to the women,[68][69][79] but instead makes his first appearance to Cleopas and an unnamed "disciple" on the road to Emmaus. [89] N. T. Wright states that "it is, frankly, impossible to imagine that [the women at the tomb] were inserted into the tradition after Paul's day. She is demon possessed and it is implied that she has adopted the name of the demon that possesses her. [g], In 1517, on the brink of the Protestant Reformation, the leading French Renaissance humanist Jacques Lefvre d'taples published his book De Maria Magdalena et triduo Christi disceptatio (Disputation on Mary Magdalene and the Three Days of Christ), in which he argued against the conflation of Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, and the unnamed sinner in Luke. It's certainly not The Exorcist, but demonic stuff can really freak some people out. And she began to speak to them these words: "I", she said, "I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to Him, Lord I saw you today in a vision". Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung,Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave,Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus were the most important women in Jesus's life. She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of the apostles and more than any other woman in the gospels, other . [28] In either case, Mary must have suffered from severe emotional or psychological trauma for an exorcism of this kind to have been perceived as necessary. [160], The unnamed "sinful woman" in Luke 7:3650 is never identified as a prostitute[161] and, in Jewish society at the time the gospel was written, "sinful" could have simply meant that she "did not assiduously observe the law of Moses". [176] Honorius mentions that, out of love for Jesus, Mary repented and withdrew into a life of quiet isolation. You can also purchase the DVDs of season 1 on Amazon if you're worried about trying to stream & do Zoom at the same time. During the Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church emphasized Mary Magdalene as a symbol of penance. [13][10] They are not regarded by bible scholars as reliable sources of information about her life. [146], Mary Magdalene has the reputation in Western Christianity as being a repentant prostitute or loose woman; however, these statements are not supported by the canonical gospels, which at no point imply that she had ever been a prostitute or in any way notable for a sinful way of life. If the savior made her worthy, who are you to reject her? [171] Modestus, the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 630 until 634, describes a slightly different tradition that Mary Magdalene had come to Ephesus to live with the apostle John following the death of Mary the mother of Jesus. [182][181] The shrine was purportedly found intact, with an explanatory inscription stating why the relics had been hidden. Why do you think they were removed? She was the woman taken into adultery, whom Christ set free lest the Jews stone her, and she was with Him in three places, in the temple, at the well, and in the garden. What did these seven devils signify, if not all the vices? She is also believed to have been the first witness to the resurrection of Jesus. 15131516). While watching the show, I made occasional comments through the chat but I tried to not do too much teaching - I wanted the youth to enjoy The Chosen and not just see it as an elaborate preaching illustration. [104] Of the 64 questions, 39 are presented by a woman who is referred to as Mary or Mary Magdalene. once. In The Chosen, when we first Mary Magdalene in Season 1 Episode 1, she has already been possessed by an evil spirit, Lilith, for some time. [255] For centuries, it has been the custom of many Eastern Orthodox Christians to share dyed and painted eggs, particularly on Easter Sunday. Jusino based his argument largely on the Nag Hammadi Gnostic books, rejecting the view of Raymond E. Brown that these books were later developments, and maintaining instead that the extant Gospel of John is the result of modification of an earlier text that presented Mary Magdalene as the Beloved Disciple. "[156] Ambrose (c. 340 397), by contrast, not only rejected the conflation of Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, and the anointing sinner,[157] but even proposed that the authentic Mary Magdalene herself was, in fact, two separate people:[157][158] one woman named Mary Magdalene who discovered the empty tomb and a different Mary Magdalene who saw the risen Christ. Why do you think The Chosen depicted Mary as a prostitute? [53] Ehrman states that the presence of Mary Magdalene and the other women at the cross is probably historical because Christians would have been unlikely to make up that the main witnesses to the crucifixion were women[54] and also because their presence is attested in both the Synoptic Gospels and in the Gospel of John independently. [13][10][98] Sanders summarizes the scholarly consensus that: very, very little in the apocryphal gospels could conceivably go back to the time of Jesus. **Update: I explore the origin of the name "Lilith" in my recent post **. [265] Raymond E. Brown, commenting on this fact, remarks that Hrabanus Maurus frequently applies the word "apostle" to Mary Magdalene in this work. [67][68][69] The angel told them that Jesus had risen from the dead. [86] This "very forced" ending contradicts the last verse of the original gospel, stating that the women "told no one". [67][68][69] Instead, the women ran away and told no one, because they were too afraid. Dan Ben-Amos explains that although this is the first extant text that records the legend of Lilith, her story probably existed earlier: [Lilith's] story seems to hover at the edges of literacy with sporadic references. [31] The dialogue consists of a conversation between Jesus, Mary and two apostles - Thomas the Apostle and Matthew the Apostle. [75][82] His next words may be translated as "Don't touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father" or "Stop clinging to me, [etc.]" [294], Many of the alleged relics of the saint are held in Catholic churches in France, especially at Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, where her skull (see above) and the noli me tangere are on display; the latter being a piece of forehead flesh and skin said to be from the spot touched by Jesus at the post-resurrection encounter in the garden. [218] Edgar Saltus's historical fiction novel Mary Magdalene: A Chronicle (1891) depicts her as a heroine living in a castle at Magdala, who moves to Rome becoming the "toast of the tetrarchy", telling John the Baptist she will "drink pearls sup on peacock's tongues". The first passage is regarding Mary Magdalene (Lilith): In case you didn't catch it, at the end of The Chosen episode 1 we discover that the character called Lilith for most of the episode is actually named Mary Magdalene. (for LOTR: Tom Bombadil. Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant churches generally do not view these writings as part of the Bible. And we also just had fun chatting about random stuff, like how Quintus was totally fitting the stereotype of the evil bald guy. [86] The "longer ending", which is found in most surviving manuscripts, is an "amalgam of traditions" containing episodes derived from the other gospels. "[200] A document, possibly written by Ermengaud of Bziers, undated and anonymous and attached to his Treatise against Heretics,[201] makes a similar statement:[202], Also they [the Cathars] teach in their secret meetings that Mary Magdalene was the wife of Christ. resurrection. [293] Bahs have noted parallels between Mary Magdalene and the Bab heroine-poet Thirih. "The Saintly Sinner: The Two-Thousand-Year Obsession with Mary Magdalene". [71][73][74] Despite this, all four canonical gospels, as well as the apocryphal Gospel of Peter, agreed that Mary Magdalene, either alone or as a member of a group, was the first person to discover that Jesus' tomb was empty. Rather, let us praise his greatness, for he has prepared us and made us truly human. [47] Matthew 27:61 lists Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" as witnesses. [263] She mentions in particular Hugh of Cluny (10241109), Peter Abelard (10791142), and Bernard of Clairvaux (10901153) among those who gave Mary Magdalene the title of apostolorum apostola (apostle of the apostles). Jesus is said to have cast seven evil spirits out of her (, As I noted above, in the Bible there is no indication that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. [101] In saying 53, the Dialogue attributes to Mary three aphorisms that are attributed to Jesus in the New Testament: "The wickedness of each day [is sufficient]. "[104] Simon Peter, annoyed at Mary's dominance of the conversation, tells Jesus, "My master, we cannot endure this woman who gets in our way and does not let any of us speak, though she talks all the time. The rest of the disciples [were offended by it and expressed disapproval]. [249], Noli me tangere (c. 1440-1442), fresco by Fra Angelico, Mary Magdalene Reading (c. 15001510) by Piero di Cosimo, Mary Magdalene (early 1500s) by Ambrosius Benson, Magdalena Penitente (early 1500s) by Giampietrino, Mary Magdalene (1615) by Juan Bautista Mano, Penitent Magdalene (c. 15761578) by El Greco, Mary Magdalene (16151616 or 16201625) by Artemisia Gentileschi, St Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy (c. 16191620) by Peter Paul Rubens, Magdalene with the Smoking Flame (c. 1640) by Georges de La Tour, Christ Appearing to Mary Magdalene (between 1640 and 1650) by Pietro da Cortona, The Magdalene (before 1792) by George Romney, Mary Magdalene (18581860) by Frederick Sandys, Sarah Bernhardt as Maria Magdalena (1887) by Alfred Stevens, Christ and Mary Magdalene (1890) by Albert Edelfelt in a Finnish locale, The Eastern Orthodox Church has never identified Mary Magdalene with Mary of Bethany or the "sinful woman" who anoints Jesus in Luke 7:3650[254] and has always taught that Mary was a virtuous woman her entire life, even before her conversion. Many Christians still memorize this passage to remind them of how God is always with us, even in the most difficult trials. Why was Mary Magdalene called Lilith in The Chosen? As Mary of Bethany, she is shown as present at the Resurrection of Lazarus, her brother, and in the scene with Jesus and her sister Martha, which began to be depicted often in the seventeenth century, as in Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Velzquez. The Gospel of Philip, dating from the second or third century, survives in part among the texts found in Nag Hammadi in 1945. [117] Roughly half the text of the gospel in this manuscript has been lost;[122][123] the first six pages and four from the middle are missing. The portrayal of Mary Magdalene as a prostitute began in 591, when Pope Gregory I conflated Mary Magdalene, who was introduced in Luke 8:2, with Mary of Bethany (Luke 10:39) and the unnamed "sinful woman" who anointed Jesus' feet in Luke 7:3650. [] Hence she came to be called "the apostle of the Apostles". There are also characters and stories from the Gospels that the creators have left out. Over time, the Western artistic tradition repeatedly depicted Mary as a prostitute and the mistaken association got stuck in the cultural consciousness. [226][227][228] She is portrayed as one in Nikos Kazantzakis's 1955 novel The Last Temptation of Christ and Martin Scorsese's 1988 film adaptation of it,[227] in which Jesus, as he is dying on the cross, has a vision from Satan of what it would be like if he married Mary Magdalene and raised a family with her instead of dying for humanity's sins. First Bible mention. [204] Poems about Mary Magdalene's repentance were also popular. There are no textual variants in extant New Testament manuscripts to contradict this,[301] and thus no physical evidence of this hypothetical earlier document. [320] The extremely late Greater Questions of Mary, which has not survived, allegedly portrayed Mary not as Jesus' wife or partner, but rather as an unwilling voyeur. sfn error: no target: CITEREFStrongStrong2008 (, Johnston, 64; the accounts are the Life in the, Hufstader, 3240, and throughout the rest of the article, See Johnston, 111115 on the rise and fall of Vzelay as a cult centre. Why do you think the creators added them? The identification of Mary Magdalene with Mary of Bethany and the unnamed "sinful woman" was still a major controversy in the years leading up to the Reformation, and some Protestant leaders rejected it. Simon Peter said to them: Let Mary go forth from among us, for women are not worthy of the life. [98], Nonetheless, the texts have been frequently promoted in modern works as though they were reliable. The Bible never mentions "the Red Quarter." [47] Matthew 27:5556 lists Mary Magdalene, Mary mother of James and Joseph, and the unnamed mother of the sons of Zebedee (who may be the same person Mark calls Salome). [185][186] Miraculously, however, the boat washes ashore at Marseille in southern France. The same passage also states that seven demons had been driven out of her, a statement which is repeated in Mark 16. Such works often support sensationalist statements about Jesus and Mary Magdalene's relationship. The entire series, especially Episode 1, heavily features a character named Mary Magdalene. Episode 8 Guide: The Woman at the Well, Eden, & Zohara, Christmas with The Chosen: The Messengers, The Chosen Season 2 Controversy (Jesus, the Bible, & the Process of Inspiration), Should Nicodemus Kneel? Robert Kiefer Webb, Richard J. Helmstadter (editors), Mclaughlin, Lisa and David Van Biema. [9] Unlike Paul the Apostle, Mary Magdalene left behind no known writings of her own. [319] None of the canonical gospels imply such a thing[320] and, even in the late Gnostic gospels, where Mary is shown as Jesus' closest disciple,[320] the relationship between them is not sexual. How does that truth encourage you? The unchallenged facts about her life establish that Jesus cleansed her of seven demons (Luke 8:2 and Mark 16:9), probably . [323], Maurice Casey rejects the idea of Mary Magdalene as Jesus' wife as nothing more than wild popular sensationalism. I hope you enjoy them! In The Chosen, when we first meet Mary Magdalene, most of the characters refer to her as Lili. She displayed her hair to set off her face, but now her hair dries her tears. (ex. The last passage is an optional bonus for youth that like digging deeper. [108][98] Two of the sayings reference a woman named "Mary", who is generally regarded as Mary Magdalene. [304], Dan Brown's 2003 bestselling mystery thriller novel The Da Vinci Code popularized a number of erroneous ideas about Mary Magdalene,[305][306] including that she was a member of the tribe of Benjamin, that she was Jesus' wife, that she was pregnant at the crucifixion, and that she gave birth to Jesus' child, who became the founder of a bloodline which survives to this very day. Mary answered and said, "What is hidden from you I will proclaim to you". Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. [67][68][69] According to Luke 24:112 a group of unnamed women went to the tomb and found the stone already rolled away, as in Mark. Mary Magdalene was a prominent figure in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. [79][80], Mary Magdalene's role in the resurrection narrative is greatly increased in the account from the Gospel of John. In The Chosen, it is not entirely clear whether Mary Magdalene was engaging in prostitution before the events of Season 1, Episode 1. [56], All four canonical gospels, as well as the apocryphal Gospel of Peter, agree that Jesus' body was taken down from the cross and buried by a man named Joseph of Arimathea. Explain: The Chosen is a multi-season streaming series that's adapting the four Gospels. That's why I'm excited to share with you a new resource that I've created to help you study biblical adaptations & reflect on how they apply to everyday life. The Chosen introduces a lot of characters and expects us to just keep up. [10] She was never mentioned in any of the Pauline epistles or in any of the general epistles. The two are similar in many respects, with Mary Magdalene often being viewed as a Christian antecedent of the latter, while Thirih in her own right could be described as the spiritual return of the Magdalene; especially given their common, shared attributes of "knowledge, steadfastness, courage, virtue and will power", in addition to their importance within the religious movements of Christianity and the Bah Faith as female leaders. [65] Sanders affirms Jesus' burial by Joseph of Arimathea in the presence of Mary Magdalene and the other female followers as completely historical. Mary lived in a village called Magdala on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. . It's a great comfort in the midst of the pandemic and other turmoil. [234][235][236] This portrayal is partially based on the Gnostic Gospel of Mary Magdalene. "[302] Esther A. de Boer likewise presents the idea as "one possibility among others", not as a definitive solution to the problem of the identity of the anonymous disciple. [274] The Mass and Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) remain the same as they were, except that a specific preface was added to the Mass to refer to her explicitly as the "Apostle to the Apostles". The first part of the gospel deals with Jesus' parting words to his followers after a post-resurrection appearance. I am glad and blythe that St Jerome should say so". According to Gospel of Luke,[26] Jesus exorcised "seven demons" from Mary Magdalene. [68][69][67] Then the risen Jesus himself appeared to the women as they were leaving the tomb and told them to tell the other disciples that he would meet them in Galilee. Her association with prostitution was a result of the proximity between the first mention of her in Luke (Luke 8:1-3) and a story about a prostitute (Luke 7:36-50). Lilith is the name of Mary Magdalene when she first appears in episode one. [67], According to Matthew 28:110, Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" went to the tomb. Thank you! It includes sections for you to take notes on each episode's plot, your favorite quotes, personal connections, questions, and, of course, Scripture references. [246] As Gothic painted crucifixions became crowded compositions, the Magdalene became a prominent figure, with a halo and identifiable by her long unbound blonde hair, and usually a bright red dress. [176][177] This portrayal became so popular that it quickly spread to Germany and England. In chapter 8, when the Pevensie children are speaking to Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, they learn that a human must rule Narnia, and while she claims to be human, the White Witch is not at all human. [117] It contains information about the role of women in the early church. After sharing that information, you can ask: What stuck out to you about Mary Magdalene's depiction in The Chosen? [27][28] Consequently, her devotion to Jesus resulting from this healing must have been very strong. ", "Patricia Kasten, "A great saint with a big case of mistaken identity". He attempts to heal her and exorcise the evil spirit in her, but he is unsuccessful and concludes that she is beyond hope. "[109] Jesus responds, "They are like children who have settled in a field which is not theirs. Some fiction portrays her as the wife of Jesus. The Chosen isn't trying to mess with the Bible. [289] `Abdu'l-Bah considered her to be the supreme example of how women are completely equal with men in the sight of God and can at times even exceed men in holiness and greatness. Season 2 Reflection P1: What is The Chosen Season 2 about? Come and See is a devotional journal designed specifically for studying Bible movies and shows like The Chosen. In the Gospel of Philip's text she is described as Jesus' companion, as the disciple Jesus loved the most and the one Jesus kissed on the mouth,[3] which has led some people to conclude that she and Jesus were in a relationship.