The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-03-26
Among Best OF
His Disciples
Mary of Magdala an Early
Follower of the
Savior
A Thankful, Good Woman


the woman who was a sinner"
mentioned in ST. Luke Z: $3.50.
That woman was evidently no
torious for her sinful life, and on
account of that opinion the Mag
dalene has come to be considered
kind of patron saint of deprav-
ed womanhood. Even the clergy
sometimes use her as an example
of the possibility of repentance
bringing the yilest Of the vile into
the company of the blessed.
For this opinion there is not a
vestige OF proof in the Scriptures,
nor does the most ancient tradi-
ton support it. We have not the
faintest reason for thinking that
Mary Magdalene was ever an
abandoned woman! To every
careful reader of the New Testa-
ment it must be matter to regret
that the honorable name OF the
thankful, good woman, who was
the first witness of the Resurrec-
ton of Jesus Christ, should have
been besmirched carelesSly.
No doubt the mention of Mary
Magdalene in the chapter next to
the one that tells us of the sinful
woman at the house of Simon the
Leper duke 81 has had some
thing TO do with the forming of
this wrong opinion. Certain au-
thorities were in some cases in
clined to identify that woman
with Mary the sister of Lazarus,
but that is not a popular opinion
now with the commentators.
No doubt Mary was known as
the Magdalene to distinguish her
from the many other Marys, be-
cause she came from the town or
village of Magdala. now el-Meidel,
on the west side Of the Sea of
Galilee Ii may be that, as a lady
of means, the tile showed her
local importance.
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