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Tabitha, or Dorcas (Disciple of Jesus) fl. 40–50 CE: Jaffa: A woman from Jaffa, is described in Acts 9:36 as a disciple of Jesus, known for her charitable works, particularly making clothes for widows. Her death prompted a visit from the Apostle Peter, who, after praying, is said to have restored her to life. Tabitha's story is often cited as ...
Women at the cross: Matthew 27:55–56 many women ... who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, among whom were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee Mark 15:40 women ... among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome Luke 23:49
[1] [2] Mary was the most common name for Jewish women of the period. [citation needed] Saint Anne and her daughters, the Three Marys, Jean Fouquet. The Gospels refer to several women named Mary. At various points of Christian history, some of these women have been identified with one another. [3] Mary, mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene
Also they [the Cathars] teach in their secret meetings that Mary Magdalene was the wife of Christ. She was the Samaritan woman to whom He said, "Call thy husband". 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.
Barriola believed that she experienced a vision of Jesus Christ on 26 March 1869 on Good Friday. [1] On April 2, 1869, she received the inspiration to found a Congregation with the name Hijas de Jesus. On 8 December 1871 – alongside five companions – she founded the Daughters of Jesus and assumed the religious name: "Cándida María de ...
The most famous Mary of all time (with all due respect to Wilson, J. Blige, and Tyler Moore) is getting her own Biblical coming-of-age epic, just as her famous son has had over the years. Yeah ...
Women in Church history have played a variety of roles in the life of Christianity—notably as contemplatives, health care givers, educationalists and missionaries. Until recent times, women were generally excluded from episcopal and clerical positions within the certain Christian churches; however, great numbers of women have been influential in the life of the church, from contemporaries of ...
British scientists using forensic anthropology, similar to how police solve crimes, have stitched together what they say is probably most accurate image of Jesus Christ's real face, and he's not ...