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For this reason, the myrrhbearing women, especially Mary Magdalene, are sometimes referred to as "equal to the Apostles." Joseph of Arimathea was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly. [c] He went to Pontius Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus and, together with Nicodemus, hurriedly prepared the body for burial. He donated his own new tomb for ...
[1] [2] Mary was the most common name for Jewish women of the period. 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
"Cinderella", [a] or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with 69 variants that are told throughout the world. [2] [3] The protagonist is a young girl living in forsaken circumstances who is suddenly blessed by remarkable fortune, with her ascension to the throne via marriage.
The Sacred Tradition of Eastern Christianity teaches that the Virgin Mary died a natural death (the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep), like any human being; that her soul was received by Christ upon death; and that her body was resurrected on the third day after her repose, at which time she was taken up, soul and body, into heaven in anticipation of the general resurrection.
The Gospel of Luke mentions Mary the most often, identifying her by name twelve times, all of these in the infancy narrative (Luke 1:27–2:34). [50] The Gospel of Matthew mentions her by name five times, four of these (1:16, 18, 20; 2:11) [51] in the infancy narrative and once (Matthew 13:55) [52] outside the infancy narrative.
Mary, mother of James is identified in the synoptic gospels as one of the women who went to Jesus' tomb after he was buried. Mark 16:1 and Luke 24:10 refer to "Mary the mother of James" as one of the Myrrhbearers, the women who went to the tomb of Jesus.
In an eastern tradition supported by the western bishop and historian Gregory of Tours (c. 538 – 594), Mary Magdalene is said to have retired to Ephesus in Asia Minor with Mary the mother of Jesus, where they both lived out the rest of their lives. [166] [167] Gregory states that Mary Magdalene was buried in the city of Ephesus. [167]
The Roman Breviary states, "After the Council of Ephesus (431) in which the Mother of Jesus was acclaimed as Mother of God, Pope Sixtus III erected at Rome on the Esquiline Hill, a basilica dedicated to the honor of the Holy Mother of God. It was afterward called Saint Mary Major and it is the oldest church in the West dedicated to the honor of ...