Farrah Glisson faithfully attends our Sunday evening Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church in Hoboken and for years has handed out the church bulletin as people depart. I call her “our communicator.” Then ...
The surprising revelation which comes from the lost 'Gospel' which a Science Channel documentary claims to date back more than 1,000 years says Jesus had married a prostitute, Mary Magdalene, and the ...
Elizabeth Schrader Polczer is assistant professor of New Testament at Villanova University. Her research focuses on textual criticism, Mary Magdalene, and the Gospel of John. Hear the full version of ...
Was she really a prostitute? Why did Jesus love her so? Still, there are many unanswered questions about certain people in the Bible, but none is more controversial than Mary Magdalene. There have ...
It seems quite obvious, as Gospel accounts only recall the traces of the risen Christ: a stone rolled away, a burial shroud cast aside and angels present at an empty tomb. But when reading today’s ...
If you have ever lost someone important to you, you likely know the particular sting that comes from wanting to go to the very person you’re grieving for comfort—and realizing they aren’t there, at ...
Documentary presented by Anglican priest Pete Owen Jones which explores the huge number of ancient Christian texts that didnt make it into the New Testament Shocking and challenging these were works ...
Sex worker, saint, sinner, witness, wife. In the 2,000 years since Mary Magdalene is said to have watched Jesus Christ die on the cross, she’s been labeled many things. The label “prostitute” has ...
The Gospels give some intriguing clues to the identity of Jesus’ famous follower—who was unwed, moved freely, and provided for the Apostles out of her own resources. A Renaissance (c. 1524) ...