4, p. 92). Ambrose is considered to be the first writer who suggested the idea, and reference is made to his treatise De Virginitate, 1:3; but it is quite certain that the text has been corrupted, and that it is of Mary Magdalene that he is there speaking. (Comp. his Exposition...
Edna, which means pleasure in Hebrew, is yet another of the biblical girl names that are derived from the Hebrew language. Edna is the mother of Sarah and the wife of Raguel in the Book of Tobit, which is found in both the Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, and it has a biblical connection...
One of those Jesus healed was Mary Magdalene,"out of whom he had cast seven devils"(Mark 16:9). The apostles cast out spirits as well, by the power of the Holy Spirit:"For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with...
There stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, and Mary Magdalene; and all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. In the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new ...