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To: Pyro7480
Repeat after me: "It's only a movie."
30 posted on 02/26/2004 10:48:11 AM PST by GSWarrior (If Debbie Schlussel wed John Stossel she'd be Debbie Schlussel-Stossel.)
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To: GSWarrior
It's a Catholic movie made by a dedicated Catholic, hence the presumed bias of "too much Mary" as compared to the Biblical accounts of the last mortal days of Christ.

The Gospels tell of five Marys: Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary Magdalene; Mary the sister of Laza

Matthew has Mary Magdalene and the Mary the mother of James and Joses at the scene of the crucifixion. Mark identifies the two same women at the scene. Luke simply says there were "the women that followed him from Galilee," but mentions no names. The only mention of Mary the mother of Jesus as being at the scene was made in the Gospel of John, along with Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene. This does not mean, of course, that the other Gospel accounts are incorrect in the matter of who was present. The Gospel accounts differ in other respects, too.

There is no mention of any Mary being seen along the route to Golgotha. Catholic tradition may have her there, but not the Bible. I'm not being argumentative, but try to use the Bible as my source in the matter.

61 posted on 02/26/2004 12:41:17 PM PST by Paulus Invictus (4)
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