Mary Magdalene

A faithful disciple. An Easter witness. A woman whose story history would never leave alone.

Mary Magdalene stood at the foot of the Cross. She witnessed the burial of Jesus, returned to His tomb, and became one of the first witnesses to the astonishing events of Easter morning.

Yet how much do we really know about her?

For nearly two thousand years, Mary Magdalene has been remembered as a repentant sinner, a mystic, a devoted follower of Christ, and the subject of extraordinary legends. Her image has inspired Christian devotion, beautiful works of art, theological debates, and modern controversies. But the woman preserved in the Gospels is often obscured by the stories that came later.

In Mary Magdalene: The Woman Who Stayed, Michael Macioce returns to the earliest surviving evidence to uncover her remarkable place in Christian history.

Drawing upon Scripture, historical scholarship, archaeology, and the Catholic intellectual tradition, this accessible study explores Mary's life in the world of first-century Galilee, her discipleship, her presence at the Crucifixion, and her encounter with the risen Christ.

The book also examines how Eastern and Western Christianity remembered her, how she became associated with the "great penitent," and what historical evidence can tell us about the legends, Gnostic writings, and modern claims surrounding her identity.

Written for Catholics, Christians of other traditions, and anyone interested in the historical foundations of Christianity, this book invites readers to encounter Mary Magdalene with both intellectual honesty and spiritual attentiveness.

Includes a six-week study guide, selected Scripture passages, historical notes, source references, and a Scripture index.

Discover the woman whose faithfulness carried her from Galilee to Calvary and whose witness became inseparable from the first Easter.