[Magdalen] Chain of Command.

[Roger Stokes]

On 30/07/2018 18:20, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>>>> OK, I still want to know where these non-Scriptural traditions get started? Who decided the names of Mary’s parents, and when?
> That’s the only one that comes to mind at the moment because of this post, but I’ve wondered about others, as well.<<<
>
> One of the three legs of our stool:  Tradition.  And they're good traditions too.  I particularly enjoy the ones involving Sts Anne and Joachim.

Another one is the Magi. The Bible account says there were wise men, 
meaning more than one but certainly not specifying three. Then they were 
given names, but when and how were they chosen?

Roger