[Magdalen] Chain of Command.

[Jay Weigel]

I think they are pretty old traditions. They’ve been with the Orthodox for
many centuries, which probably means they probably came from the early
church.

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 7:41 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know they’re traditions. My question is about what started them and
> when—and why. Did someone just wake up one morning and decide to give Mary
> a set of parents named Anne and Joachim?
> And then there’s Lilith. I’ve heard of her, but she’s definitely not in
> the Bible.
> Something or someone had to start these traditions...
>
> On Jul 30, 2018, at 1:20 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> 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.
> >
> > M J (Mike) Logsdon.
> >
> > "Aaugh[.]" -- Charles Brown.
> > "Avoid dull needles and use a soft cloth." -- E Kovacs.
> > "...[My mouth is a] shithole..." -- 45th US President.
>