[Magdalen] Chain of Command.

[M J _Mike_ Logsdon]

>>>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.<<<

Wikipedia is always the best source, not Google.  (Though Google will generally include the Wikipedia link near the top of the choices.)

And the further back you go, the less likely you'll find a source, a person who started it, etc.  That's one of the charms of the Mists of Time.

M J (Mike) Logsdon.

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