You can picture St. Luke’s wife telling him, “Don’t forget to mention the women.” His is the only gospel that particularly mentions the role of women right up there with the twelve apostles. Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another… Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities. Just as Peter always heads the list of the twelve, Mary Magdalene is always listed as the first of the women apostles. Luke says that “seven demons had gone out” from her and this led several of the (dirty minded?) Church Fathers to suppose those demons were sexual. There is NO evidence that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute or in any way was guilty of adultery.