Editing Mary Magdalene (section)

===Protestantism===
[[File:Vasnetsov Maria Magdalene.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Icon]] of Saint Mary Magdalene depicted as one of the [[Myrrhbearers]] with the words "[[Paschal greeting|Christ is Risen]]" in Greek at the top, depicting her discovery of the empty tomb]]

The 1549 ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'' had on July 22 a feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, with the same Scripture readings as in the [[Tridentine Mass]] and with a newly composed [[collect]]: "Merciful father geue us grace, that we neuer presume to synne through the example of anye creature, but if it shall chaunce vs at any tyme to offende thy dyuine maiestie: that then we maye truly repent, and lament the same, after the example of Mary Magdalene, and by lyuelye faythe obtayne remission of all oure sinnes: throughe the onely merites of thy sonne oure sauiour Christ." The 1552 edition omitted the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, which was restored to the Book of Common Prayer only after some 400 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jfrankhenderson.com/pdf/Disappearance_Feast_MaryMagdalene.pdf |title=J. Frank Henderson, "The Disappearance of the Feast of Mary Magdalene from the Anglican Liturgy" (2004), pp. 1–4 |access-date=August 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011213904/http://www.jfrankhenderson.com/pdf/Disappearance_Feast_MaryMagdalene.pdf |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Modern Protestants honor her as a disciple and friend of Jesus.<ref>H.D. Egan, ''An Anthology of Christian mysticism'', Pueblo Publishing Co. (1992), pp.407ff.; cf. also, C. Bourgeault, ''The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity'', Shambhala Publ. (2010), ''passim''.</ref> Anglican Christians refer to her as a saint and may follow her example of repentance;{{sfn|Coletti|2013|p=}}{{sfn|de Boer|1997|pp=94f}} While some interpret the [[Thirty-Nine Articles]] as forbidding them to call upon her for intercession,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thirtyninearticles.org/#XXII._Of_Purgatory. |title=39 Articles of Religion – XXII. Of Purgatory. |access-date=November 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130040103/http://www.thirtyninearticles.org/#XXII._Of_Purgatory. |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> other Anglicans, citing the Episcopal burial service, say they can ask the saint to pray for them.{{sfn|Markham|2009|p=67}}

The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] honors Mary Magdalene on July 22 as an apostle.<ref>Evangelical Lutheran Worship, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2006, p. 57</ref>  Her feast day is marked as a lesser festival, which are defined as "days when we celebrate the life of Christ, the witness of those who accompanied and testified to him, and the gifts of God in the church".<ref>Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Leaders Desk Edition), Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 2006, p. 55</ref>

[[Presbyterianism|Presbyterians]] honor her as the "apostle to the apostles"{{sfn|Geneva Press|2008|page=139}} and, in the book ''Methodist Theology'', [[Kenneth Wilson (theologian)|Kenneth Wilson]] describes her as, "in effect", one of the "first missionaries".{{sfn|Wilson|2011|page=99}}

Mary Magdalene is [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|remembered]] in the [[Church of England]] with a [[Festival (Anglicanism)|Festival]] and in the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] with a Major Feast on July 22.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Calendar|url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar|access-date=March 27, 2021|website=The Church of England}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEq7DwAAQBAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 |date=December 17, 2019 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-64065-235-4 }}</ref>