Comments on: Saw It, Liked It http://joscafe.com/2006/05/22/saw-it-liked-it Live, Laugh, Love Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:57:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mark http://joscafe.com/2006/05/22/saw-it-liked-it/comment-page-1#comment-26118 Mark Mon, 22 May 2006 12:15:08 +0000 http://joscafe.com/2006/05/22/saw-it-liked-it/#comment-26118 Actually there is only one Gnostic gospel which might support that, however, the Gnostics manner and teachings indicate it was a spiritual companionship because Mary was more enlightened than the other apostles. That and the Gnostics are later than the Canonized gospels and are not true gospels anyway. Yes Mary participated in the ministry as you note, but this is from the NT gospels and Mary Magadelene was celebrated in the church, she certainly wasn't suppressed. Actually there is only one Gnostic gospel which might support that, however, the Gnostics manner and teachings indicate it was a spiritual companionship because Mary was more enlightened than the other apostles. That and the Gnostics are later than the Canonized gospels and are not true gospels anyway.

Yes Mary participated in the ministry as you note, but this is from the NT gospels and Mary Magadelene was celebrated in the church, she certainly wasn’t suppressed.

]]> By: Redoubt http://joscafe.com/2006/05/22/saw-it-liked-it/comment-page-1#comment-26087 Redoubt Mon, 22 May 2006 11:23:49 +0000 http://joscafe.com/2006/05/22/saw-it-liked-it/#comment-26087 I haven’t seen the movie yet… though I do plan to. Understanding that the Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction, I’m familiar with the premise that Jesus and Mary had something more than a plutonic relationship. The Gnostic Gospels suggest this as a possibility as does their Orthodox cousins… though it is widely ignored. It was Mary who stayed with Christ throughout the crucifixion. It was Mary who first found that his body was missing from the tomb. It was Mary that the risen Christ first appeared to. Having Mary as even a fully accredited disciple would cause a lot of discomfort in a male dominated faith… but the evidence is there that she was a lot more than a reformed whore. Exactly what her place was is unknown but it doesn’t hurt, in my humble opinion, to explore the possibilities. I haven’t seen the movie yet… though I do plan to.

Understanding that the Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction, I’m familiar with the premise that Jesus and Mary had something more than a plutonic relationship. The Gnostic Gospels suggest this as a possibility as does their Orthodox cousins… though it is widely ignored.

It was Mary who stayed with Christ throughout the crucifixion. It was Mary who first found that his body was missing from the tomb. It was Mary that the risen Christ first appeared to.

Having Mary as even a fully accredited disciple would cause a lot of discomfort in a male dominated faith… but the evidence is there that she was a lot more than a reformed whore. Exactly what her place was is unknown but it doesn’t hurt, in my humble opinion, to explore the possibilities.

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