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Feb 10, 2024 · Dan Brown’s wildly successful 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code had some interesting things to say about the biblical figure Mary Magdalene. Among other things, it claimed that she was Jesus’ wife and that she bore his child. Are these claims historical? Can they be proven? If not, who was Mary Magdalene and what can we actually know about her?
One of the key historical figures in The Da Vinci Code is an early follower of Jesus, Mary Magdalene. As we learn in the course of the narrative, Mary was not simply one of Jesus” followers—she was his wife and lover, with whom he produced an offspring, a child who would begin a family line that continues down till today, protected by the ...
Sep 21, 2024 · Explore the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, its history, content, and significance, as well as Mary Magdalene's role in early Christianity and the conflicts that shaped the Church.
Nov 22, 2022 · In fact, there is no scriptural evidence that she was a prostitute or a successor to Jesus. But there is abundant evidence that she was highly regarded in the early Church and was close to Jesus. Mary is mentioned 12 times in the Gospels, more than many of the apostles.
This chapter provides an overview of the major evidence and modern works defining Mary Magdalene as a real person. The body of evidence concerning Mary Magdalene is largely comprised of canonical Gospels, early extracanonical Gospels, and other works that may be repositories of independent memories.
Mary is ‘called Magdalene’ because she hailed from Magdala, a town on the west shore of the Sea of Galilee. Mary Magdalene is often considered to have been a prostitute, whose ‘seven devils’ (of lust) Jesus banished from her, leading her to give up a life of prostitution.
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Sep 30, 2021 · The Gospel of Mary Magdalene is tantalizingly brief—and, frustratingly, two major sections are missing, reducing the original seventeen manuscript pages by more than half. Yet what remains is more than enough to radically overturn our traditional assumptions about the origins of Christianity.