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At Christ’s side during much of his final years is Mary Magdalene. And her story has recently sparked heated controversy. The Bible mentions Mary Magdalene eighteen times, and she’s clearly one of the Holy Book’s most important and provocative characters. And two of the alternative Gospels – the Gospel of Mary found in the late nineteenth century in a monk’s tomb, and the Gospel of Philip, which is part of the Nag Hammadi library – may hint at a surprising intimate relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Jesus: The Secret Life
She is the first person to encounter the resurrected Jesus ... Mary Magdalene. Jesus: The Lost 40 Days, History 2011
Some historians go even further and suggest that Jesus and Mary [Magdalene] might have married and they might even have had children. Did Jesus Die? BBC commentary Bernard Hill
Another more controversial theory is Jesus and Mary Magdalene could have been married. Lost Tomb of Jesus? Discovery 2007
Jesus’ relationship with Mary Magdalene was a very special one. ibid.
The cult of the Magdalene. ibid.
That a mysterious European society known as the Priory of Sion has for centuries guarded a momentous secret – that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and their descendants are living in France. Bruce Burgess, Bloodline
The secret was that Jesus Christ had not died on the cross but was smuggled out of Jerusalem to Southern France along with Mary Magdalene and their children. ibid.
A forbidden Christian message is found encoded inside a manuscript almost fifteen hundred years old ... A lost gospel – do these new readings finally prove the controversial claim that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married? And even more remarkably, do they suggest an alternative version of Christianity, perhaps started by Mary Magdalene herself? Biblical Conspiracies: Bride of God, Discovery 2015
She’s one of the most recognised religious figures in the world: Mary Magdalene. Some regard her as a powerful image of redemption, others as a fallen woman. It’s a reputation that stuck for more than a thousand years. Ancient X Files s2e10: Mary Magdalene Mystery, National Geographic 2012
Mary Magdalene is one of the most controversial figures in Christianity. ibid.
The Vatican cleared her in 1969. ibid.
The book would have readers believe that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a child. And descendants of Christ are alive today. ibid.
Mary Magdalene plays a much larger role in this later Gnostic texts. ibid.
In the Gospel of Philip there is a passage about Jesus and Mary Magdalene kissing. ibid.
Not a single one of our ancient sources indicates that Jesus was married, let alone married to Mary Magdalene. All such claims are part of modern fictional reconstructions of Jesus’ life, not rooted in the surviving accounts themselves. The historical approach to our sources may not be as exciting and sensationalist as fictional claims about Jesus (he kept a lover! he had sex! he made babies!), but there’s something to be said for knowing what really happened in history, even if it is not as titillating as what happens in novels. Bart D Ehrman, Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code 2004
He appeared first to these women, or at least to one of them – namely, Mary Magdalene. Now it would be natural for a husband in the resurrection to appear first to his own dear wives, and afterwards show himself to his other friends ... We have now clearly shown that God, the Father had a plurality of wives, one or more being in eternity, by whom He begat our spirits as well as the spirit of Jesus His First Born ... We have also proved most clearly that the Son followed the example of his Father, and became the great Bridegroom to whom kings’ daughters and many honorable Wives to be married. Orson Pratt, The Seer p159
Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children. Matthew 27:56
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. Matthew 27:61
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. Matthew 28:1&2
There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. Mark 15:40&47
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. Mark 16:1&9
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils. Luke 8:2
It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. Luke 24:10
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.
And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. John 20:1&2&11&13-17
The companion of the Saviour is Mary Magdalene ... He loved her more than all the disciples ... and used to kiss her on her ... [missing portion of manuscript] Gospel of Philip 63
Mary Magdalene: the woman tradition calls a sinner, but who becomes the most devoted follower of Jesus. A witness to the crucifixion and the resurrection … Was she in fact the wife of Jesus? Jesus Code: The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Discovery 2016
She is the most mysterious and misunderstood figure of the New Testament. But secret texts hidden under ground for centuries may reveal who she really was to Jesus. Jesus Conspiracies s1e1: Who Was Mary Magdalene? Discovery 2016
What did the gnostics believe about her that made them a target of Rome. ibid.
The Orthodox Church’s crackdown on Mary grows into a crackdown on Mary’s supporters. ibid.