the negative depiction of peter is consistent and the idea that mary is not properly heard or respected is also consistent across the sources, which leads many of us to suspect that there might be a grain of historical truth there. but whatever truth they may contain, the nag hammadi texts are not considered as reliable as the new testament gospels written decades earlier. what s striking about matthew, mark, luke and john, is that they re first century documents. early on the christian movement crystallizes around those. as other ones pop up, they re not trusted and not in the sense authoritative like those first four gospels. what the new testament tells us is that mary is at jesus side at the time of his crucifixion. mary magdalene, along with one or two others of jesus female followers, were with him throughout.
no reliable evidence of a romantic relationship between mary and jesus. but these alternative accounts do support the bible s story that jesus and mary were very close. the idea that the gospels would not mention a wife if there was one doesn t make any sense. most likely, mary was a close friend of jesus and a follower, but not his wife. what the gospel of phillip clearly says is that there is some kind of a favored relationship between mary magdalene and jesus. that jesus does care for her more than the other disciples. and that s all it really tells us. but some scholars believe the nag hammadi texts do reflect a genuine tension between mary and peter. the negative depiction of peter is consistent and the idea that mary is not properly heard or respected is also consistent across the sources, which leads many of us to suspect that there
friend of jesus and a follower, but not his wife. what the gospel of phillip clearly says is that there is some kind of a favored relationship between mary magdalene and jesus. that jesus does care for her more than the other disciples. and that s all it really tells us. but some scholars believe the nag hammadi texts do reflect a genuine tension between mary and peter. the negative depiction of peter is consistent and the idea that mary is not properly heard or respected is also consistent across the sources, which leads many of us to suspect that there might be a grain of historical truth there.
but not his wife. what the gospel of phillip clearly says is that there is some kind of a favored relationship between mary magdalene and jesus. that jesus does care for her more than the other disciples. and that s all it really tells us. but some scholars believe the nag hammadi texts do reflect a genuine tension between mary and peter. i think the tension that s reflected in some of the texts outside of the bible, i think they do really reflect a tension between peter and mary. the negative depiction of peter is consistent and the idea that mary is not properly heard or respected is also consistent across the sources, which leads many of us to suspect that there might be a grain of historical truth there.