is it possible that everything we ve assumed about her is wrong, and could lost gospels help fill in the missing parts of her story and tell us who really was mary magdalene? blsz for many christians today, mary magdalene is revered for her compassionate love for jesus. i think jesus meant everything to mary. she was present at the crucifixion and, most importantly, she was present at the resurrection. she s the first person to whom jesus appears after his resurrection. do not weep nor grieve nor be irresolute. for his grace will protect you. yet when it comes to the details of mary s life, the bible says very little. the new testament mentions her just 12 times. mary magdalene is remarkable. there s so few mentions of her in the gospels, but they re so central to the story of jesus. and they ve filled our imagination for centuries. in reality, many of our ideas about mary are no more than myth. perhaps the most enduring one is that she is a fallen woman, a pr
i swear i do not know the man. head strong, stumbling, confused, questioning: jesus loves peter not in spite of his failings, i think sometimes, but because of them. the vatican claim they have found peter s bones beneath the basilica which bears his name. they may have discovered the ancient man upon whom the church and all its traditions are founded. who is peter? did he travel to rome to lay the foundations for the christian church? and could these really be peter s bones? [ speaking in foreign language ] november 2013, vatican city, rome. pope francis causes a sensation. 2013 was a year of faith, and as part of an extra kind of reward for pilgrims who had come, pope francis displayed these nine bones, and he s essentially making the claim that he s holding right there, the bones of the person who founded the church in rome: st. peter. the revelation of st. peter s bones makes headlines around the world. this is something that has never happened befor
Became his closest female follower, and an example to all who would come after her. she was the one who had the deep spiritual connection with jesus, who understood his mission and who then carried it out and proclaimed it. she was the first christian. he is the most important of all jesus disciples. he singles peter out from the and he singles peter out from the rest of the disciples by saying, you are peter, and on this rock, i will build my church. he is christ s right hand man. i will lay down my life for you. but famously he denies jesus in his hour of need.
For more than 1500 years has been wrong all along? she may have been a very successful independent business woman who s in her 60s and now focussed on spirituality and spiritual dproegt. i think she was probably wealthy, elderly or older woman who had the financial means to support jesus and the jesus movement. maybe she doesn t live very long after jesus, and for that reason, we just don t hear about her. but whatever the final truth boupt her age, what we can be sure of is how jesus reached out this to possessed woman and how she became his closest female follower and an example to all who would come after her. she was the one who had the
Been wrong all along? she might have been a very successful, independent businesswoman who is maybe in her 60s who s worked hard and now in the later years of her life is sort of focused on spirituality and spiritual growth. i think that mary magdalene was probably a wealthy woman. i think she was probably elderly or older woman who had the financial means to support jesus and the jesus movement. maybe she doesn t live very long after jesus, and for that reason, we just don t hear about her. it s an extraordinary notion, but whatever the final truth about her age, what we can be sure of is how jesus reached out to this possessed woman, how she became his closest female follower, and an example to all who would come after her. she was the one who had the deep spiritual connection with jesus, who understood his