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== The Gospel of Mary Magdalene == | == The Gospel of Mary Magdalene == | ||
Although the orthodox hierarchy of the Church has never proclaimed Mary Magdalene to be an apostle, some early Christian Gnostics considered her an apostle of equal standing to the twelve, or even of higher standing. Some saw her as the apostle who was closest to Jesus and the true spiritual leader of the early Christian community. The fact that Jesus chose Mary Magdalen and not the apostles as the first one to see him after his resurrection is significant in this context. | Although the orthodox hierarchy of the Church has never proclaimed Mary Magdalene to be an apostle, some early Christian [[Gnostics]] considered her an apostle of equal standing to the twelve, or even of higher standing. Some saw her as the apostle who was closest to Jesus and the true spiritual leader of the early Christian community. The fact that Jesus chose Mary Magdalen and not the apostles as the first one to see him after his resurrection is significant in this context. | ||
It is clear from the Biblical account that Mary Magdalene was part of the inner circle of disciples surrounding Jesus. The fact that she was one of the few who are named as present at the cross is one sign of her devotion. Some Christian-Gnostic texts such as the Gospel of Mary depict Mary Magdalen as a higher initiate than Peter, describing her as receiving direct communications from Jesus after his resurrection and exceeded Peter in gaining ''[[gnosis]]''. She is also depicted as the one disciple who holds the disciples together in their time of grief and self-concern. | It is clear from the Biblical account that Mary Magdalene was part of the inner circle of disciples surrounding Jesus. The fact that she was one of the few who are named as present at the cross is one sign of her devotion. Some Christian-Gnostic texts such as the Gospel of Mary depict Mary Magdalen as a higher initiate than Peter, describing her as receiving direct communications from Jesus after his resurrection and exceeded Peter in gaining ''[[gnosis]]''. She is also depicted as the one disciple who holds the disciples together in their time of grief and self-concern. | ||
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<blockquote>Another teaching that these Albigensian circles regarded as esoteric and again was taught in their “secret meetings” claimed that Mary Magdalene was in reality the wife of Christ.... She was the woman whom Christ freed when the Jews were trying to stone her and she was his wife as she was alone with him in ... the temple ... and in the garden. This Albigensian belief in Mary Magdalene as Christ’s wife is confirmed by two additional Catholic tracts on the Cathar heresy.... The teaching of Mary Magdalene as the “wife” or “concubine” of Christ appears, moreover, an original Cathar tradition.<ref>Yuri Stoyanov, ''The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy'' (New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2000), pp. 278, 279.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Another teaching that these Albigensian circles regarded as esoteric and again was taught in their “secret meetings” claimed that Mary Magdalene was in reality the wife of Christ.... She was the woman whom Christ freed when the Jews were trying to stone her and she was his wife as she was alone with him in ... the temple ... and in the garden. This Albigensian belief in Mary Magdalene as Christ’s wife is confirmed by two additional Catholic tracts on the Cathar heresy.... The teaching of Mary Magdalene as the “wife” or “concubine” of Christ appears, moreover, an original Cathar tradition.<ref>Yuri Stoyanov, ''The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy'' (New Haven, London: Yale University Press, 2000), pp. 278, 279.</ref></blockquote> | ||
Author and researcher Graham Simmans contends that the area in southern France where Jesus and Mary Magdalene seem to have settled (the hills near Rennes-le-Château) was inhabited by Essenes as well as Jewish and Egyptian Gnostics. He claims there was a connection between these esoteric groups and the later Cathar movement.<ref>Graham Simmans, ''Jesus after the Crucifixion: From Jerusalem to Rennes-le-Château'' (Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2007), pp. 69, 247.</ref> | Author and researcher Graham Simmans contends that the area in southern France where Jesus and Mary Magdalene seem to have settled (the hills near Rennes-le-Château) was inhabited by [[Essenes]] as well as Jewish and Egyptian Gnostics. He claims there was a connection between these esoteric groups and the later Cathar movement.<ref>Graham Simmans, ''Jesus after the Crucifixion: From Jerusalem to Rennes-le-Château'' (Rochester, Vermont: Bear & Company, 2007), pp. 69, 247.</ref> | ||
== The mission of twin flames == | == The mission of twin flames == | ||