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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. >> i think the tension that's reflected in some of the texts outside of the bible, i think they really do reflect a tension between peter and mary. >> the negative depiction of peter is consi...

>> the negative depiction of peter is consistent and the idea that mary is not properly heard or respected is also consistent to the sources which lead many of us to suspect there might be a grain of historical truth there. >> but whatever truth they may contain, the texts are not as reliable as the new testament gospels written decades earlier. >> what is striking about matthew, mark, luke and john, is they're first century documents. early on the christian movement crystallizes around those and as other ones pop up, they're not trusted and they're not in a sense authoritative like those firs...

Manuscript, it's just not that clear. >> even in these gospels there's 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 discip...

>> the negative depiction of peter is consistent and the idea that mary was not properly heard or respected is also consistent which leads many of us to suspect there might be a grain of historical truth there. >> but whatever truths they macon tama may contain they're not considered as reliable as the new testament gospels writt decades earlier. >> what is striking about matthew, mark, luke, and john is they're first century documents. early on the christian movement crystallizes around those and as other ones pop up they're not trusted and they're not in the sense authoratative like the firs...

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 id...