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alfre
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Is there a gospel according to Mary Magdelene? I saw a Facebook page, that mentions that possibility.
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passus
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There is a gnostic work we have fragments of which is attributed to Mary Magdalene. It has never been included in the canon of Scripture, however.
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patrick457
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Yes, there is. But, the clincher is, it’s never written by Mary Magdalene, most likely being written at the close of the 2nd century (whether the “Mary” in this case is Mary Magdalene is even debated amongst scholars; a few had argued that “Mary” is actually Mary the mother of Jesus!). The text is mostly known through one late (5th century) papyrus copy called the Akhmim Codex and two other Greek fragments.
Here it is. Be prepared for rather longwinded discourses consisting of theological jargon and mystic mumbo-jumbo.
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alfre;:
However, the facebook entry is more likely to be referring to a text known as The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, which was first identified in the Nag Hammadi Scrolls. Roughly half a dozen pages are missing from the extant texts. Unfortunately, those pages are crucial in setting up the context of the pages that do survive.
Whilst this document does echo material in both the Gospel of John, and Book of Revelations, – and one of the Pauline Epistles, but I’ve forgotten which one
— its theology is not congruent with that which contemporary Christianity understands as “Christian Theology and Doctrine”. Ecclesia Gnostica uses it during their liturgy, but that organisation does not consider it to be canonical.
jonathon
There is a theory that The Gospel of John was written by Mary of Magdala. Whilst the evidence that supports this theory is circumstantial, it does give one pause. (You can count the number of serious Bible scholars who support this theory on one hand, with fingers left over.)
However, the facebook entry is more likely to be referring to a text known as The Gospel of Mary of Magdala, which was first identified in the Nag Hammadi Scrolls. Roughly half a dozen pages are missing from the extant texts. Unfortunately, those pages are crucial in setting up the context of the pages that do survive.
Whilst this document does echo material in both the Gospel of John, and Book of Revelations, – and one of the Pauline Epistles, but I’ve forgotten which one
— its theology is not congruent with that which contemporary Christianity understands as “Christian Theology and Doctrine”. Ecclesia Gnostica uses it during their liturgy, but that organisation does not consider it to be canonical.jonathon
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