shellyfayette:St. Mary MagdaleneThe Gospel of Mary, for example, presents a radical interpretation o
shellyfayette:St. Mary MagdaleneThe Gospel of Mary, for example, presents a radical interpretation of Jesus’ teachings as a path to inner spiritual knowledge, not apocalyptic revelation; it acknowledges the reality of Jesus’ death and his resurrection, but it rejects his suffering and death as the path to eternal life; it also rejects the immortality of the physical body, asserting that only the soul will be saved; it presents the most straightforward and convincing argument in any early Christian writing for the legitimacy of women’s leadership; it offers a sharp critique of illegitimate power and a utopian vision of spiritual perfection; it challenges our romantic views about the harmony of the first Christians; and it asks us to rethink the basis for church authority. All written in the name of a woman. - Karen KingI wrote a longish post about Mary of Magdala on my old blog, arguing that she was the most advanced spiritual student of Jesus, his principal witness, who was retroactively slandered by centuries of vicious Christian misogyny. This might be a sign to dig it up and repost it here. -- source link