One quick thought. It's likely Jesus was Essene, & that would fit with the communal living, poverty & asceticism of Jesus and the apostles. Most Essenes were also celibate, which would probably rule out conjugal relations between Jesus and Mary, & his kissing a woman might well offend apostles for that reason.
That may be complete nonsense, & the simple idea of the apostles being jealous or misogynistic makes sense on a more basic human level any way.
And frankly I like the idea of them being a couple.
Also, remember the Gospel of Mary, which preached that there was no physical resurrection, no evil, and the spirit of God was within us (talking from memory here - apologies if I'm conflating Mary & Thomas), all of which was an anathema to the church since it undermined its authority as the necessary intermediary between people and God, and taught that there was no physical resurrection.
In that light, one can well imagine that any gospel which elevated Mary to anything but an ex hooker would be completely unacceptable to the church.
That's a bit of an incoherent ramble, and I know it doesn't add up.....
“Bishops who wanted a celibate, divine Christ could not allow that, so in the fourth century they banned the book, ordered every copy burned, and erased it from the church's memory.”
Excellent as ever, Tanner.
One quick thought. It's likely Jesus was Essene, & that would fit with the communal living, poverty & asceticism of Jesus and the apostles. Most Essenes were also celibate, which would probably rule out conjugal relations between Jesus and Mary, & his kissing a woman might well offend apostles for that reason.
That may be complete nonsense, & the simple idea of the apostles being jealous or misogynistic makes sense on a more basic human level any way.
And frankly I like the idea of them being a couple.
Also, remember the Gospel of Mary, which preached that there was no physical resurrection, no evil, and the spirit of God was within us (talking from memory here - apologies if I'm conflating Mary & Thomas), all of which was an anathema to the church since it undermined its authority as the necessary intermediary between people and God, and taught that there was no physical resurrection.
In that light, one can well imagine that any gospel which elevated Mary to anything but an ex hooker would be completely unacceptable to the church.
That's a bit of an incoherent ramble, and I know it doesn't add up.....
“Bishops who wanted a celibate, divine Christ could not allow that, so in the fourth century they banned the book, ordered every copy burned, and erased it from the church's memory.”
And that is an over simplistic bias .
Wow. No wonder patriarchy buried it!