Is the Vatican Lying about Mary Magdalen?

Answer 1

This is what the Catholic Church (The Vatican) teaches about St. Mary Magdelene:

She is called "the Penitent". St. Mary was given the name 'Magdalen' because, though a Jewish girl, she lived in a Gentile town called Magdale, in northern Galilee, and her culture and manners were those of a Gentile. St. Luke records that she was a notorious sinner, and had seven devils removed from her. She was present at Our Lords' Crucifixion, and with Joanna and Mary, the mother of James and Salome, at Jesus' empty tomb. Fourteen years after Our Lord's death, St. Mary was put in a boat by the Jews without sails or oars - along with Sts. Lazarus and Martha, St. Maximin (who baptized her), St. Sidonius ("the man born blind"), her maid Sera, and the body of St. Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin. They were sent drifting out to sea and landed on the shores of Southern France, where St. Mary spent the rest of her life as a contemplative in a cave known as Sainte-Baume. She was given the Holy Eucharist daily by angels as her only food, and died when she was 72. St. Mary was transported miraculously, just before she died, to the chapel of St. Maximin, where she received the last sacraments.

More about this saint: St. Mary Magdalen (Feast day - July 22) Mary Magdalen was well known as a sinner when she first saw Our Lord. She was very beautiful and very proud, but after she met Jesus, she felt great sorrow for her evil life. When Jesus went to supper at the home of a rich man named Simon, Mary came to weep at His feet. Then with her long beautiful hair, she wiped His feet dry and anointed them with expensive perfume. Some people were surprised that Jesus let such a sinner touch Him, but Our Lord could see into Mary's heart, and He said: "Many sins are forgiven her, because she has loved very much." Then to Mary He said kindly, "Your faith has made you safe; go in peace." From then on, with the other holy women, Mary humbly served Jesus and His Apostles. When Our Lord was crucified, she was there at the foot of His cross, unafraid for herself, and thinking only of His sufferings. No wonder Jesus said of her: "She has loved much." After Jesus' body had been placed in the tomb, Mary went to anoint it with spices early Easter Sunday morning. Not finding the Sacred Body, she began to weep, and seeing someone whom she thought was the gardener, she asked him if he knew where the Body of her beloved Master had been taken. But then the person spoke in a voice she knew so well: "Mary!" It was Jesus, risen from the dead! He had chosen to show Himself first to Mary Magdalen, the repentent sinner.

Answer 2

Is the Vatican lying about Mary Magdalen? We will probably never know. But the Vatican has a long and illustrious career of tweaking history to suit itself and ensure the continuation of it's established tradition no matter what the cost. Are they lying? Very probably. Given the Catholics particular bent towards the patriarchal, women have always been a secondary consideration and quite possibly could the Vatican figure out how to make more little priests without women, they would have outlawed them long ago. Would they lie and hide the fact that Jesus was married and left his gospels to his wife?!?! A mere woman?!??! Absolutely they would, because were this to be proven fact, it would call into question the fundamentals of the entire religion.

Answer 3

Do you even know what the Vatican says about Mary Magdalen?

Or are you just going to trust that Dan Brown is the ultimate truth?

Answer 4

I doubt it. What really gets me is that ONE book sparked this kind of interest. Mary and Jesus were NOT married (John the Baptist, and Paul weren't married either, so saying that it's custom to be married, isn't true) They didn't have kids....what can you seriously think that the Son of God has a decendant flipping burgers at McDonald's? Come on people. The fact that Dan Brown wrote in the beginning of his book that the descriptions of artwork, etc were accurate IS A LIE!! The Gospel of Philip wasn't regarded as a true Gospel, so it wasn't burned, or kept out of the Bible to 'hide the truth'. There was NO vote on Christ's divinity....the Gospel of John...heck MOST of the New Testament Gospels were written BEFORE the Counsil of Niceaa (4th century) All those Gospels proclaim Christ' Divinity...

Answer 5

Making Mary Magdalene a saint is hardly demonizing her. And Catholics don't deify the Virgin Mary. Deify, in case you didn't know, would be treating Mary like she's a goddess, and Catholics aren't allowed to do that. You might try getting some FACTS about Catholicism, because you don't seem to know much about us at all.

Answer 6

As to whether or not she and Jesus were intimate? Probably. Who really cares?

As to whether or not she and Jesus had kids? No one really knows or appears to know. Remember the Da Vinci code, while raising some interesting concepts, is FICTION! No where has the author said it was a piece of fact.

Good fiction can often include real facts, especially historical fiction, and the author on this one does a great job of piecing fact and speculation together to keep it interesting.

However, the idea is still conjecture.

Which is why it totally amazes me how many churches have come out against it as blasphemy. It isn't blasphemy unless it is presented as fact or truth.

Assuming viewers can't differentiate between reality and fantasy is pretty rude.

Answer 7

I hate to say the Vatican is lying, but it probably is! Many centuries ago, it pronounced Mary a prostitute in order to elevate male supremacy. "Men are great, women are evil!" Now it's stuck with this myth and needs to bolster this concept.
Mary was one of the Apostles. Christ wanted her to lead, but she had authority problems with Peter! She was definitely 'a special friend' of Jesus, but if she was married to him,...that's a good question, isn't it!?

Answer 8

Yes but then again you have all these catholics knowing this and they still show up at the Vatican's doorway asking to be *cleansed* or something like that

Answer 9

Yes. The Vatican lies about so many things that just about anything they say has a good shot at being a lie.

This I believe; http://homelessheart.com/testimony.htm

Answer 10

Yes I believe she was more than just a disciple. Probably Jesus's wife as it was custom for Rabbis' to have wives then.