Let Mary Magdalene go out from among us because women are not worthy of Life?:Simon Peter!?

Question

Why Church does not pay due respect to women?

God choose Mary the virgin as mother of Jesus but Bible does not describe her position or views.

Mary Magdalene was more worried about Jesus than the so-called Desciples and Apostles...

She was present, while others were at large, when Jesus was on the Cross...

Again she was present early morning of Sunday( 3rd Day )to see Jesus! to meet Jesus!!! Why? while other believers and future Desciples still at large?

There are only two possibilities - either she was wife of Jesus or an intimate friend and believer !

What Church says (Pope Leo):She was a prostitute???
What a Good Reward she got!!!
What Jesus would think about this treatment?

Answer 1

I can only refer you to Margaret Starbird.

Margaret and I disagree about a few things, but she has strong views and has published several books.

You might want to re-examine your premise about only two possibilities. There really was no place for unmarried women in those times. Holy Blood, Holy Grail advanced the premise that Magdalene was married to Jesus long before The DaVinci Code mangled the idea. HBHG, failed to differentiate the human nature and divine nature of Christ, which has been a source of contention since before the Nicean council.

Magdalene is not considered a prostitute by the RCC, and that original statement is a resolved matter.

It is not my place to fathom the mind of Christ.

I would really refer you to Margaret if you wish to pursue this topic. Some of her books were on Amazon, but she prefers you order directly from her website, for the full catalog. It also lists her appearances, workshops and presentations.

Edit: Margaret also relies heavily on the Gospel of Thomas, from the Nag Hammadi texts. NH gives greater presence to women, but are not canonical.

Answer 2

It is encouraging to see at least a glimmer of respect for women. It has been a long time coming.

Mary Magdalene and the associated Marion cultus in the Catholic church have carried the Holy Mother and the Divine Consort forward as the perhaps the only institutional recognition of the power of the Goddess. Call Her "Mary" (sea goddess) or Astarte (where we get the Book of Esther and the holiday Easter) or any number of "saints' " names, the Holy Mother waits us with open arms.

And then there is the story about Pope Joan. One never can get a straight answer about that.

Popular fiction and attempts at history also reflect this. Read any John Irving novel and see his vision of women. The Da Vinci Code, as flawed as it was, certainly advanced your premise in many minds.

In political climate things are changing. We have had women presidents in many countries. The US is still a hold out but for how long? The outrage at how women are "circumcized" in Islamic African countries has been a news item of late.

Not all religions mistreat women. The rise of Wicca, for example, seems in part to be a liberation of women and a reclaiming of the Divine.

We in American Co-Masonry were formed to allow and encourage women to explore Freemasonry as a vehicle for enlightenment and equality. We have always been there on women's sufferage and the rights of minorities, as well. It is my hope when we establish a Lodge on the Central California Coast, we name it "Mary Magdalene Lodge."

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Answer 3

Saint Mary Magdalene was the first witness to the resurrection of Jesus. (See the 20th Chapter of the Gospel of John).

She was one of Jesus' followers during his ministry, and was present at the cross when he died.

There is some debate on whether she is the woman in Luke 7 who was a notorious sinner. Most biblical scholars believe that Mary Magdalene was not the notorious sinner.

The 8th chapter of the Gospel of Luke describes Mary Magdalene as being healed and supporting Jesus' ministry out of her means.

Saint Mary Magdalene has been recognized as a great saint since the first century.

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

Yes, The Old Pope Leo has a lot to answer for on this.

You do realise of course that Pope John-Paul removed that stigma from her. It is now acknowledged by the Catholic Church that she was never a prostitute.

Now, won't that make the OPDs stand up & condem the Catholics again.

Answer 5

Geez... I don't think anyone, who has a bad intention, will follow someone who is as holy as Jesus, as the church describes him.

I think in the olden times, if you were seen with another man even if it was your brother (exaggerating), you would be called a prostitute. And if she was a prostitute, I think she wants to change her old ways, that's way she devoted herself to Jesus.

I agree that the church doesn't really acknowledge women a lot in those days...

Answer 6

This is why we are called upon if we are to be of Greater Works than Jesus did ....as he said we could.....This is why we are called upon to discern him and all he did and all who come before him and after him, dividing the goodness from their lives and more goodness as we can imagine it, more civility, more healing, from the imagination of how he would be different if he were perfect in heaven! So that if you worship churches and denominations, cults as they are on earth you along with me run the risk of worshipping as Jesus said, "Your father the devil"...or the delayed energy villians in our minds setting ourselves up for maintaining a lifestyle and worship potential and healing potential that was before us, in the dried blood of those who died worshipping that way. A Greater Work that I can think of is to worship or pay attention to or adore or be glad and spread the profession in functional healing ways and words, (which since we are all from and of God, since God is everywhere)....when we focus on the love of God, the healing in God (women included)....we expand the goodness of God into our lives! So be not a Christian except that you would take the healing messages and build upon them for today. I tell you that Forgive Affimed Spirit is the way Jesus was when he did his healings and that that did not include any disdain for women in any general sense! Women throughout history and even now have died for the grave sins, or deathly ways of mankind. We all continue to struggle to heal and survive from the sins in our lives put there by God for God's and our entertainment in heaven. We all have some of the answers inside us. Why limit those answers to just men? Women died very early throughout the ages and the illusion is that somehow they don't know anything. Some women did not die, but many did. Jesus said "All good things come from the Father". That includes women and functional civil healing methods from them. If you worship in a religion that says that is not true, your religion is false because it does not make on earth as it is in heaven even possible!

Answer 7

thats not contained in the bible. in case you stumbled on it there tell me the version and passage. there are alot of bibles that were rewritten to in good structure the writers perspectives and ideology. there's a hohmosexual bible, an ebonic bible, and so on. so that you want to computer screen out the position to procure this from. the very suitable translation is the king james. i in my opinion sat down with a jew and compared hebrew with the king james english and it became quite a lot perfect. I also sat down with a minister fluent in (koin) commoners greek which became the language used contained in the hot testomony), and positioned it became correct on. some tiny issues loose the completed results of its which skill yet that takes position each and each and every time you translate any language into yet another. be mindfull that the english used contained in the king james has alot of useless words. those are words that havnt been utilized in english for a lengthy time period and they could have different meanings then todays definitions

Answer 8

Some religions let women minister and some home offices chastise them for making them leaders like Bishops, but they do it anyway!

Of course you won't find a SINGLE ISLAMIC WOMAN CLERIC anywhere in the world.

If there's one thing the mainstream Jews, Islamics and Christians embrace it's that woman are not to have a say in the religion as a leader...

Answer 9

Don't believe everything you read.

Jesus cared enough about women to heal them, to teach them, and to love them. I consider the extreme patriarchy of the Jewish religion, as the environment or setting of His life and ministry. We can't superimpose our current culture onto that time in history.

By the way, what is that quote from? I've read it but don't remember where.

Answer 10

The church feared women of power. I believe that if we were allowed to read the full unadulterated text we would see it differently