If Mary Magdalene was an eye witness to Jesus' resurrection?

Question

Then why was the Gospel of Mary not canonized as part the Bible?

Okay, According to the Bible, Mary was the first person to see Jesus after his resurrection.

Answer 1

Her Gospel wasn't discovered until 1945 and even then, the Catholics won't recognize it because they would also have to canonize all of the other Gospels and Scriptures that were found in a jar along with hers. The Catholics regard some of these writings as heresy even though they were written by Jesus' disciples. For anyone who wants to read The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene click on this link: http://www.gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm

P.S. The above are wrong. Mary Magdalene DID write her own Gospel and it was written around the time of Christ or shortly after His death. Her book along with the others were deliberately hidden from the very people (i.e. the Romans) who destroyed everything else, (cultures, writings, religions, etc.). These writings survived and were well preserved BECAUSE Jesus' disciples protected them from the people who sought to destroy them.

Importantly, the codex preserves the most complete surviving copy of the Gospel of Mary (as the text is named in the manuscript, though it is clear this named Mary is the person we call Mary of Magdala). Two other small fragments of the Gospel of Mary from separate Greek editions were later also unearthed in archaelogical excavations at Oxyrhynchus in Northern Egypt. (Fragments of the Gospel of Thomas were also found at this ancient library site, see the Gospel of Thomas page for more information about Oxyrhyncus.) Unfortunately, the extant manuscript of the Gospel of Mary is missing pages 1 to 6 and pages 11 to 14 -- pages that included sections of the text up to chapter 4, and portions of chapter 5 to 8.

The complete extant text of the Gospel of Mary is presented below. For those interested in a print edition of the text, we highly recommend Karen King's new translation and commentary (listed in box on right). An introductory lecture on the The Gospel of Mary Magdalen is also available in our The Gnosis Archive Web Lectures collection.

Again, this information is on the link: http://www.gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm

Answer 2

The Gospel of Mary was not included in the New Testament because it had not been written yet at the time the NT was official approved (around 325AD). The earlier references of the Gospel of Mary do not appear until the mid 400's AD. The earliest copy of it comes from the 600ADs. The form of Greek used in the book did not exist at the time Mary and the apostles lived. (It is as different from the Greek of the Bible as the English of the King James Bible is from the English normally spoken today).

So there is no reason to believe the Gospel of Mary was written by Mary, or during her lifetime, or within at less three centuries of her lifetime.

Kind of hard to put a book in the NT that wasn't written yet....

Answer 3

Experience has taught Jehovah's Witnesses that the Bible has no gaps in stating God’s purpose or in providing needed counsel for day-to-day living. It tells them why we are here and where we are going.
In brief—the Bible is complete.

Bible Canon—A Complete Catalog

Why can Jehovah’s Witnesses be sure that no vital book is missing from the Bible? Because the inspired writings that are “beneficial for teaching” have a set catalog, often called a canon. (2 Timothy 3:16) Originally, the word “canon” referred to a reed used as a measuring rod. The Bible canon came to mean the set of books accepted as genuine, inspired of God and worthy of being used as a straightedge for measuring faith, doctrine, and conduct.

The official listing for the Hebrew Scriptures (often called the Old Testament) was fixed by the end of the fifth century B.C.E. Jesus Christ and his apostles used only books from this catalog when quoting Scripture. Therefore, Jehovah’s Witnesses follow this same pattern for the Hebrew Scriptures.
Evidence for an authorized listing of writings for the Christian Greek Scriptures began piling up as early as 90-100 C.E. And by the end of the second century, there was no question that the canon of the Christian Greek Scriptures had been closed. There are at least 16 outstanding early catalogs of the Christian Greek Scriptures, from the Muratorian Fragment of 170 C.E. to the Third Council of Carthage of 397 C.E. Additionally, manuscripts of this part of the Bible in the original language (Greek) total more than 5,200.
No other ancient document is so well supported.
So, Jehovah’s Witnesses look upon the Christian Greek Scriptures as being complete.
But more evidence than this is needed to satisfy Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Human listings are not the main reason that Jehovah’s Witnesses accept a book as being canonical. They look for internal evidence.
Here is what they look for:

□ Contents that give evidence of inspiration by God’s holy spirit.

□ Counsel against superstitions, demonism, and creature worship.

□ Total unity with the rest of the Bible.

□ A message that turns people to the worship of Jehovah and stimulates deep respect for his work and purpose.

□ An appeal to love and to serve God.

□ Conformity with the divine “pattern of healthful words” and harmony with the teachings of Jesus Christ.—2 Timothy 1:13.

Gnostic Writings Conflict With the Bible

Jehovah’s Witnesses find none of this evidence in Gnostic writings.
The mystical Gnostics flourished during the first two centuries C.E. and claimed secret divine knowledge, or gnosis. They challenged genuine Christians about who had the true teachings and writings of Jesus and his disciples. Do the Gnostic books reveal pertinent information to strengthen a Christian’s faith? No.

Mary Magdalene was there after Jesus resurrection. She was in fact the first one to see Jesus after his resurrection. This was a privilege. However, her account & everything we need to know about the incident is explained in the gospels contained in the Bible as we know it today.

Answer 4

Mary Magdalene was the first person Jesus appeared to after His Resurrection.

The Gospel of Mary was not written by Mary, therefore not recognized as being inspired by God.

Answer 5

First of all she was not an eye witness of the resurrection, she was the first one to whom He appeared after He rose. Second have you ever read the Gospel of Mary? It is ridiculous. They quote verses about Mary of Bethany and apply them to Mary Magdalene. The whole writing doesn't make sense.

Answer 6

They had the reason to believe that it was not the gospel of Mary Magdalene

Answer 7

1. Mary Did not write that Gospel
2. It deviates from the standard of truth taught by the Apostles

Answer 8

The simple reason is that there is no proff that mary magdaline wrote it or had it written. At best it is a second century document therfore not by Mary.

Answer 9

Because Mary didn't write it. It was written hundreds of years after the fact by Gnostics who had drifted away from the true teaching of Jesus and His Apostles.

Answer 10

Orthodox Christians regard it as spurious. In any event, it represents a current of teaching that contradicts what became considered orthodox.