mountainman

The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the former bishop of Rochester, does not seem to understand that the entire purpose and use of the Gnostic Gospels by the so-called gnostic heretics was to impugne the integrity of the Bible.

The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the former bishop of Rochester, is a Eusebian parrot:





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mountainman

The stats issued from the International Bureau of Common Era Sense on 28th October last year.





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andrewcriddle

It is possible that the canonical sources provide us with little or no information about the historical Mary Magdalene.

It is almost certain that the non-canonical sources provide us with little or no (additional) information about the historical Mary Magdalene.

Andrew Criddle

aa5874

Effectively, claims about the character called Mary Magdalene cannot be confirmed or corroborated and in any event it is quite reasonable to deduce that Mary Magdalene was active in events that were non-historical and is a product of fiction.

Mark 16:9 KJV Mary Magdalene is not only featured in fictitious events but in writings that were falsely attributed to an invented author perhaps 100 years after the very same implausible event under Pilate.

Chili

That might be true but I like it better wherein Magdalene is the Eve in us wherein boys are boy-ish and girls are girl-ish, and are they not beautiful in each? Just gorgeous I think, and find it a shame that she is put to work these days beside her man, soon growing hair on her own chest so she can beat it too.

From this I would say that a vivid Eve is nice to have as the not the body but the sniff we have to smell things out our self.

My favorite on this is where Aufidius said: "But know thou first,/ I loved the maid I married," (Coriolanus IV.v.114-15) where she was called Valeria to show the valor that she represents, . . . wherefore Jesus was a Jew and it was the Jews who crucified him too (difficult jump-shift here where Peter must deny him first-hand to forever leave 'it' be).

And then go to "Julius Caesar" where she was the valiance of Casca there that Brutus always was loyal too as motivating force in him, as recognized in the tribute of the pivotal speech Mark Anthony made: "Yours, Cinna; and, my valiant Casca, yours. (III.i.190).

Chili

Also known as the Capital Sins, a Catholic would say as expert in that field.

mountainman

These two claims feature the sub claim that Mary Magdalene was historical, but may be reformulated
to feature the sub claim that Mary Magdalene was not historical as follows"

It is possible that the canonical sources provide us with little or no information about the fictional Mary Magdalene.

It is almost certain that the non-canonical sources provide us with little or no (additional) information about the fictional Mary Magdalene

Logically, Mary may have been historical or fictional.

If Mary was historical then the former claims are logical.

However if Mary was fictional, then the second claim is clearly erroneous because it is absolutely certain that the non-canonical
sources do provide us with a great deal of (additional) information about the fictional Mary Magdalene.


Do we have an index or a list of non canonical material featuring Mary Magdalene?

Here's a start:

* The Gospel of Mary [Magdalene]
* The Gospel of Philip
* A Portion of the Books of the Saviour aka "Pistis Sophia"
* The Greater Questions of Mary
* The "Gospel of Jesus' Wife"

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aa5874

Whether or not it is possible that Mary Magdalene did live no argument can be maintained for an historical Mary Magdalene at this present time based on the fact that there is no corroborative evidence from antiquity and much of what is claimed about Mary is found in a source of fiction and implausibilities.

It is claimed Mary Magdalene saw the resurrected Jesus born of a Ghost and a Virgin.

outhouse

I think both of those are factual.

There is a absense of evidence on Mary Magdalene, historical and mythological.

Jaybees

For that matter, canoniical accounts are unlikely to "provide us with any information about the historical Mary Magdalene."