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blahblah · 07-26-2003, 03:41 PM

Da Vinci, in his Last Supper, depicted Jesus with his 12 disciples. One of them is a woman -- Mary Magdalene, supposedly of Benjamin's line (see picture below). There is speculation that mary was not only a disciple, but the Beloved Disciple, and the one to whom Jesus gave the charge of establishing the church. Various "Gnostic" faiths believe this. The early Johannine Christian community revered Mary as their founder. The Gospel of John is also actually the Gospel of Mary, according to some scholars. Mary the Magdalene ("Magdalene" derives from the Hebrew word for "Pillar") -- who knows anything about this, and what do you know?

07-26-2003, 03:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
blahblah Upright	Mary Magdalene: Apostle? Da Vinci, in his Last Supper, depicted Jesus with his 12 disciples. One of them is a woman -- Mary Magdalene, supposedly of Benjamin's line (see picture below). There is speculation that mary was not only a disciple, but the Beloved Disciple, and the one to whom Jesus gave the charge of establishing the church. Various "Gnostic" faiths believe this. The early Johannine Christian community revered Mary as their founder. The Gospel of John is also actually the Gospel of Mary, according to some scholars. Mary the Magdalene ("Magdalene" derives from the Hebrew word for "Pillar") -- who knows anything about this, and what do you know? Last edited by blahblah; 07-26-2003 at 04:48 PM..