Jesus Film Project Releases Mary Magdalena Version in U.S.

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• doc411

  Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:38 pm : 0 : 0 Flag

  THE JESUS FILM got it's dialog, plot, and action directly from the Gospel of Luke, didn't it? I wonder what the source was for MAGDALENA.

• rlhouli

  Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:08 pm : 0 : 0 Flag

  If this film continues the false story that St. Mary Magdalene was a prostitute it is a disgrace. There are many sources that have shown that to be an error. As the Topekan commentator above said, the negative story about St. Mary Magdalene was firmly implanted by Pope Gregory in the end of the 6th century. Even the Roman Catholic Church has changed the gospel story that is read on her feast (July 22) to John 20:1-18. This is the beautiful scene in which St. Mary Magdalene searches for Jesus at the tomb, sees the angels and the gardener that Peter and the other apostle did not see, recognizes Jesus in the gardener as soon as he says her name, and is then commanded by Jesus to 'Go and tell the others that I have risen.' In John's gospel she is the first witness to the Resurrection and the first to preach the Resurrection. For all who want to preserve the patriarchical systems of old, this is a dangerous story. For those who wish to fully embrace Jesus' message of full equality, this is a most blessed story.

• Topekan

  Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:40 am : 12 : 3 Flag

  This movie follows the Roman Catholic error which states that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. The confusion came from Pope Gregory, who twisted scripture in order to diminish Mary Magdalene's role as a follower of Jesus (it interferes with their manufactured version of Mary, mother of Jesus as virgin fertility goddess). A woman, presumed to be a prostitute in the end of chapter 7 of Luke is interpolated to be Mary Magdalene, who is introduced in the beginning of chapter 8 of Luke. Mary Magdalene's sins are not specified, merely that Jesus had cast seven demons out of her. Dr. Luke is too accurate an historian to have failed to clearly identify the woman in chapter 7 as Mary Magdelene. It's unfortunate that this movie is continuing to perpetuate this fiction.

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