Mark Gagnon

even a spouse now again this is completely apocryphal but this is what is inside this specific text is it actually written by philip who's to say this is just what it's called now the text says and the companion of the saver is mary magdalene but christ loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her more often on the mouth

Now, before we get too crazy, we have to address one thing.

There's actually a hole in the papyrus right where the word mouth is.

So the papyrus literally says, used to kiss her often on her blank.

Could be forehead, who knows?

Many scholars think that the missing word is mouth based on the grammar and the context clues, but the text is damaged, so technically...

It could have been her hand.

No one knows.

But regardless of where these kisses were, the male disciples were jealous.

The text says, And Jesus answered them with a riddle, basically implying that

Mary understands the light better than they do.

Now, to modern day Gnostic philosophers and people that, you know, take these texts more literally, they would say that this paints a picture where, you know, the early Christian groups would, you know, give women more prominent spiritual roles, which is something that the later church didn't.

would have tried to erase.

Again, I personally disagree with that, but that is where that comes from.

Now, if you want the most like anti-church moment in the entire Nag Hammadi library, you have to look at the apocalypse of Peter.

So we all know the crucifixion story, right?

It's the cornerstone of Christian faith.

Jesus...

suffers for humanity, he dies on the cross, and that sacrifice is what saves all humankind.

Now, some Gnostic texts reject the idea that the divine Christ could suffer physically.