Was Mary Magdalene the Wife of Jesus? What the Vatican Really Believes | History For Sleep

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Was Mary Magdalene the wife of Jesus or a witness the Church quietly reframed? This episode drifts from first‑century Galilee to the vaults of the Vatican, through torn Coptic papyri, medieval sermons, Provençal relic cults, and a 2016 decree that quietly changed her rank. We verify dates, sift manuscripts, and test legends against archaeology to see what the Vatican actually says and pointedly doesn’t. It’s a calm, cinematic excavation of beauty and darkness in Christian memory, told without sensationalism but with relentless curiosity.

Timestamps
00:00 A Door Half Open: The Question Rome Won’t Answer
07:42 Cross, Tomb, and Text: What the Earliest Sources Really Say
18:30 Gospels Buried in Sand: Nag Hammadi, “Companions,” and Contested Fragments
29:05 Silence, Strategy, and a Feast Day: How the Vatican Manages Mary
39:12 What If She Was? What If She Wasn’t? Consequences, Fears, and What We Choose to Believe

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Keywords: Mary Magdalene history, was Jesus married, Vatican archives, Gospel of Mary, Nag Hammadi texts, Catholic Church history, apostle to the apostles, Gregory the Great homily 33, biblical archaeology Magdala, Christian apocrypha
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