Well since we are talking about Religion and Spiritual works
I guess I can chime in here


the unique place given to women as proclaimers in the Fourth Gospel was quite different from that of other first-century Christian churches (Brown 1979: 183). This is very consistent with the hypothesis which says that the Fourth Gospel was, in fact, authored by a woman -- i.e., Mary Magdalene.

* there is solid extrabiblical documentary evidence which establishes a strong tradition among, at least some, Gnostic Christians naming Mary Magdalene as the disciple whom Jesus loved the most. This is strong external evidence which corroborates the identification of Mary Magdalene as the Beloved Disciple;
* there is a well-established historical link between the Fourth Gospel and Gnostic Christians which predates both the canonization of the Fourth Gospel and the ascription of its authorship to John of Zebedee (Perkins: 946). This corroborates the hypothesis which says that the Secessionists of the Johannine Community brought their pre-canonical Fourth Gospel with them into the Gnostic Christian communities after the schism;
* there is the strong internal evidence which shows extensive structural inconsistencies in the two passages of the Fourth Gospel which contain both Mary Magdalene and the Beloved Disciple appearing together. This corroborates the hypothesis which says that a redactor re-edited prior pre-canonical versions of the Fourth Gospel as discussed above;
* the "one-upmanship" of the Beloved Disciple in relation to Peter in the Fourth Gospel is very similar to the relationship between Peter and Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Corpus. This helps to corroborate the hypothesis which says that the Fourth Gospel's Beloved Disciple and Mary Magdalene are, in reality, one and the same;
* there are many accurate references in the Fourth Gospel to Holy Land places and customs which denote eyewitness authorship by someone who lived in the Holy Land before the destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70 (Brown 1979: 22). Mary Magdalene was most certainly in a position to give very vivid and accurate eyewitness accounts of the events depicted in the Fourth Gospel. This might explain some striking differences between the Fourth Gospel and the Synoptic Gospels which, according to most biblical scholars, were pseudonymous and not written by eyewitnesses;
* the unique place given to women as proclaimers in the Fourth Gospel was quite different from that of other first-century Christian churches (Brown 1979: 183). This is very consistent with the hypothesis which says that the Fourth Gospel was, in fact, authored by a woman -- i.e., Mary Magdalene.

http://ramon_k_jusino.tripod.com/magdalene.html#brown1

Now lets just imagine the implications
of Mary Magdalene being the Beloved Disciple

this would mean Women were treated equal in Jesus's eyes
there seems to be evidence for this

Women could write and were educated

Remember Mary sitting and listening to Jesus teach ...it was a one on one lesson
there is evidence that Mary got his messages more than Peter

She was more faithful Peter was not

Gospel of Phillip

If we compare John 19:25-27 with the passage from the Gospel of Philip cited previously, we notice some striking similarities.

**There were three who always walked with the Lord: Mary his mother and her sister and Magdalene, the one who was called his companion. His sister and his mother and his companion were each a Mary (NHC II.3.59.6-11) (Robinson 1988: 145).**

Here we have Phillip as a eye witness account
He would know
Why does Gospel of Phillip not count?

Here is the conspiracy let me lay it out there because there is a conspiracy
ACTIONS speak loudly

Since the late 6th century, Mary Magdalene has been misidentified in the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church as an adulteress and repentant prostitute. Pope Gregory the Great made a speech in 591 where he seemed to combine the actions of three women mentioned in the New Testament and also identified an unnamed woman as Mary Magdalene.[41] In 1969 the Vatican, without commenting on Pope Gregory's reasoning,[51] separated Luke's sinful woman, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdala by implicitly rejecting it via the Roman Missa

We have in 591 Pope Gregory going out of his way ...to lump the adulteress and prostitute all together and name her Magdalene
Now this is SLANDER
Why did he go out of his way to do it and then for centuries ...the lie continued
then in 1969 without comment on Gregory's reasoning they change the Roman Missal
but still taught in catechism that she was a prostitute(church allowed this)
No one told the sheep that Magdalene wasn't a prostitute

Now why was these actions taken?
The Vatican answers
The story of Mary Magdalene reminds everyone of a fundamental TRUTH: She is a DISCIPLE of Christ who...has had the humility to ask for his help, has been healed by him, and has followed him closely, becoming a witness of the power of his merciful LOVE, which is stronger than sin and death.
—Benedict XVI

Notice Pope Benedict XVI calls her a DISCIPLE of Christ....who followed him CLOSELY
A Witness to his merciful LOVE

if I was a codebreaker of Benedict's words
I would decipher this
Fundamental TRUTH IS she was a
BELOVED DISCIPLE of Christ


The Vatican knows full well what they did
I commend Benedict for telling us( But then DaVinci Code exposed the lie)
but that doesn't mean the Vatican is going to change women's position in the church
they don't belong up there at the altar (this is still a Men's Only Club )



Celtic Church let women have positions of power
Saint Brigid was one

Hello we are having a discussion here on the" Beloved Disciple"
if this discussion is offensive to you
then go find a subject that is not so hard on your lil feelings

As for Magdalene she is the educated woman by Jesus
Jesus didn't just give his teachings to the men ...he shared them with women

Lets go back to the that feet washing ritual
Jesus washes the guys feet with water
Mary washes Jesus feet with oil kisses, and tears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3571502.stm
there is a possibility that John the Baptist cave was found
Shimon Gibson spent five years excavating the site near Jerusalem, unearthing objects apparently used in ancient purification rituals.

what is in this cave is stone with a foot carved out of it
the person sets their foot in and they are anointed with oil
It is part of a Purification process
Mary is performing a ritual of purification .... that has connection with John the Baptist
In the cave was vases of Oil used for the feet

that a woman thought she could do this to Jesus is amazing... and he felt honored that she did it

Mary Magdalene was definitely major part of Jesus's community(family)

James could be a contender of the Beloved Disciple

I just will say Jesus kissed her often... that is a sign of Love

I see her carrying the cross and carrying a cup/vase at Rennes Chateau


She is carrying the Holy Grail

Wayward....I'm definitely following you

Bill there were children in Jesus's family...when I say Jesus's family
I mean his cousins, brothers and sisters. We never here about the Zebedee brothers families.

Here is Jesus with women and children
It depends on the viewer what interpretation they choose

Rev Jeff and Bill

I believe this was in the cards long ago
the change of conciousness
and some knew this day would come
including the Vatican

Long suppressed and yet Popes had concubines mistresses children
and Saint Peter had a wife ...and children
it was the normal Jewish life
Jesus had a family brothers sisters and cousins

there was no law that said a apostle of Jesus could not marry
there were women followers and Magdalene was a student of Jesus




Yes some people believed that Jesus was married and had children




Sefirot correspond to qualities of G-d. They consist of, in descending order, Keter (the crown), Chokhmah (wisdom), Binah (intuition, understanding), Chesed (mercy) or Gedulah (greatness), Gevurah (strength), Tiferet (glory), Netzach (victory), Hod (majesty), Yesod (foundation) and Malkut (sovereignty). The middle five qualities are mentioned explicitly and in order at I Chronicles 29:11: Yours, O L-rd, is the greatness (gedulah), the strength (gevurah), the glory (tiferet), the power (netzach), and the splendor (hod). I have seen this passage translated in widely varying ways, but the Hebrew corresponds to the names of the Sefirot in order.

The Ten Sefirot include both masculine and feminine qualities. Kabbalah pays a great deal of attention to the feminine aspects of G-d.

Tree of the Sefirot or the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. There is great significance to the position of these various attributes and their interconnectedness.

The Sefirot are not separate deities, as some might think by taking this too literally. They are intimately a part of G-d, and yet they are in contact with the universe in a way that the Ein Sof is not. The Sefirot connect with everything in the universe, including humanity. The good and evil that we do resonates through the Sefirot and affects the entire universe, up to and including G-d Himself.
http://www.jewfaq.org/kabbalah.htm

Jesus was a Jew

To deny the feminine is to deny God
think about it

Gospel of Mary; Codex Berolinensis, "then Mary stood up greeted them all, and said to her BRETHREN"


Gospel of Mary; Codex Berolinensis, "Peter, you have always been hot tempered,now I see you contending against the woman like the adversaries. But if the Savior made her WORTHY, who are you indeed to reject her.


Gospel of Phillip; Nag Hammadi, "and the companion of the Mary Magdalene, loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on the -----the REST OF THE DISCIPLES they said to him--"


There is more Tim, but I have to dig up my Nag Hammadi.---Bill

Pilrig
that was a great article
I never knew about the Black Grail

Yes Jabber
Saint Malachy prediction is on target as well as other visions

So when I say the Church ... Jabber
I mean Rome the Vatican

not the church attendees

Wayward
it really does make one wonder if Mary Magdalene is sitting next to Jesus

James could be a contender of the Beloved Disciple

I just will say Jesus kissed her often... that is a sign of Love

I see her carrying the cross and carrying a cup/vase at Rennes Chateau


She is carrying the Holy Grail

Wayward....I'm definitely following you