the wife of Jesus but also his chosen successor.
As a descendant of the royal line of Benjamin,
Mary’s marriage to Jesus would have merged the
royal lines of Benjamin and Judah and created a
powerful Jewish dynasty. Peter, however, was a
sexist disciple who jealously opposed Mary and
sought to discredit her before the rest of the
disciples. The church, which was misogynist and
patriarchal, took Peter’s side, repudiating Mary’s
leadership role and transforming her into a sordid
prostitute. In this way they removed Mary’s
rightful place as the cofounder of Christianity and
suppressed Jesus’ teaching concerning goddess
worship and the sacred feminine.
with her daughter Sarah, where she found refuge with the Jewish community. Her
descendants founded the Merovingian dynasty of French kings, through whom her
lineage continues today. Although traditionally the “Holy Grail” has been understood as
the cup or chalice that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper, The Da Vinci Code claims
the Grail is Mary herself, who carried Jesus’ child in her womb.
See The Da Vinci Code, pp. 244, 248-249
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No. Legends about Mary’s journey to France did not appear until the 11th century. We have no reliable historical data beyond the New Testament period. |
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No. Even if we were to take these medieval legends seriously, they never mention Jesus’ marriage, the birth of a child to Mary, or her connection to the sacred feminine. |
