[Sabertooth]

That doesn't mean that Buckley is senile; it just means that he thinks Gibson was a bit loose with some of the account(much of which was based on the recounting of "visions" of a mystic, Catherine Emmerich). It appears that he was.

Have you read Emmerich?

I haven't, but I found a link to all of her "Dolorous Passion" here.

I'm a few pages into the scene at Gethsemane. To early to form an opinion on how much Mel borrowed from her that wasn't in the Gospels or related Scriptures.

[sinkspur]

Have you read Emmerich?

You may or may not be reading Emmerich. Her "visions" were transcribed by her secretary, who is widely believed to have embellished what she recounted.

That's why the Church has basically discounted these "visions" in its consideration of her canonization.