Was Jesus Christ A Married Man? (NYPost Review – “a tad confusing – pretty pictures”)

NY Post ^ | November 3, 2003 | Adam Buckman

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And was Mary Magdalene his wife?

Apparently, a lot of people will be upset if the answer to both these questions is yes.

As explained in tonight's "Jesus, Mary and Da Vinci" - a new ABC News prime-time special inspired by the best-selling novel, "The DaVinci Code" - proof that Jesus of Nazareth was a married man enjoying conjugal relations with his wife would upset the apple cart, so to speak, of all of Christianity since Jesus' divinity has been based for so long, at least in part, on the notion that he was celibate.

[CobaltBlue]

If you look closely at the restored photo, the woman actually has breasts.

As for the disembodied hand, do a google search. All the art historians mention it.

If you have a print of the second version, or if you have a print of the original version prior to restoration, it's different.

[FNU LNU]

I didn't think we did, but I didn't know the source of the tradition. Thanks!

[CobaltBlue]

Other verses which have been interpreted in favor of celibacy instead of marriage are better interpreted as being in favor of fidelity in marriage instead of fornication outside of marriage.

It would be exceedingly odd, if God, who ordered man to go forth and multiply, changed His mind. Especially when Jesus was a Jewis rabbi, and it was required for rabbis to marry (still is).

[Bohemund]

If you look closely at the restored photo, the woman actually has breasts.

As for the disembodied hand, do a google search. All the art historians mention it.

Well, I didn't see any breasts or a knife: See for yourself.

[R. Scott]

He might have been married. Remember that the Bible as we know it was canonized (5th and 6th Century) by men who had little respect for women. They had already established that women were to have no place of importance in the Church and St. Paul – who never met The Christ and injected much of his own philosophy into the early Christian Church – went as far as to forbid priestly marriage. St. Paul also espoused the idea that any contact between the sexes was basically a bad idea:

But I would have you to be without solicitude. He that is without a wife is solicitous for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please God. But he that is with a wife, is solicitous for the things of the world, how he may please his wife: and he is divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin thinketh on the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit. But she that is married thinketh on the things of this world how she may please her husband. And this I speak for your profit, not to cast a snare upon you, but for that which is decent and which may give you power to attend upon the Lord without impediment. (I Cor., vii, 7-8 and 32-35.)

It’s very possible that when the Christian Bible was finally canonized all references to the Christ being married would have been expunged.

[cwb]

I guess I missed those "movies."

[R. Scott]

Flames on!

[gcruse]

Scrutiny comes in many forms, movies being only one.

[Bohemund]

It’s very possible that when the Christian Bible was finally canonized all references to the Christ being married would have been expunged.

It's also very possible that when the Christian Bible was finally canonized all references to the Christ being a space alien would have been expunged.

[BlueNgold]

For better research and information on this centuries old story read "Holy Blood Holy Grail" - also replete with plenty of cool conspiracy theories about the Knights Templar, and much better detail on the exploits of the Priurre De Sion.

[cwb]

Movies being the most influential in our pop-culture. You would never see a Hollywood movie about the Elders of Zion because Hollywood wouldn't allow it. It seems fine to plaster Jesus with cow-dung or dip a crucifix in urine and call it art. Try that with any other "religions" artifacts and watch the backlash.

[gcruse]

Oh, you poor, poor Christian.
History has dealt you such an awful hand.
It was a paradise before movies, and now this.
The victims of the Spanish Inquisition
cry out to central casting.

[LittleJoe]

And some say Jesus survived the crucifiction and moved to France

Mary Magdalene arrived in France with her two children. The story at the church in France does not say anything about Jesus being with her.

If, as the novel suggests, Mary was the wife of Jesus...Are the decendants of Jesus alive today? What happened to their son?

[NeoCaveman]

It's also very possible that when the Christian Bible was finally canonized all references to the Christ being a space alien would have been expunged.

Nope. He was a Sasquach, aka a Big Foot, all references to this have been expunged.

[cwb]

Dude...I hate to tell ya: I don't even go to church. I do however, see the intentional destruction and persecution of those of the Christian faith in this country.

[tracer]

I once read of a report that historians have unearthed two decades worth of claims records from a life insurance company that did business undere the name Carpenters' Mutual that operated some 2,000 years ago.

The researchers were quite excited to find a death benefit claim form filed on a Friday by two women named Mary and a man named Joseph and later hurriedly rescinded before noon on the following Monday.

Just might be a clue here. I wonder if this curious finding will be discussed on the CBS special in question...

[tracer]

Hey, talk about marrying "a nice Jewish boy".....

[gcruse]

My apologies. Evidently I have overlooked the Christian prison camps in the US and mistaken your lamentations for mere whining. My bad.

[cwb]

You really sound like a bitter religious bigot. What...can't get married yet?

[CollegeRepublican]

Except that it would invalidate some Old Testament prophesies concerning Him if he had been married.

Which prophesies? Please cite examples. I am really interested, I am not trolling.