Texts discovered after World War Two in Egypt have been read by some as evidence that Mary Magdalene was the favourite disciple of Jesus, even that they were perhaps married. These views have been ...

In this gnostic gospel, Mary Magdalene appears as a disciple, singled out by Jesus for special teachings. In this excerpt, the other disciples are discouraged and grieving Jesus' death.

It popularised the theory that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and did not in fact die on the cross. It was this secret, they wrote, that was being protected by the shadowy Priory of Sion.

the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene, the most misunderstood and controversial of his disciples. This show reveals the historical reality of these two main archetypes of Christian womanhood ...