In the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, for example, Mary declares that she has “seen the Lord” in dreams and visions—a claim that Peter and Andrew flatly deny: “I do not believe that the Savior said these things, for indeed these teachings are strange ideas”…“Did he, then, speak with a woman in private without our knowing about it? Are we to turn around and listen to her? Did he choose her over us?” (Gospel of Mary BG8502 10.2–3) In the gospel named for her, Mary wins the argument. But after the fourth century, when Catholic and Orthodox leaders took charge of most churches, they relegated her
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