The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary Quotes

“Peter, the chief of the apostles, fled from the face of woman. In fact, his daughter was pretty to see, and having already caused a scandal because of her beautiful looks, he went into prayer, and she became paralyzed.”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“That which is not lived is not redeemed.”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“Jesus must have been a normal, male human being who was at least capable of having a relationship with Miriam of Magdala as a prerequisite for becoming the archetype of synthesis, the Anthropos.”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“Among the many texts of early Christianity, we might also consider the Pseudo-Clementine Homelies, Theodotus and Asclepius, which identify the Kingdom with the presence of the anthropos in a human individual, whether male or female.22 These texts also speak of the “inner Man” or “essential Man” (ontos Anthropos). For Jacques Ménard, the most relevant example seems to be the passage in the Pistis Sophia in which it is said that Miriam of Magdala feels this inner human in herself, and by identifying with it, understands everything.”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“St. Jerome (347–420), the renowned translator of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate) went so far as to say: “You say that Mary did not remain a virgin? Well, I say that Joseph himself was a virgin, and that the virgin Christ was born from a marriage of virgins.9”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“The Christ is at once whole (totus) in his divinity and whole (totus) in his humanity, of one substance in union with the Father concerning his divinity,”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“Logos is neither uncreated (agenetos) nor created (genetos).”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“The Logos is that which links all phenomena with one another as parts of the one Universe, and which links discourse with phenomena. The Logos is a link.”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“Did the Christ really become human, or was he only pretending to be a man?”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“Sexuality cannot be reduced to a means for the propagation of life, for it is a condition of our enjoyment of or loathing of life.”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition

“In Greek there are at least a dozen different terms for love. Traditionally, philosophers have distinguished a hierarchy of types of love, ranging from those that originate in pathos, a passion-based love (this root even reaches to pathology, which can enslave us), all the way to agape, an unconditional love that asks nothing in return.”
― Jean-Yves Leloup, The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition