In the book "DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown, he quotes from the Gnostic Gospel -- Gospel of Philip: "And the companion of the Saviour is Mary Magdalene. Christ loved her more than all the disciples and used to kiss her often on her mouth." Mrs Jesus herself is then supposed to be the legendary Holy Gail, the royal bloodline of Jesus. And the misguided theory was "Jesus and Mary Magdalene were secretly married and had a child!" Honestly, this makes for juicy scandal material but lacks any grounds to take it too seriously. In fact, Dan Brown's dubious 'sources': The Nag Hammadi texts (Which contain the Gnostic Gospels) an unreliable source: Written neither by apostles, nor by the companions of the apostles, the Gnostic Gospels were written under a pseudonym --that is, the author used the names of the apostles just to gain credibility. Hence, we have the Gospel of Thomas, or Gospel of Philip, etc, but they were not actually written by these apostles. (article from "Beneath that smile", pg 8)
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