Cale Clarke is guest hosting on Trending with Timmerie, and he debunks Da Vinci Code-fueled myths about St. Mary Magdalene
She’s called the Apostle to the Apostles, and for good reason:
She was the first to meet the Risen Jesus on Easter morning and ran to tell the apostles.
They didn’t believe her, but her credibility should’ve been gold — Jesus literally chose her to be the first witness!
Be sure to listen to the entire hour!
Let’s hit some of the biggest myths people keep spreading about her: ❌ “Mary Magdalene was a prostitute.”
No. That idea started centuries later when some early Christians, like St. Augustine, confused her with another unnamed “sinful woman” in Luke’s Gospel who wipes Jesus’ feet with her tears.
📖 What the actual Gospels do say:
-Jesus cast out seven demons from her (Mark 16:9)
❌ “She was Jesus’ wife.”
Okay, now we’re getting into Da Vinci Code territory…but this is also completely false.
Cale unpacks how this theory exploded thanks to:
📘 “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” (1982) — a fake history book built on a hoax
🎥 The Da Vinci Code (2003) — which took that hoax and went full conspiracy thriller, Tom Hanks and all
These theories say Jesus and Mary were married, had kids, and their descendants made it to France and became nobility. No legit historian on earth believes this. Even the guys who invented the story eventually admitted under oath in court that they made it all up
🎨 “But what about that painting?!”
Yes, this is in reference to the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Dan Brown claims the beardless figure next to Jesus is Mary Magdalene. Art historians (real ones, not novelists) say: no.
That’s St. John, the “beloved disciple.” Back then, artists painted young men with long hair and no beard.
Gnostic Gospels
Some of these Jesus/Mary fanfics come from non-biblical texts like the Gospel of Mary and Gospel of Philip. These weren’t left out of the Bible for political reasons — they were written much later, by strange fringe groups like the Gnostics who were into “secret knowledge”.
Who was St. Mary Magdalene, then?
She was:
-A fierce follower of Jesus
-Someone who supported His ministry
-A woman set free from deep spiritual oppression
-The first to see the Risen Christ — and proclaim the Resurrection
🤔 Why This Matters
Cale makes the point:
If the Resurrection story were made up, no one in that ancient culture would’ve put a woman (especially one with Mary’s past) as the first witness. The fact that all four Gospels say she was there is a big clue that…it actually happened.
✨ Final Thought
Mary Magdalene isa saint.
A bold disciple.
A living witness to the Resurrection.
That’s better than any Hollywood rewrite.
St. Mary Magdalene, pray for us! 🙏🌸
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