Peter, one of the apostles, startled to learn that Jesus divulged secrets to Mary Magdalene not shared with the men in the group asks in The Gospel of Mary:
“How is it possible that the Teacher talked in this manner with a woman about secrets of which we ourselves are ignorant? Must we change our customs and listen to this woman? Did he really choose her and prefer her to us?”
From a story today by The New Yorker:
Peter, one of the apostles, startled to learn that Jesus divulged secrets to Mary Magdalene not shared with the men in the group asks in The Gospel of Mary:
“How is it possible that the Teacher talked in this manner with a woman about secrets of which we ourselves are ignorant? Must we change our customs and listen to this woman? Did he really choose her and prefer her to us?”