What was the relationship between Peter and Mary Magdalene?
● The Gospel according to St John refers to the day after Saturday, when Mary Magdalene went to the tomb where Jesus was buried. There, after seeing that the stone had been moved away from the tomb, she runs to tell Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. When they receive the news, they set out for the tomb, where later Mary Magdalene finds the risen Lord (John 20:1-18). ► This is all the Gospels tell us about the relationship between Peter and Mary Magdalene. From a historical point of view, there is nothing else to add. ► The gospel according to Peter, an apocrypha probably from the 2nd century, which also recreates the last scenes from the Passion, the Resurrection, and the encounters with the risen Lord, refers to Mary Magdalene as the disciple of the Lord. ● In the marginal literature from Gnostic circles, we find various texts in which some confrontations between Peter and Mary Magdalene are noted. It is good to remember that these texts do not have a histo
