Nowadays, when asked if Jesus was married, you are likely to get two kinds of answers: either an emphatic "Of course not! My own answer is: Very probably Jesus was not married. I will explain on what considerations my judgement is based, but first I want to dwell on two other views that regularly surface: Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.
Or: As a Jewish man, Jesus was obviously married at a young age, but we do not know his wife's name. The idea that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and fathered one or more children with her has become very popular in recent decades. But this book had predecessors, preparing the wide social acceptance of this idea, for example Nikos Kasantzakis' novel The last temptation of Christ , the Canadian film based on it and the pseudo-scientific study The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by H.
Baigent and R. Leigh Numerous studies have since shown that these stories should be considered fiction.
Those wishing to delve into them will find references at the bottom of this piece to publications that leave no detailed question unanswered. For example, it has long been shown that the supposedly medieval sources about a "Priory of Zion", which Dan Brown claims provided protection for Christ's descendants, are 20th-century forgeries.
Did the idea that Christ had a sexual relationship with Mary Magdalene occur even in ancient times? That is a difficult question. A papyrus fragment claimed to be very ancient was published in It was given the suggestive title "Gospel of Jesus' Wife".
