I saw an ad for this movie in today’s newspaper. Where did the name come from? I know there’s a line in The Velvet Underground’s Heroin'' that goes and I feel just like Jesus’ son.’’ It’s a good song. But as far as I know, conventional religious doctrine doesn’t allow for this. Now, Templar conspiracies aside, is there any evidence that Jesus had a son?
There are two schools of thought on this subject:
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Christ died a virgin. The Scriptures never mention Christ being married, or having children. He devoted his life entirely to the service of God, disdaining earthly pleasures. Or,
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Christ could have been married, but this wasn’t thought to be an important part of his life or message and was left out of the Bible. Some claim that the wedding in Cana where Christ preformed his first miricle was his own wedding. There’s quite a gap in the chronology of Jesus’ life and he didn’t take up his ministry until he was in his thirties.
Yeah, I’ve heard quite a bit about the Jesus bloodline. Some theologians and historians believe that the Holy Grail is a codeword for the Jesus bloodline. They believe that Jesus married Mary of Magdeline (sp?) and she had a baby. After Jesus was crucified, she escaped with the baby, and I think some believe the bloodline ended up in Italy or France. For more on this, check out the A&E special on the Holy Grail. You can get it on video at several book stores or order it from A&E Online. Also, I’m a fan of the Preacher adult comic book series. In it, there is an organization known as the Grail that controls all of the governments of the world. The Grail is an army that protects the descendent of Christ so that when they make the Apocalypse happen, they can present the child as the saviour of the world. Of course this is all fiction (supposedly) but it does give an interesting spin on the whole Christ bloodline thing.
I’m going to have to assume that those who think Jesus got hitched at Cana never actually read the Bible.
And Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. – John 2:2
Mighty nice of Jesus to invite himself to his own wedding.
I don’t really know what you mean. The whole point of the Grail thing is that the Holy Grail was put in the Bible to represent Jesus’ bloodline and everything about his children and marriage was left out to protect his family. Also, I don’t think any of the conspiracy theories came from the bible, but other scriptures that were left out of the bible. This is just a guess, but maybe there’s something in the Gnostic Scriptures. Again, I can’t really quote anything specifically, just give the gist (sp?) of it. I don’t, however, think that the wedding at Cana was brought up at all. It was mainly university professors and theologians quoting obscure texts on the A&E program.
Sorry Jophiel. :o I didn’t realize you were referring to Lissa’s post.
The Gnostic gosphels have at least one disciple complaining that Jesus is always kissing Mary Magdeline on the mouth but won’t kiss him (the disciple) on the mouth.
So Jesus at least had the right idea, so it’s certainly possible that He DID have children. I’m certainly descended from Him, but the family anglicised the surname. Cana is a non-issue. The idea of marriage (if you wish to believe Scripture) is to have the marriage formalized in front of God and solemnized as a permanent entity. This would be redundant in Jesus’ case.
(The real reason is to placate the women who are going to start dropping calves and want to make sure someone is going to support them and their little street urchins.)
“Don’t be such a sexist pig”. - My girlfriend Lorena (on the phone tonight when I tried this script on her.)