The Gospel of Mary of Magdala was discovered in the late 1800’s it focuses on inner spiritual knowledge which we know goes completely against churches beliefs that in order to gain this spiritual knowledge one must do so by following church practices such as studying the scriptures, praying and seeking God’s wisdom. All of this is done by coming to church therefore giving the church power. This revelation threatens the power that the church would hold if society started becoming aware of their inner spiritual knowledge. This idea is a common belief in Gnosticism. Apart from threatening the church’s power this threatens the disciples ego’s. Judging to why Mary’s gospel was neglected and not “lost” we can guess that the disciples hated and envied the thought of a woman being closer to Jesus than any of them were. Peter, in particular, questions Mary’s authority on multiple occasions. Apart from this gospel Mary of Magdala is only mentioned early on as a prostitute and even heard of being possessed by demons. This makes me question how true and reliable this information about her is. What if due to the jealousy the disciples felt they invented these horrible things about Mary? This text gave me a new perspective of biblical views. Coming from a strict catholic family the texts opened up my eyes to question if gender roles really do play a big part in what we read and the readings we can trust. The Gospel of Mary of Magdala challenges traditional Christian narratives. It is the first time that we hear about a prominent female disciple of Jesus. Just like the Gospel of Judas this text gives us a different and more positive take on who Mary of Magdala was, instead of being portrayed as a shameful sinner the text highlights the close relationship with Jesus and her role in early Christianity. After reading Mary’s gospel it leaves me wondering how many times this has been done throughout history and how many women throughout our time have been portrayed differently due to sexism.