Graphic Bible · Scene 5 of 7
Historical Library · Other Early Christian Apocrypha
Conflict over Authority
Provisional translation of the available English witness, not a summary. Images interpret the narrated conversations, Mary’s reported vision, and symbolic teachings; they do not establish historical events or reconstruct lost pages. Opening pages 1–6 and central pages 11–14 are missing.
Source and translation notes
Anonymous. Mary is a recipient and interpreter of revelation in the narrative, not its claimed author. Her identity is unspecified; this edition does not identify her as Mary Magdalene or another Mary.
Papyrus Berolinensis 8502,1, with Greek fragments · Coptic/Greek (source-language review pending)
English witness: Mark M. Mattison. Public Domain dedication stated on source page.
Heading and section break are modern navigation aids, not ancient verse divisions. Numbered reading units are modern paragraph divisions, not ancient verse numbers.
- Provisional rendering based on the supplied public-domain English witness.
- Square brackets preserve a manuscript restoration signal.
- Capitalization of “Humanity” is retained from the witness.
Gospel of Mary 5:5
Perfect Humanity and the Gospel
Conflict over Authority · Gospel of Mary 5
Story guide: An open woven garment and unblocked path interpret Levi’s exhortation rather than a literal changing of clothes.
Open this scene in the reader →5“Instead, we should be ashamed, clothe ourselves with perfect Humanity, acquire it for ourselves as he instructed us, and preach the gospel, without laying down any other rule or law beyond what the Savior said.”
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