John jr_esq: > The second apostle with the long hair represents Taurus, > a sign owned by Venus, a female. > Stoyanov thinks that the one single local Langudocian notion in Catharism was the theology of the belief that Mary Magdalene was the concubine of Jesus - knowledge that was reserved for the inner circle of Cathars: "The teaching of Mary Magdalene as the 'wife or 'concubine' of Christ appears moreover, an original Cathar tradition which does not have any counterpart in Bogomil doctrines" (222-223).
Work cited: 'The Hidden Tradition in Europe' by Yuri Stoyanov Penguin Books, 1995
