Mel Gibson has stated that one of his main inspirations for The Passion of the Christ came from the book The Dolorous Passion by Anne Catherine Emmerich. He has produced this film with an image of "Christ" that is based on the apparitions of the Catholic mystic who claimed to have seen visions of the passion, … Continue reading “Dolorous Passion” – Excerpts In Line With the “Passion of the Christ” Movie, But Not in the Bible (part I of II)