We seek to examine, not just Brown's book, but the whole pattern of pagan, feminist, and New Age doctrines that he popularizes and advocates. Whole hosts of books have been written to defend the views Brown describes. The book and its web site directly cite as its sources other books that claim to be, not fiction, but scholarly authorities. The theories of the book are based on other writings that are increasingly defended in society.
So, the author claims that the parts of the book that most concern us are accurate! As I started researching the Da Vinci Code, I really thought I would disprove a lot of this theory about Mary Magdalene and Holy Blood and all of that. In an ABC primetime news special, Brown stated: "I began as a skeptic. The book is introduced by a "fact" page that states: "All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate." Our main concern is that the book is the most visible and popular advocate for a host of increasingly popular doctrines. The author has been named to Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world!
Why be concerned about this book, especially since it admits it is fiction? The book has sold over 45 million copies in dozens of languages, and is destined to make Dan Brown a billionaire! It has been released as a major movie directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks. The purpose of this study is to examine the significance of the main theories related to the book. In the end, Sophie and her brother are revealed as being the sole surviving descendants of Christ. But a Catholic organization called Opus Dei, works to keep these facts secret. Leonardo Da Vinci was supposed to have been a member of this organization and encoded some of these facts in his paintings. They discover an ancient secret organization, the Priory of Sion, dedicated to hiding these facts till the right time to reveal them. Teabing who reveals to them that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had descendants. The Da Vinci Code, written by Dan Brown, is a fictional novel about two scholars, Robert Langdon and Sophie, who investigate the murder of the head of an art museum. Introduction: Summary of the story of the Da Vinci Code Today, or did the Roman Catholic Church change the Bible?Should Christians be concernedĪbout Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code? Gnosticism anti-Christian? Did God inspire the Bible and preserve it for us Prove that the Gnostic gospels are the earliest Christian records, or is Jesus and Mary Magdalene marry and have children? Was Mary the head of theĬhurch? Did Jesus possess Deity? Do the Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi texts Masculine or feminine? Did Jews and Christians worship God by sexual rites? Did
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