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With 7.2 million copies in
print
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown is a bestseller.
Ever since its
publication,
The Da Vinci Code
has been a magnet for real world intrigue,
suspense, and controversy that can only rival
its plot. You haven’t read it yet? No worries.
Here’s a short run down:
The Da Vinci Code
is a historical thriller that claims
Christianity was founded on a cover-up. The
cover-up being that the Church has conspired
to hide evidence that Jesus was a mere mortal,
married Mary Magdalene and had children whose
descendants now live in France. In the book an
Opus Dei monk assassinates the guardians of
the Holy Grail, which in this work of fiction,
is not a chalice at all but a proof of Jesus'
and Mary Magdalene's conjugal relationship.
Throw in a gorgeous cryptographer and
brilliant Harvard professor, Dan Brown got
himself a lightning-pace thriller that races
around London, Paris and beyond.
So, what could be wrong with reading a simple
little thriller?
Well, a few lies and a heresy. Denying Jesus'
divinity is Arianism, which arose in the fourth
century. Scripture has totally debunked this and
the Catholic Church declared Arianism a heresy.
Opus Dei
is
a conservative organization of Catholic priests
and laity. From their website, "Opus Dei is a
personal prelature of the Catholic Church. It
was founded in Madrid on October 2, 1928, by St.
Josemaria Escriva. Its headquarters, together
with its prelatic church, are in Rome."
If you think the story
line is familiar, it is. The major premise of
the book appears to have been taken very
extensively from another book
Holy Blood, Holy Grail
by Michael Baigent, Dell Publishing, NY, NY
1983.
To counter this liberal
infiltration into the religious culture, there
are several books that you can read. For example
Fact and Fiction in The Da
Vinci Code and
De-Coding Da Vinci: The
Facts Behind the Fiction of the Da Vinci Code.
Now, after over a year why should this be
important?
If
you can see beyond the heresy and untruths in
this book, sure, it can be a good read.
Unfortunately, the book appears to be pandering
to the public distrust of the Catholic Church in
the aftermath of the clergy-sexual abuse
scandal.
And now word has it that director Ron Howard is
making a movie based on this book. Our faith
will once again be attacked where it matters.
Truth to a liar is like kryptonite to Superman.
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