The idea that Leonardo was a member of The Priory of Sion is based on a document proven by a French court of law to be a forgery and a hoax ( The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code by Richard Abanes, Harvest House Publishers, pp.48-57). Worse yet, the story rests not on careful research, but on a documented fraud passed off as truth.
What many readers fail to keep in mind is that The Da Vinci Code is fiction. This, according to the professor, is a fact the church will kill to suppress. Mary, according to the Priory, was the true Holy Grail who bore the royal bloodline of Jesus on earth. The secret of this group (The Priory of Sion) is that Jesus had a daughter by Mary Magdalene. The title of the book comes from the claim that Leonardo Da Vinci-along with other notables like Sir Isaac Newton and Victor Hugo-was a member of a secret society entrusted with the truth about Jesus. His views are later echoed by a fictional British royal historian referred to as Sir Leigh Teabing who says things like, “almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ is false” ( The Da Vinci Code, p.235). Claiming years of research, the professor maintains that for 1,700 years, the church has been covering up the real truth about Jesus. One of the book’s main characters is Robert Langdon, a fictional Harvard professor of religious symbology.
The Da Vinci Code begins with a lengthy list of acknowledgments and then a “fact page” designed to leave the impression that the novel is based on careful research of little-known facts. It’s fast-paced, enthralling, and simply impossible to put down.”
The Da Vinci Code is a conspiracy theory that leaves many readers wondering whether everything they have believed about Christ and the Bible is wrong.Ī reviewer from Booksense says, “This is one of those rare books that comes along and makes you question everything you thought you knew about religion, art, and what you were taught in school. This novel, however, is more than a page-turning murder mystery. All over the world people are discussing his upscale murder mystery that teases readers with provocative theories about history, religion, and the arts. He has written a book “everyone” is talking about.
In less than 2 years it has become a bestseller in 150 countries and one of the most widely read books of our time.Īuthor Dan Brown has done what many authors only dream of doing. The Da Vinci Code has been on the New York Times Bestseller List since its release in April 2003.
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