Those who do further research and exercise critical judgment will discover that assertions made in
The Da Vinci Code about Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, and Church history lack support among reputable scholars. By way of example,
The Da Vinci Code popularizes the idea that the fourth century Roman emperor Constantine invented the doctrine of the divinity of Christ for political reasons. The historical evidence, however, clearly shows that the New Testament and the very earliest Christian writings manifest Christian belief in the divinity of Christ. Other examples of discredited claims presented in
The Da Vinci Code can be found in this
FAQ from Catholic Answers or at the US Bishops' website,
www.jesusdecoded.com. For those who are willing to take the time to get to the bottom of the issues raised in
The Da Vinci Code, we recommend reading ---
The Da Vinci Deception ,
De-Coding Da Vinci,
or The Da Vinci Hoax ...[etc.; these are books: it seems refuting and correcting Dan Brown's questionable, mistaken, or (from the scholarly point of view) downright dumb claims is a whole minor literary industry these days. . .at this point the Opus Dei site goes on to say
Da Vinci Code's depiction of Opus Dei "is inaccurate, both in the overall impression and in many details" ----and they of course are more than ready to explain. For that, click on the word "currently" above.]
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