I've read the preface and introduction of the Da Vinci Code before it became hit to the unsuspecting and the psuedo-Cristologists, the type that shows off with the hard-bound book while going to the office or having coffee break. I don't want to appear close-minded but coming up with something new by rehashing the trashed findings and unsubstantiated claims of shallow Catholic bashers turns me off at the initial read of the book. I believe Catholic faith and doctrines have been founded on solid ground, and that years of persecution has not erased the Church from the face of the earth-- proof that it's been guided by the Holy Spirit.The Da Vinci Code is full of erroneous claims and one by one they were debunked, until the author himself became defensive of his works, citing that he merely quoted his sources and presented the objective facts. Facts which has been disproven long time ago. "By its fruits, you will know it", says the Holy Scripture. And so with the Da Vinci Code, now eroded by false facts and its commercial intentions brought to light.
The Da Vinci Code novel contains a claim that in Leonardo’s mural The Last Supper, which portrays Jesus and his twelve apostles at the meal he took with them on the night before he died, one of the twelve is not the apostle John but actually a woman who is Mary Magdalene.Jesus Decoded offers new insight about the hoax of the Da Vinci Code. Msgr. Francis J. Maniscalco says "some are merely distortions of hypotheses advanced by serious scholars who do serious research. "
No comments:
Post a Comment