Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code"

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This paper reviews Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" to determine if the book challenges the Christian faith. The paper points out that this book is fiction but Brown holds that certain facts contained within his work are the absolute truth even though these things defy all convention and all historical record. The paper summarizes the life of Jesus. The author concludes that the physical life of God coming to earth and living through Jesus quite reasonably could have well included a wife and children, who could have become heirs to the very royal and holy bloodline of Jesus Christ, as presented in the book.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Christian Secret Stolen by the Roman Catholic Church
Fact or Fiction
When the Two Shall Become as One
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Jesus spoke of man and wife as being 'one' and that once the individual had married then the man would cleave to his wife and vice versa and that they would become 'as one'. Therefore, it is clear that historians, Christians, and others should be particularly careful when boldly declaring to know the heart and mind of Jesus Christ and particularly in disdainfully brushing aside the persona of Mary Magdalene because what if indeed, she were the wife of Jesus Christ? Then according to Christ, Mary Magdalene, as his wife, would have been part of Christ himself and ultimately part of God."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Trotter, Drew (2006) The Da Vinci Code Phenomenon. By Faith Web Magazine of the Presbyterian Church in America. 8 Apr 2006. Issue No. 8. Online available at: http://byfaithonline.com/page/arts-culture/the-da-vinci-code-phenomenon
• Holding, James Patrick (2003) Not InDavincible: A Review and Critique of The DaVinci Code. Tekton Apologetics Ministries. Online available at: http://wwwltaktonics.org.
• Perdue, Lewis (nd) The DaVinci Crock: Dan Brown Challenges the Notion that "Mary Married Jesus" is Really what the DV Code is About" Online available at: http://davincicrock.blogspot.com/2005/04/dan-brown-challenges-notion-that-mary.html
• Jesus and Mary Magdalene: Did They Have a Secret Marriage? (2007) Y-Jesus. Online available at: http://y-jesus.com/jesus_married.php?gclid=CNbCzsaR7pICFRE0FQodAC0M5Q
• The Jesus Family Tomb: Fact or Fiction? (2007) Y-Jesus. Online available at: http://y-jesus.com/jesus_tomb.php

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