He is discussing how Christianity as we know it came to be, at least in his opinion. They are running from the police who believe that Langdon may have killed the curator of the Louvre museum in Paris. Sir Leigh Teabing, a “former British Royal Historian, is talking with Robert Langdon, a cryptologist who is the main character in the story, and Sophie Neveu, a cryptographer who works for the French Authorities.
I’ve printed a bit of the book in your note-taking guide to give you the context of the comments from the book. Today we examine the question, “Who was Jesus?” This question comes from the declaration in The Da Vinci Code that Jesus was not who the church believes He is today. Too often Christians walk around in a fog of belief, never really solidifying just what they believe and why. Brown’s fault.” (, The Da Vinci Code - A Positive for Christianity, Fr. “Dan Brown is capable of passing fiction for fact because Christians don’t know their faith - what and why they believe. Jonathan Morris, a Catholic priest who writes a column for had this to say a few weeks ago: How should we decide what we should read or what we should avoid? Should Christians read secular literature, especially for entertainment? Can Christians learn anything from secular literature?Īnd what is the point of all this? Simply to help us become better equipped to meet the challenges to the faith in a reasoned and reasonable manner. The week after that, I’m going to look at just what place popular literature should have in the life of a Christian. Next week, it’s my intention to look at another major figure in the book, Mary Magdalene, and the role she played in the life of Jesus and the early church.
In the first message of that series two weeks ago we examined just why we can trust the Bible we have. One of these “facts” was that the Bible cannot be trusted and was put together as a political tool of the emperor Constantine. I enjoyed reading it, and found it hard to put down.įor a story takes place in the space of about 2 days, it has brought a fire-storm of criticism and praise, and the book has been the center of many books and documentaries examining the “facts” that author Dan Brown puts forth.
The book, by itself, is a fun book to read, if you like murder mysteries. The movie version came out last week, and in its first weekend out, was the second-biggest opening weekend for a movie in history. Garlow and Peter Jones, from which much of the material in the first two sections comes)Īfter taking a break last week, I’m back to talking about The Da Vinci Code, that world-wide best-seller. The film was released May 26 in India and has been playing to packed houses.(With grateful acknowledgment of the book, Cracking Da Vinci’s Code, by James L. Hanks plays Langdon in The Da Vinci Code. Marampudi Joji, the Roman Catholicbishop in Hyderabad, India,said he appreciated the decision and was "grateful" to the state government.ĭespite the film's controversy and bad reviews,itearned$224 million US worldwide in its first three days, the second-largest debut at the global box office.Ĭolumbia Pictureswas so pleased with the movie's performance that it announced plans to turn Brown's earlier book introducing symbologist Robert Langdon, Angels and Demons, into a movie. "The release of the movie could have led to demonstrations and trouble," pointed out Bhuyan. Part of the Da Vinci Code's premise is that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, that she bore him a child, and that their familial line has continued to modern times. In terms of India's entire population of one billion people, only two per centis Christian. Christians make up one per cent of the state's 80 million people. "The film's storyline attacked the very heart of the Holy Gospel, destroying the divinity of Jesus Christ," said Paul Bhuyan, the special chief secretary of Andhra Pradesh. The movie starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou is based on the best-selling book by Dan Brown. Pakistan's announcement comes in the wake of Friday's proclamation by officials in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, who said they would join six other states including Goa, Punjab and Tamil Nadu in banning the movie. " The Da Vinci Code is a sacrilegious act in the guise of freedom of expression and fiction," said Shahbaz Bhatti, aChristian leader in Pakistan. Pakistan's Minister of Culture Ghulam Jamal announced Saturday that the film would not be shown in the country out of respect for Pakistan's Christian minority, whichcomprises three per cent of the 150 million population. Pakistan has joined seven of India's 29 states in banning the movie The Da Vinci Codesaying it isinsulting to Christians.