De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code by Amy Welborn
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- Pub. Date: April 2004
- 124pp
- Sales Rank: 757,896
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2004
- Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
- Format: Paperback, 124pp
- Sales Rank: 757,896
- ISBN-13: 9781592761012
- ISBN: 1592761011
Synopsis
The Da Vinci Code is all over the media. It's on the minds and in the conversations of many Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Now there is a new resource to answer all the questions and help readers understand the difference between fact and fiction.
De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Code, a book by Amy Welborn, addresses the misrepresentation of history, religion and art in The Da Vinci Code. Did Leonardo actually build these codes into his paintings? Was the Priory of Sion a real organization? Is the Holy Grail really, as he says, Mary Magdalene's womb and now her bones, and not the Last Supper cup? Is Opus Dei really what The Da Vinci Code says it is? What was Constantine's true role in early Christianity? Was Jesus human or divine or both? Was He married to Mary Magdalene? Do secret writings not in the Bible really contain truths about Jesus, Mary Magdalene and the sacred feminine?
Complete with discussion questions in every chapter, this is the perfect book to accurately answer questions as well as inspire further faithful discussion and conversation among peers. It can be used either as a personal resource to expand one's knowledge of the issues raised by The Da Vinci Code or to lead a discussion for a book club, a parish faith community or to discuss with friends who've read the book and have questions that need to be answered.
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De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Codeby Anonymous
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June 14, 2006: I think people following the church just want the world to follow them as they want all the power's.So i think the book The Da Vinci Code clearly mentions what the intentions were of the people who started the practice of the church. I am with Dan Brown and his work in finding the fact and things which were kept away from the world by the people of church.I respect Dan Brown for his work and also the great Leonardo Ser Pieri Da Vincio (Leonardo Da Vinci)
De-Coding Da Vinci: The Facts Behind the Fiction of The Da Vinci Codeby Anonymous
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April 17, 2006: This is a well thought response to the most obvious mistakes in the Da Vinci Code. The fact that the writer is Catholic should not invalidate her observations - ANYONE who is familiar with the New Testament and/or church history can spot the historical and theological inaccuracies presented by Brown. This genre is needed because the beliefs presented in the Da Vinci Code ARE Dan Brown's beliefs, as he readily espouses in interviews. The Da Vinci Code is a very entertaining, fast-paced murder mystery - a good read. Books like De-Coding Da Vinci are important so that the public realizes that artistic license to the utmost extreme was taken to add intrigue to this novel. It's OK as long as everyone knows it's just that - a work of fiction.
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