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 Carl Olson on the Left Behind Series and The Da Vinci Code on National Review Online
As strong as my criticisms of The Da Vinci Code might sound to some, recourse to shouting is sometimes necessary to be heard over the massive roar of adulation that continues to accompany the novel.
In The Da Vinci Code, character Robert Langdon, a symbologist, muses as he lectures the neophyte Sophie about the nature of faith and religion: "Sophie, every faith in the world is based on fabrication.
— Carl E. Olson is the co-author, with Sandra Miesel, of The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors of The Da Vinci Code, to be published this summer by Ignatius Press.
www.nationalreview.com /comment/olson200405040843.asp

  
 Alpheus--New on Alpheus
Author points out the many ideas Brown lifted from the 1982 bestseller Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the authors of which are suing Brown for "breach of copyright." (worth wading through the ads) For an earlier review of The Da Vinci Code for the New York Times by Laura Miller see her The Da Vinci Con.
On Alpheus: Response from Robert Richardson to Paul Smith's "The Robert Richardson Hoax," analyzing five specific criticisms Paul Smith leveled against him.
Collection of links relevant to the historical truth regarding the "Priory of Sion," including a discussion between two PoS-experts Robert Richardson and Paul Smith.
www.alpheus.org /html/new.html   (1000 words)

  
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The Gospel Code: Novel Claims About Jesus, Mary Magdalene and Da Vinci
Hugh Count of Brienne claimed the regency of Jerusalem (and, indirectly, a place in the succession) in 1264 as senior heir of Hugh I of Cyprus and Alice of Jerusalem, being the son of their eldest daughter, but was passed...
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www.claims-zone.com   (859 words)

  
 Top Cardinal Plays Down Da Vinci Code Debate
The international blockbuster by U.S. author Dan Brown was condemned last week by a high-ranking member of the Catholic church who urged Catholic bookstores to take the thriller off their shelves and Catholics to spurn the novel.
Hummes, who as the archbishop of Sao Paulo oversees the largest Catholic congregation in the most populous Catholic country of the world, tried to distance Bertone's criticisms from what might be viewed as an attempt to dictate what Catholics can and cannot read.
Up until 1966, the Vatican had an index of prohibited books it started in 1559 as part of the Roman Inquisition to censor what Catholics read.
www.cardinalrating.com /cardinal_42__article_985.htm   (386 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Thomas Rowley
Birmingham City F.C. Criticisms of The Da Vinci Code
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By 1805 he owned 519 sheep, but made no effort to breed from them.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Thomas-Rowley   (993 words)

  
 The Da Vinci Code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There have been widespread criticisms of the book as reflecting antiquated Protestant calumnies against Catholicism (eg on the BBC's Sunday programme on 24 July 2005), or more general anticlerical traditions.
On March 15, 2005, Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, Archbishop of Genoa and former second-in-command of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, castigated the book and those who sell it on grounds of anti-Catholic bias.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code   (993 words)

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