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	The Da Vinci Code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It has been claimed that The Da Vinci Code is a romanticised version of this work, which was itself based on a series of documentaries that ran on the BBC in the 1970s, all written and/or directed by Henry Lincoln.
		Like the "Da Vinci Code", "Circle's End" involves an ancient mystery and a worldwide conspiracy, the discovery that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, and an albino as one of the central characters.
		The 'Da Colbert Code' was used by Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report as a method to predict the outcome of the 78th Academy Awards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code (5498 words)

	The Da Vinci Hoax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Da Vinci Hoax is a non-fiction book written by Carl E. Olson and Sandra Miesel for the express purpose of critiquing Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.
		The misrepresentation of Christian beliefs in The Da Vinci Code is so aggressive and continual that we can only conclude that it is a result of willful ignorance or purposeful malice.
		"Dismantling 'The Da Vinci Code'." A precursor essay by Sandra Miesel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Hoax (163 words)

	The Da Vinci Hoax
		His surname was not “Da Vinci” in spite of the fact that Brown constantly refers to the Renaissance artist in that manner.
		The Da Vinci Code casts suspicion on the elevation of Opus Dei to a “personal prelature of the pope” the same year “the wealthy sect allegedly transferred almost a billion dollars into…the Vatican Bank – bailing it out of an embarrassing bankruptcy” (pp.
		In The Da Vinci Code the killer Silas is presented as morbidly preoccupied with inflicting pain on himself with a cilice (in this case a spiked metal chain/belt worn tight around the upper thigh but it can also be a hairshirt) and a rope with which he scourges himself until bloodied (p.
	www.sjw.ca /davincicodearticle.htm (18721 words)

	Critiques & Articles about TDVC
		The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code, the new book that I have co-authored with medievalist and journalist Sandra Miesel, has been out since mid-June and is already in its third printing.
		An excerpt: "Catholics enamored with The Da Vinci Code or who think it is harmless entertainment should reconsider the impact of the novel and re-examine its claims that Christianity has been a long, bloody lie based on the dark aspirations of a murderous, male-dominated Church.
		In the opening edition, we examine the success of The Da Vinci Code, the apparent agenda of its author, Dan Brown, the major flaws of the novel, and the Gnostic background and neo-Gnostic beliefs the book relies upon so heavily.
	www.carl-olson.com /abouttdvc.html (1062 words)

	Opus Dei - NEWS - Olson & Miesel on The Da Vinci Hoax (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Opus Dei - NEWS - Olson & Miesel on The Da Vinci Hoax
		OPUS DEI IN THE U.S. Olson & Miesel on The Da Vinci Hoax
		The Da Vinci Code states that over a three hundred year period in the medieval era, the Catholic Church was responsible for burning a total of five million women at the stake.
	www.opusdei.us /art.php?p=7995 (784 words)

	Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code Hoax
		The Da Vinci Hoax is loaded with detail and corroborates many observations I also made.
		The Da Vinci Code is a writhing nest of neo-Gnostic myths, blatant falsehoods, half-truths and absurd suppositions presented as facts--indeed, it is one of the most odious cases of revisionist history that have appeared during the past two centuries.
		The Da Vinci Hoax is more than a refutation of a single book; it is an antidote to a poisonous genre that is growing in contemporary writing.
	www.thedavincicodedemolished.com /The-Da-Vinci-Hoax.html (946 words)

	The Da Vinci Hoax: The Truth About Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Da Vinci Code has proven to be an effective tool for attacking Christian doctrine and undermining the faith of those uncertain of how to respond to the many accusations leveled against the church.
		Fiction, especially best-selling popular fiction such as The Da Vinci Code, has become a major means of "educating" the masses about many, varied topics, but especially issues that are controversial and can be easily sensationalized.
		The kit includes a copy of Exploring the Da Vinci Code, and outreach book designed to be shared with friends, family, neighbors — anyone who may be struggling with the misunderstanding fostered by The Da Vinci Code.
	www.bestbookcompany.com /davinci.htm (1624 words)

	Da Vinci Code HOAX
		But he is apparently unrepentant, and his apologists point out that The Da Vinci Code is, after all, fiction, although at the beginning of the novel, Brown claimed it was based on fact.
		The Da Vinci Code states that over a three hundred period in the medieval era, the Catholic Church was responsible for burning a total of five million women at the stake.
		All of it is exposed in The Da Vinci Hoax, described by Francis Cardinal George as the “definitive debunking” of Dan Brown’s best-selling novel.
	schemers.us /hoax-blog (1458 words)

	Dismantling the Da Vinci Code Hoax
		So error-laden is The Da Vinci Code that the educated reader actually applauds those rare occasions where Brown stumbles (despite himself) into the truth.
		Although da Vinci was a spiritually troubled homosexual, Brown’s contention that he coded his paintings with anti-Christian messages simply cant be sustained.
		Sandra Miesel is a veteran Catholic journalist and co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax
	www.freemasonrywatch.org /davincicode.html (3635 words)

	Catholic Answers Special Report: Cracking The Da Vinci Code
		So popular has The Da Vinci Code become that it has created a marketing boom for books related to the novel, and it has become the subject of a major motion picture scheduled to be released in 2005.
		Da Vinci is portrayed as a former head of the conspiracy guarding the "truth" about Jesus Christ.
		The Da Vinci Code continues in that vein, and it was popular enough to revive sales of the previous books (which had lackluster performance) and pull them onto the bestseller list.
	www.catholic.com /library/cracking_da_vinci_code.asp (7856 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| LIFE & TIMES > Presenting ‘The Da Vinci Hoax’
		The Da Vinci Hoax in turn explores these claims, demonstrating how Brown uses unsubstantiated research and far-fetched hypotheses to bolster his outlandish thesis that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married, and established a sacred bloodline, and that traditional Christianity has conspired throughout history to suppress this truth.
		The authors Olson and Miesel examine the origins of the New Testament, the claims of apocryphal gospels and ancient sects such as the Gnostics, Constantine’s role in the rise of early Christianity, the medieval Knights Templar and the Holy Grail, Leonardo Da Vinci’s alleged “coded” messages in his paintings, and accusations against the Catholic Church.
		With a foreword by Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, and an introduction by Historian James Hitchcock of St. Louis University, The Da Vinci Hoax is the definitive response to and critique of Brown’s popular novel.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2006/may/08/yehey/life/20060508lif3.html (430 words)

	Amazon.com: The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code: Books: Carl E. Olson,Sandra Miesel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		A notable exception to this is The Da Vinci Hoax by Catholic authors Carl E. Olson and Sandra Miesel.
		Given the great amount of unjustified attention given to The Da Vinci Code and the importance of the matter for the Church, a comprehensive refutation was a necessity.
		The authors of the Da Vinci Hoax are concerned about the damage the Da Vinci Code will do to Christianity in general and Catholic Christianity in particular; however, this kind of scholarly book will not reach the readers of the Da Vinci Code.
	www.amazon.com /Da-Vinci-Hoax-Exposing-Errors/dp/1586170341 (3191 words)

	Da Vinci Hoax Blog: Web/Tech
		Carl E. Olson, co-author of the book, The Da Vinci Hoax, says, "There is no such thing as just a novel or just fiction from the standpoint that even lightweight popular fiction has ways of influencing how we see the world and affects our perception of important and unimportant things.
		Most of the anti Da Vinci Code fanatics are just christians with a grudge and need to realize that the bible is also a book and cant be proved to be entirely factual either.
		For those who do not know, Sandra (bio) and Carl (bio) are co-authors of The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code (Ignatius Press, 2004), described by Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago, as "the definitive debunking" of The Da Vinci Code's historical, theological, and artistic claims.
	insightscoop.typepad.com /davincihoax/webtech (1967 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code: Livres en anglais: Carl E. Olson,Sandra Miesel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Amazon.fr : The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code: Livres en anglais: Carl E. Olson,Sandra Miesel
		Brown wants his readers to believe that he is revealing the long-concealed truth about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and early Christianity, a truth that he says has been suppressed by the malevolent and conspiratorial forces of the Catholic Church.
		Their painstaking research into The Da Vinci Code and its sources reveals some surprising truths.
	www.amazon.fr /Da-Vinci-Hoax-Exposing-Errors/dp/1586170341 (482 words)

	The Da Vinci Hoax by Robert M. Price
		We may hope the reason for this is a suspicion on the part of many that there is a deeper truth to Christian origins than their churches have taught them, and that people are hungry to know the inside story.
		One of the gross historical errors in The Da Vinci Code is the claim that, in the interests of imperial propaganda, Constantine and his vest pocket bishops abruptly replaced the hitherto-prevailing understanding of Jesus as a simple mortal with the mythic view of Jesus as a god who only seemed to be human.
		If engagement with the sources and impostures of the Templar/Magdalene hoax teaches us anything, it may be that the modern gospels cut from the cloth of sheer imagination are in principle not so different from the venerable four that we have long known.
	www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com /dvhoax.htm (2710 words)

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		Devotees of The Da Vinci Code—like the fictional fans in Foucault's Pendulum—have trouble distinguishing fact from fiction.
		People flock to stories like The Da Vinci Code in part because all humans are searching for the secret knowledge that answers the mysteries of life.
		The good news is that The Da Vinci Code readers and viewers are seeking answers to the central questions of life.
	www.cbn.com /entertainment/Screen/Colson_DaVinciCode.aspx (641 words)

	PINOY LIFE-STYLED - The Da Vinci Hoax (Book)
		The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown’s best selling novel, claims to be based on fact and scholarly research, says Amazon.com website.
		The author claims, among others, that she is the Holy Grail, not the chalice; and that the Catholic Church launched a smear campaign by slandering her name and claiming her to be a prostitute “in order to erase evidence of her powerful family ties.” That she and Jesus were married, and had children.
		Last year came the The Da Vinci Hoax by Carl Olson & Sandra Miesel, an answer to Brown’s book; a remarkably written critique (with copious footnotes to boot) that counterpoints his “unsubstantiated” work.
	aponipinoy.multiply.com /reviews/item/4 (832 words)

	Striving For Truth - The Da Vinci Hoax
		The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown, was published in April 2003 by Doubleday Fiction.
		The Da Vinci Code became an instant success, debuting at #1 in Hardback Fiction on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has remained in the top five ever since.
		By the fall of 2004, CBS News was reporting that "Dan Brown's mystical thriller has spawned a mini-industry in European travel, with enthralled readers touring the locations in its plot to unravel its enigmas.
	www.strivingfortruth.com /daVinciHoax.html (333 words)

	The Da Vinci Code Debunked
		The Da Vinci Code has caused many to rethink their whole concept of Christianity.
		The Da Vinci Code begins with the death of Jacques Sauniere, curator of the Louvre in Paris, by an assassin who later turns out to be huge albino monk named Silas, who is part of Opus Dei.
		The Da Vinci Code champions the Gnostic Gospels, their view of Christianity, their sexual orgies and claims “Orthodox” Christianity stole Jesus from the original Gnostic followers.
	www.debunkingdavinci.com (5498 words)

	Da Vinci Hoax
		On the other hand, fans of the The Da Vinci Code (which has already sold over 12 million copies) are most likely right to wonder at the degree of fear that Christians, ‘conservative’ historians, and pretty much any well-meaning and educated reader reserve for The Da Vinci Code.
		What Dan Brown is doing in The Da Vinci Code—and what his readers find so attractive about it—is presenting his own myth and attempting the gargantuan (although ultimately impossible) task of legitimizing it with the same sort of historical authenticity that the ‘traditional’ story of Christ has.
		Indeed, it is indisputable that as a result of the incredible popularity of The Da Vinci Code millions of individuals who may never have considered many of the more challenging religious, historical and spiritual questions presented in the novel are now looking into these issues.
	www.queenofpeace.ca /Da_Vinci_Hoax.htm (1544 words)

	Exposing the Errors in "The Da Vinci Code" \| Excerpts from "The Da Vinci Hoax" \| Carl E. Olson and Sandra Miesel
		As the Catholic church holds much of the evidence that would refute the drivel in The Da Vinci Code, I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction to a scholarly non-Christian book that might help me make better sense of the whole historical chain of events.
		Just as the Left Behind books have been used to promote a premillennial dispensationalist understanding of Scripture and the end times, The Da Vinci Code has proven to be an effective tool for attacking Christian doctrine and undermining the faith of those uncertain of how to respond to the many accusations leveled against the Church.
		The Da Vinci Code implies that Constantine was baptized against his wishes (232).
	www.ignatiusinsight.com /features2006/dvh_excerpts1_jan06.asp (3595 words)

	The Da Vinci Code Hoax
		In The Da Vinci Hoax, Carl Olson and Sandra Miesel expose Brown's anti-Catholic, anti-Christian agenda, and show how his lengthy list of "research" and factual claims shrouded in "thriller" fiction are dead wrong in virtually every instance.
		Amy Wellborn takes the Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code to task by carefully dismantling the web of fiction woven by Brown into a pseudo-historical novel, which is based upon a jaded view of history, art and Christianity.
		In the fascinating new three CD (or cassette) series The Da Vinci Code Exposed: The Truth About Mary Magdalene, the Gospel and the Grail, Catholic author Matthew Arnold takes a critical look at the many outrageous religious and historical claims of Dan Brown's wildly successful Da Vinci Code from a thoroughly Catholic perspective.
	www.lcchristiansoftware.com /DaVinciCodeHoax.htm (1726 words)

	Exposing the Errors in "The Da Vinci Code" \| Excerpts from "The Da Vinci Hoax" \| Carl E. Olson and Sandra Miesel
		Yet The Da Vinci Code, a novel claiming that Christianity is fraudulent, the Catholic Church is a violent, misogynist institution run by murderers and liars, and androgyny is the answer to life’s problems is not met with condemnation, but incredible success and even significant critical acclaim.
		And so The Da Vinci Code is filled with talk of murder, intrigue, hatred of women, sexual repression, mass murder, religious oppression, and intolerance.
		Some readers, puzzled by the concern over The Da Vinci Code, insist that it is "just a book" or "only a novel." However, what we read says much about who were are, both individually and as a culture.
	www.ignatiusinsight.com /features2006/print2006/dvh_excerpts_jan06.html (7460 words)

	Interview with the author of 'The Da Vinci Hoax'
		In the case of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown is quite open about his desire to "expose" the "truth" about Christianity and the Catholic Church as well as push a certain ideology, namely radical feminism.
		In the case of The Da Vinci Code, most of the critics are either silent or praising the book.
		It was rather revealing, I think, that the ABC Special Jesus, Mary, and Da Vinci included only one Catholic (Fr Richard McBrien, not known for upholding Church doctrine), but several feminists and various other Christians, most of them friendly towards The Da Vinci Code.
	www.ad2000.com.au /articles/2004/aug2004p18_1717.html (1152 words)

	The Da Vinci Hoax
		And unlike the original Code, The Da Vinci Hoax is a delight to read." --Philip Jenkins Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University “In The Da Vinci Hoax, Carl Olson and Sandra Miesel bring their considerable analytical powers to bear on the phenomenally successful novel by Dan Brown.
		Theirs is the definitive debunking.” --Cardinal Francis George Archbishop of Chicago “I’ve painfully watched some usually-sensible university students fall victim to The Da Vinci Code disease.
		I’ll enjoy having this clearly-written antidote to prescribe.” --Marvin Olasky Professor, The University of Texas at Austin Editor-in-chief, World Magazine “Olsen and Miesel have done a superb and meticulous job of dissecting the fraud which is The Da Vinci Code.
	www.catholicstore.com /browseproducts/The-Da-Vinci-Hoax.HTML (686 words)

	Focus on the Family's Response to "The Da Vinci Code"
		In promoting a cult of the sacred feminine, "The Da Vinci Code" attempts to answer (for its female readers, especially) our deep desire to think ourselves good in light of our suspicion that we are otherwise.
		While "The Da Vinci Code" is appropriately labeled fiction, its clever blending of fact and fantasy has managed to convince many people that its underlying premise is true.
		Itâs hardly a surprise that many teens are forming their religious worldviews by picking and choosing among things they like and leaving the "hard" stuff behind, largely without the benefit of traditional gatekeepers such as teachers and pastors.
	go.family.org /davinci/archive.cfm (888 words)

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