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Catholic Education Resource Center: Search ResultsYour search returned... 0 Categories 17 LinksLinksBlessed are the spin doctors - Austen IvereighIn the run-up to the release of the film of The Da Vinci Code on 19 May the communications director for the UK branch of Opus Dei, a bundle of nervous energy even in calmer times, can hardly contain himself. Read more... Mary Magdalene - Fr. William SaundersI had a discussion with a friend of mine who read The Da Vinci Code who said that St. Mary Magdalene was neither a sinner nor a prostitute. Instead the Church made up that story to discredit her. What can I say to her? Popular Read more... Dismantling The Da Vinci Code - Sandra MieselIn the end, Dan Brown has penned a poorly written, atrociously researched mess. So, why bother with such a close reading of a worthless novel? The answer is simple: The Da Vinci Code takes esoterica mainstream. Popular Read more... The Da Vinci Code: The facts behind the fiction - Amy WelbornAmy Welborn points out some of the many errors about religion, history, and art contained in The Da Vinci Code in this short pamphlet. Popular Read more... The Da Vinci Code, the Catholic Church and Opus Dei - Prelature of Opus Dei in the United StatesMany readers are intrigued by the claims about Christian history and theology presented in The Da Vinci Code. We would like to remind them that The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction, and it is not a reliable source of information on these matters. Read more... A Brief Response to Some Claims of The Da Vinci Code - Richard BernierThis short review is based on a longer talk given at the Newman Centre of McGill University (Montreal). Read more... The Greats Make a Comeback - George WeigelAlthough my high school years coincided with the Age of Aquarius, I was spared the kind of reading lists that now imagine Dan (DaVinci Code) Brown to be a serious writer, or that ignore the great twentieth-century authors whose fiction reflects the Catholic sacramental imagination: Graham Greene, Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy, and Evelyn Waugh, to name just the all-stars. Read more... Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code - Carl E. Olson & Sandra MieselBest selling author Carl Olson and journalist Sandra Miesel answer all the important questions raised by The Da Vinci Code. Their painstaking research into The Code and its sources reveals some surprising truths. No one who has read or heard about The Da Vinci Code should miss this provocative and illuminating new book. Read more... The Da Vinci Code, Conspiracy Theory and Biblical Canon - Stanley E. PorterIn this lecture, I will do essentially two things. The first is that I will say a few things about Brown’s novel. Then I will spend the majority of my time examining fundamental issues that he and others raise regarding the origins of Christianity. Read more... The Da Vinci Deception - Mark SheaThe Da Vinci Deception breaks down in simple terms the basic pattern of lies and falsehoods Brown deploys in The Da Vinci Code so that the reader can clearly see the clockwork going on behind this novel. Read more... The Judas Code - Fr. Raymond de SouzaIn the year 4006, an enterprising team from Global Geographic announces that experts in late second-millennium languages and data retrieval have pieced together an authentic copy of the longrumoured-to-exist Da Vinci Code. Read more... Seeking Truth at the Movies - John J. Miller"Almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ is false," says one of the characters in The Da Vinci Code, the best-selling novel by Dan Brown. Read more... The Da Vinci Code opportunity - George WeigelWhy do intelligent people think that The Da Vinci Code has some basis in historical fact? Why do Catholics imagine that a novel which suggests (and not so subtly) that the entire structure of faith is a lie is, well, no big deal? Read more... The Da Vinci Doubt - Our Faith in ActionThe Da Vinci Code, written by Dan Brown, may not be as smart a hoax as the devil’s lie in the garden, but it has confused many people. (Our Faith in Action is a current events and issued based program comprised of monthly lessons that help teens understand and live out the Catholic Faith and Christian virtues.) www.ourfaithinaction.org 888-881-0729. Read more... Peddling pagan temptations - Father Raymond J. de SouzaA confessor of mine once delivered himself of this sage aphorism: If there is not enough time to read the good books, there cannot be any time to waste reading the bad ones. I doubt he has read The Da Vinci Code. Read more... The Gnostic Gospels - Rev. William SaundersThe Da Vinci Code talks about the gnostic gospels. What are the gnostic gospels? Read more... The Mortal Sin of Blasphemy - Rev. William SaundersI have heard Father Benedict Groeschel refer to The Da Vinci Code as blasphemous. Exactly what does he mean by this? Read more... |
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