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'...á propos de' Dan Brown

Enogh should just that 'enough'. So much far fetched speculation, without much historical documentation, should not have been awarded so much room for debate. Let us get out in the open the premise and conjectures that the 'The DaVinci Code' proponents submit to the consideration of the general public and summarize. Hopefully, the irony of the postings will not be lost among any.

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Dan Brown is an acknowledged (Biblical, etc.) scholar.

2.40 Stars | 5 ratings

2

The ‘Gnostic Gospels’ are at least as authentic as the Gospels of John, Mark, Luke and Matthew.

2.50 Stars | 4 ratings

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One of Dan Brown's goals is to strengthen people's resolve to discuss spiritual matters.

2.00 Stars | 4 ratings

4

By concealing in the National Library in Paris a document that revealed the list of members of the ‘Priory of Sion’ under the title ‘Secret Dossiers’, the intention was to never call attention to their existence.

1.67 Stars | 3 ratings

5

That Jesus kissed Mary Magdalene in public is proof of their marriage.

1.67 Stars | 3 ratings

6

That the New Testament at no point refers to Jesus as unmarried is, in fact, proof that he was married.

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It is a historical fact that Mary Magdalene attended the Last Supper.

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It was the purpose and mandate of the Templars of the Holy Grail to protect the bloodline of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

1.25 Stars | 4 ratings

9

‘The DaVinci Code’ is not fiction.

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10

Besides the painting ‘the Last Supper’, writings and other testimony from Leonardo claim that Mary Magdalene and not the Apostle John attended the Last Supper.

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By anti-feminine design among Church patriarchs, the Gospels of John, Mark, Luke and Matthew deny Mary Magdalene her proper place as a favorite apostle before Jesus.

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12

Jesus married Mary Magdalene.

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Leonardo and other artists of the era would not consider using androgynous models to portray the youth and spiritual innocence of the Apostle John.

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Leonardo DaVinci was an authority on Biblical matters.

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Leonardo DaVinci’s version of ‘the Last Supper’ is undisputed testimony to the facts that took place in Jerusalem 15 centuries earlier.

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Leonardo did not paint a cup or chalice in ‘Last Supper’, so the concept of the ‘Holy Grail’ as a vessel no longer holds. Therefore, the 'Grail' must be any feminine-looking figure at the table alongside Jesus.

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Leonardo used reliable sources regarding Mary Magdalene as the Holy Grail in 'Last Supper'.

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18

Mary Magdalene herself and not the cup from the Last Supper is the vessel that represents the Holy Grail.

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19

Mary Magdalene was a prostitute

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The Holy Grail of Arthurian legend was Mary Magdalene herself.

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The members of the ‘the Priory of Sion’ were/are not Rosicrucians.

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There is historical evidence that ‘the Priory of Sion’ existed before the time of Leonardo.

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It is also a historical fact that Church revisionists later suppressed proof that Mary Magdalene attended the Last Supper.

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It is also proof of their marriage that Mary Magdalene washed the feet of Jesus.

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Leonardo deceived Church authorities in Milan into thinking that his portrayal of Mary Magdalene was the Apostle John.

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Literary members of the ‘Priory of Sion’ (Victor Hugo; Jean Cocteau, etc.) wrote and kept written records regarding their connection with Holy Grail.

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The Early Church disowned the ‘Gnostic Gospels’ so as to do away with all proof of Jesus’ marriage to Mary Magdalene.

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The recent plagiarism trial against Dan Brown over ‘The DaVinci Code’ in Great Britain was not at all an attempt by either party to profit from the controversy.

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The traditional idea of the ‘Holy Grail’ as a vessel depended entirely on Leonardo, among all medieval artists, having painted one in ‘the Last Supper’.

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There is/was a bloodline from Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

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With Mary Magdalene present at the Last Supper, Church authorities in Milan would be satisfied for eleven disciples to gather around Jesus in DaVinci’s painting.

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