Da Vinci Code Resources



Father Jean's column : The Da Vinci Code

The reading of "Da Vinci Code" novel is interesting because it uncovers one of the religious mishaps of our time. What is terrible in this book is the ambiguity of the language. It's a novel that uses an affirmative language with scholarly styles. However, the form of this language does not correspond to the nature of the writings. The reader must be able to know whether he is reading a novel or a historical text. A historical novel, as there are many, does not mix history and novel, it uses fictitious characters, in imaginary situations, but in a setting that respects recognized knowledge. That's not the case here, the characters are fictitious, the setting is false with a tiny part of truth to hold the story in place. Obviously, the author does not know much about the subject he deals with. His statements on the council of Nicaea and on the emperor Constantine make you shudder.
What is dishonest is to deceive the reader and, from the questions that readers ask themselves, it is easy to realize that they do not make a distinction between fiction and reality at all.

Fr. Jean, Diocese of Dijon, France.



Resources on Da Vinci Code:

Following are some excellent external resources exposing misleading and false statements of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.

  1. Cracking the Anti-Catholic Code Part 1, by Envoy Magazine

  2. Cracking the Anti-Catholic Code Part 2, by Envoy Magazine

  3. The Da Vinci Code, the Catholic Church and Opus Dei, by Opus Dei

  4. Cracking The Da Vinci Code, by Catholic Answers

  5. Dismantling The Da Vinci Code, by Crisis Magazine

  6. The Da Vinci Hoax, a book by Ignatius Press

  7. De-coding Da Vinci, a book by Amy Welborn