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Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?

Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?. Bill Petro your friendly neighborhood historian. www.billpetro.com/davinci. Why is it that…. Factual… Fictional…. So is it that…. Fact  Fiction? Fiction  Fact?. The Book. 6 million sold, 40 languages, upcoming film by Ron Howard

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Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?

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  1. Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction? Bill Petro your friendly neighborhood historian www.billpetro.com/davinci

  2. Why is it that… • Factual… • Fictional…

  3. So is it that… • Fact  Fiction? • Fiction  Fact?

  4. The Book • 6 million sold, 40 languages, upcoming film by Ron Howard • Popularity: something for everyone

  5. Westminster Abbey

  6. Musée du Louvre

  7. The Story • Murder in front of Mona • Quest for the Grail • Blood of Christ • Person - secret • Secret society • Newton, Victor Hugo, Leonardo Da Vinci

  8. What’s the Big Deal? • It’s just a book! • So what are the dangers?

  9. How we’ll approach it: • Where is this Presentation located? • Q: Will we have Q&A?A: Yes, at the end. • The Issues we’ll cover

  10. Issues: • Who was Leonardo Da Vinci? • Who was Mary Magdalene? • Was Jesus married? • What do we know about the Holy Grail? • Is there a group known as Opus Dei? • Was there an ancient Priory of Sion? • What do we know about Constantine?

  11. More Issues: • What happened at the Council of Nicea? • What is Gnosticism? • Were other Gnostic/Hidden/Secret Gospels a legitimate expression of Christianity? • How did we really get the New Testament? • What were the issues concerning Jesus’ deity? • …?

  12. Where is it? www.billpetro.com/davinci

  13. Who was Leonardo Da Vinci? • Artist • Scientist • Architect • Painter • Sculptor • Musician

  14. Even more… • Anatomist • Engineer • Inventor

  15. Mona Lisa, La Gioconda

  16. The Last Supper

  17. Mary Magdalene • Who was she? • Was she married?

  18. Mary in the “Gospel of Philip” • Gospel of Philip (post AD 250) “And the companion of the […] Mary Magdalene. […loved] her more than [all] the disciples [and used to] kiss her [often] on her […].” • koinonia Koinonia • Notgun gyne • Gospel of Philip 63:33-36 “For it is by a kiss that the perfect conceive and give birth. For this reason we all kiss one another. We receive conception from the grace which is in one another.”

  19. Mary in the “Gospel of Mary Magdala” • Gospel of Mary Magdala (post AD 100) • The Debate Levi: “if the Savior made her worthy, who are you indeed (Peter) to reject her? Surely the Savior knows her very well. That is why He loved her more than us.”

  20. Something More about Mary? • Was she a prostitute? • Book: Holy Blood, Holy Grail

  21. Fun with Etymology SANGRIAL • San greal Sacred (Holy) Grail • Sang real Royal Blood

  22. Jesus Married? • Did a Jewish male need to be married? • Did a Rabbi need to be married? • Did he have children?

  23. King Arthur & the Holy Grail • Arthur at the movies • The Holy Grail

  24. The Grail Quest • What is your Quest? • Odyssey • Holy Grail • The One Ring • Star Wars

  25. Is there an Opus Dei? • Yes: www.opusdei.org • Their reaction: http://www.opusdei.org/art.php?w=32&p=7017

  26. Priory of Sion • A secret society since 1099? • A splinter social group founded in 1956?

  27. Who was Constantine? • First “Christian” Roman Emperor • AD 312: Battle of the Milvian Bridge CRISTOS

  28. What did Constantine do? • AD 313: Edict of Milan • AD 315: Arch of Constantine

  29. Arch of Constantine, next to Coliseum

  30. Next time… • Council of Nicea • Gnosticism • Gnostic Gospels • Canon of the New Testament • Ancient and modern heresies • Deity of Christ • …

  31. Bibliography • The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction? Hank Hanagraph, Paul L Maier Zondervan ISBN 1-4143-0312-2 • Breaking the Da Vinci Code Darrell L. Bock, PhD. Nelson ISBN 0-7852-6046-3

  32. Bibliography • The Truth Behind the Da VinciCode Richard Abanes Harvest House ISBN 0-7369-1439-0

  33. Q&A

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