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Almost everything our fathers taught us about
Christ is false THE DAVINCI CODE p318
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Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Michael Baigent and
Richard Leigh (1982) Note main character
Leigh Teabing
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I set out as a sceptic, but in the course of
writing I became a believer Dan Brown (author)
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• Making sense of THE DAVINCI CODE s
• Christology (what it says about Jesus)
• Mary Magdalene
• Was Jesus married to Mary?
• The Gospels
• How did we get the New Testament?
• Can we trust what the Gospels say about Jesus?
• Jesus
• Who was Jesus? The Son of God or just a man?

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1. Mary Magdalene
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The marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene is part
of the historic record. the Church needed to
defame Mary Magdalene in order to cover up her
dangerous secret role as the Holy Grail THE
DAVINCI CODE pp330, 328
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Mary is described as a woman who had suffered
demonic possession and from whom Jesus expelled 7
demons. (Mark 69, Luke 82) She is one of the
women who accompanied Jesus in his
ministry. (Luke 82)  
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Mary Magdalene was present to witness Jesus
crucifixion and his burial. (Matthew 27, Mark
15, John 19) She was a witness to the empty tomb
and the first to see Jesus after his
resurrection. (Matt 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, John 20)
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Simon Peter said to them, Let Mary leave us for
women are not worthy of life. Jesus said, I
myself will lead her in order to make her male so
that she may become a living spirit resembling
you males. For every woman who will make herself
male will enter the kingdom of heaven.
(Gospel of Thomas, 114)
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And the companion of the Mary Magdalene
loved her more than all the disciples and used to
kiss her (often) on her The rest of the
disciples They said to him why do you love her
more than these? (Gospel of Philip 63/64)
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The marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene is part
of the historic record. the Church needed to
defame Mary Magdalene in order to cover up her
dangerous secret role as the Holy Grail THE
DAVINCI CODE pp330,328
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Did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene? There is not a
shred of evidence for this.
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The speculative history of Jesus and its supposed
suppression by the Roman Catholic church is the
premise of the best-selling Da Vinci Code. It is
testament to the attractiveness of conspiracy
theories driven not by historical evidence but by
animosity towards allegedly monolithic
institutions. (The Times 27/8/05)
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2. The New Testament Gospels
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The Nag Hammadi library
Coptic scrolls Found in 1945 Dated 4th
Century Gnostic writings
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THE DAVINCI CODE describes the Gnostic gospels
as the earliest Christian records. THE DAVINCI
CODE p 316
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The New Testament was written by 70AD Early
Christian writers and opponents quote New
Testament writings often. 2nd Century writers do
not refer to the Gnostic Gospels. They were
written later, certainly after 150AD, perhaps as
late as 250AD, 200years after Jesus.
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The Bible is a product of man, my dear, not God
the modern Bible was compiled and edited by men
who possessed a political agenda to solidify
their own power base. The New Testament is
false testimony THE DAVINCI CODE pp312, 317
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Constantine commissioned and financed a new
Bible, which omitted those gospels that spoke of
Christs human traits and embellished those
gospels that made him godlike. The earlier
gospels were outlawed, gathered up and
burned THE DAVINCI CODE p 317
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Pauls letters contain some things that are hard
to understand which ignorant and unstable people
distort, as they do the other Scriptures (2
Peter 316)
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The New Testament books did not become
authoritative for the Church because they were
formally included in a canonical list the Church
included them because she regarded them as
divinely inspired, of general apostolic
authority, and already in use as Scripture in
local churches.
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Many have undertaken to draw up an account of
the things that have been fulfilled among us,
just as they were handed down to us by those who
from the first were eye-witnesses and servants of
the word.
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Therefore since I myself have carefully
investigated everything from the beginning it
seemed good also to me to write an orderly
account for you most excellent Theophilus so that
you may know with certainty of the things you
have been taught. (Luke 1)
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The New Testament books did not become
authoritative for the Church because they were
formally included in a canonical list the Church
included them because she regarded them as
divinely inspired, of general apostolic
authority, and already in use as Scripture in
local churches.
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3. The Divinity of Jesus
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Many scholars claim that the early Church
literally stole Jesus from his original
followers, hijacking his human message, shrouding
it in an impenetrable cloak of divinity and using
it to expand their own power. THE DAVINCI CODE p
316
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Constantine upgraded Jesus status almost four
centuries after his death.. Before that moment in
history Jesus was viewed by his followers as a
mortal prophet, a great and powerful man, but a
man nonetheless. THE DAVINCI CODE p 316, 315
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Jesus establishment as the Son of God was
officially proposed and voted on by the Council
of Nicea. Hold on, youre saying Jesus
divinity was the result of a vote? A relatively
close vote at that, Teabing added. THE DAVINCI
CODE p 233,
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We believe in one God We believe in one Lord
Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally
begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from
Light, true God from true God, begotten not made,
of one Being with the Father. (The Nicene Creed)
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Your attitude should be the same as that of
Christ Jesus, who being in very nature God did
not consider equality with God something to be
grasped (Philippians 25-6)  
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In the past God spoke to our fore-fathers
through the prophets. In these last days he has
spoken to us by his Son. The Son is the radiance
of gods glory and the exact representation of
his being. (Hebrews 11-3)  
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In the beginning was the Word and the Word was
with God and the Word was God The Word became
flesh and made his dwelling among us We have
seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only who
came from the father full of grace and truth  
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No-one has ever seen God, but God the One and
Only who is at the Fathers side has made him
known to us. (John 11-18)  
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My Lord and my God. (John 2028)   Then they
worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem with
joy, praising God. (Luke 2450-52) 
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Christians singing hymns to Jesus as to a
god (Pliny the Younger 115AD)
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The very first Christians concluded Jesus was
divine and subsequent generations believed,
preached and died for that conviction for the
three centuries prior to Nicea.
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J e s u s
Human Beings
God
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