Da Vinci Code Myths

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Da Vinci Code Myths

• Jerry Sanderson

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Lesson 2

• Priory of Sion
• This supposed fact listed in the front of
  the book is an established
• HOAX !

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Priory of Sion

• Fiction of Book
• Founded in 1099
• by the the Knights Templar

• Documented Truth
• Founded in 1954 by Pierre Plantard and three
  other men

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Priory of Sion hoax
The Priory of Sion, according to The Da Vinci
Code, is one of the Oldest secret societies still
in existence. It is the Priory that has been
charged with guarding the secret of the true Holy
Grail, starting in 1099 when the Knights Templar
discovered long-lost documents beneath the ruins
of Solomons Temple. Leonardo Da Vinci was
Grand Master of this society, says Robert
Langdon, From 1510 to 1519. The only problem is
this It is all a hoax.
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Priory of Sion hoax
Brown relies on a 1982 publication, Holy Blood,
Holy Grail, for his information on the Priory of
Sion. The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail
relied on documents provided them by Pierre
Plantard, an anti-semitic Frenchman who spent
time in jail for fraud in 1953.
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Priory of Sion hoax, continued

• Plantard and three other men started a small
  social club in 1954 called the Priory of Sion,
  taking the name from a nearby mountain. Their
  clubs cause was the call for more low-cost
  housing in France. The club dissolved in 1957,
  but Plantard held onto the name.

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Priory of Sion hoax, continued

• Throughout the 1960s and the 1970s, Plantard
  created a series of documents proving the
  existence of a bloodline descending from Mary
  Magdalene, through the kings of France, down to
  the present day to include (surprise!) Pierre
  Plantard. He began using the name Plantard de
  Saint-Clair, saying the Saint-Clairs were direct
  descendants of the line of Jesus and Mary.

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Priory of Sion hoax, continued

• In 1993 Plantards name came up in light of a
  political scandal involving a close friend of
  then French President Francois Mitterand.
  Plantard had, in one of his documented lists of
  the Priory, listed Roger-Patrice Pelat as a Grand
  Master.
• When called before the court to testify,
  Plantard, under oath admitted he had made up the
  whole Priory Scheme.

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Priory of Sion hoax, continued

• The court ordered a search of Plantards house,
  which revealed further documents that proclaimed
  Plantard to be the true king of France. The
  judge gave him a warning and dismissed him as a
  harmless crank.
• From the book Cracking the Da Vinci Code by
  James Garlow and Peter Jones.
• Information on the Priory of Sion hoax can be
  found at www.priory-of-sion.com ,
• www.priory-of-sion.com/psp/id70.html and
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_Sion

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Opus Dei according to Da Vinci Code

• A Vatican prelature known as Opus Dei is a deeply
  devout Catholic sect that has been the topic of
  recent controversy due to reports of
  brain-washing, coercion, and a dangerous practice
  known as corporal mortification
• Opus Dei has just completed construction of a 47
  million headquarters in New York City.

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Opus Dei truth

• A catholic lay organization founded in 1902 to do
  the work of God to empower lay people, instead
  of focusing on the clergy.
• They practice self-denial and sacrificial good
  works in the Church.

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Opus Dei truth

• The Da Vinci code has Opus Dei working to
  suppress documents of the Priory of Sion.
• Since the Priory of Sion documents have been
  proven to be a hoax then Opus Dei could not be
  working to be suppressing them.

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The Bible contains a factual history

• 2 Pet 116
• We did not follow cleverly invented stories when
  we told you about the power and coming of our
  Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of
  his majesty.

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The Lords revelation is not hidden

• Acts 2622-26
• But I have had God's help to this very day, and
  so I stand here and testify to small and great
  alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the
  prophets and Moses said would happen--
• that the Christ would suffer and, as the first
  to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to
  his own people and to the Gentiles."
• At this point Festus interrupted Paul's defense.
  "You are out of your mind, Paul!" he shouted.
  "Your great learning is driving you insane.
• "I am not insane, most excellent Festus," Paul
  replied. "What I am saying is true and
  reasonable.
• The king is familiar with these things, and I
  can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none
  of this has escaped his notice, because it was
  not done in a corner.

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War for the Word

• What is the Bible?
• Did men or God write the Bible?
• Is the Bible The Word of God?

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The Da Vinci Code line of attack

• To attack Christianity it has to attack
• The Church
• Jesus Divinity
• But first it must attackThe Bible

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The Reliability of the Bible is
Foundational
CHURCH
CHRISTIANITY
JESUS DIVINITY
BIBLE
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Dan Browns Bible Attack

• Attempts to make Christians doubt the Bible
• Attempts to keep average person from trusting the
  Bible

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Then attack Jesus divinity

• If he can persuade people that the Bible is not
  reliable
• Then he can attack Jesus divinity by saying the
  versus that claim His divinity are not reliable

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Logical Flow of Dan Browns Attack

• The Bible is not reliable
• The Bible teaches Jesus is divine
• Therefore, the teaching that Jesus is divine is
  not reliable

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Logical Flow - continued

• If Jesus is not divine then he was human
• If he was human then he was just a great teacher
• If he is human and a great teacher his followers
  knew he was human
• We know he had female follower
• Therefore, he probably married one of them a
  fathered a child with her.

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Remember

• All of this goes back to the reliability of the
  Bible

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For the Christian

• Col 28-10
• See to it that no one takes you captive
  through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which
  depends on human tradition and the basic
  principles of this world rather than on Christ.
• For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity
  lives in bodily form,
• and you have been given fullness in Christ,
  who is the head over every power and authority.

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Da Vinci Code Logical Flaw

• It attacks The Bible by saying the Church
  selected the books that furthered their agenda.
• It doesnt attack Jesus (that would not go over
  well), but says the church hijacked who he
  really was and turned him into something else.

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Da Vinci Code Logical Flaw

• The Bible has two parts and Dan Brown doesnt
  address the Old Testament, which was written
  before Christ.

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Old Testament flows into New

• The Old Testament was written over a period of
  1000 years from 1400 to 400 B.C.
• It gives clear prophesy of a coming Messiah of
  Christ
• Nearly 300 prophesies some are
• Micah 52
• Isaiah 714
• Isaiah 534-6

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Old Testament flows into New

• New Testament references Old Testament hundreds
  of times
• Matthew starts with a Genealogy of Jesus that
  runs all through the Old Testament

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Dan Browns attack point

• The Bible is a product of man, my dear. Not of
  God.
• Until that moment Council of Nicaea in
  history, Jesus was viewed by his followers as a
  mortal propheta great and powerful man, but a
  man nonetheless. A mortal.

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Dan Browns attack point

• The Church rewrote Christianity selecting only
  4 gospels out of 80 at the behest of Emperor
  Constantine

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Constantine Council of Nicea
FICTION
TRUTH

• They werent warring, Christians were being
  martyred for their faith
• Long Story
• There was sun worship in Rome, but it wasnt the
  official religion. There was no official
  religion. They had a policy of toleration
  (except for Christianity)

• Christians Pagans began warring
• Constantine was a lifelong pagan who was baptized
  on his deathbed, too weak to protest
• Before Christianity, Sun Worship was the official
  religion in Rome

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Constantine Council of Nicea
FICTION
TRUTH

• No evidence for this. Mithraism existed before
  100 A.D. Actually Mithraism brought in elements
  of Christianity.
• Acts 207, 1 Cor 162, Rev110

• Nothing in Christianity is original
  pre-Christian God Mithras Called son of God,
  Light of the World. Constantine folded these
  pagan ideas into Christian religion
• Originally Christianity honored the Jewish
  Sabbath of Saturday, but Constantine shifted it
  to coincide with pagans veneration of the sun

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Constantine Council of Nicea
FICTION
TRUTH

• Shekinah is NOT Gods female side. Shekinah
  refers to the Glory of God.
• -Backwards - YHWH came first ancient Hebrew had
  no vowels Hebew letters yod, hey, vav, hey.
  Jewish scribes inserted vowels from Adonai
  Hebew for Lord made Yahowah. Around 1270 AD it
  was latinzed (changed Y to J and W to V
  Jehovah. Havah was actual Hebrew name given to
  Adams wife, which means life Gen 320

• Solomons Temple housed God(Male) powerful
  female equal Shekinah
• YHWH Sacred name of God derived from Jehovah,
  derived from androgynous physical union between
  the masculine Jah and the Pre-Hebraic name for
  Eve Havah

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Constantine Council of Nicea
FICTION
TRUTH

• How did Constantine affect Jewish culture 100s of
  years before him and Islamic clerics 100s of
  years later when Islam came into being?
• The Bible does not blame Eve for original sin.
• - Romans 512
• - Galatians 328
• - Woman at the well
• - Sinful woman to
• came in tears to Jesus

• Constantine and his male successors successfully
  converted the world from matriarchal paganism to
  patriarchal christianity, creating the idea of
  original sin and blaming Eve.
• That is why there are no female orthodox Rabbis,
  Catholic Priests or Islamic Clerics

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Constantine and the Council of Nicea

• FICTION
• My dear, until that moment in history, Jesus
  was viewed by His followers as a mortal propheta
  great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless, a
  moral.
• Jesus establishment as the Son of God was
  officially proposed and voted on by the Council
  of Nicea. A relatively close vote at that.
• - Leigh Teabing

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Constantine and the Council of Nicea

• TRUTH
• - Mark 1539, Matthew 1616, Luke 441, John 11
  ALL written hundreds of years before the
  Council of Nicea, all before 100 AD
• Constantine called the council to affirm what was
  already accepted, due to a man named Arius that
  was teaching that Jesus was God, but created and
  not eternal.
• Vote was 300 to 2 to affirm what had already been
  accepted for 100s of years. The Nicene Creed was
  the agreed we believe statement
• There is no evidence that they voted on 80
  gospels and decided on 4
• Zero evidence

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Divinity of Jesus well accepted before Council of
Nicea

• 1st and 2nd century followers regarded Christ as
  the Son of God, 100s of years BEFORE council of
  Nicea
• Justin Martyr Christ being the first begotten
  Word of God, is even God, both God and Lord of
  hosts.
• Ireanaeus Our Lord and God and Saviour and
  King.
• Clement of Alexandria Truly most manifest
  deity He that is made equal to the Lord of the
  universe, because he was His son.

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Gnostics

• The Gnostics were a school of thought that
  believed there was special knowledge (gnosis)
  to obtain a sort of salvation.
• Gnostic gospels were written from 100 to 300 A.D.
  (many years after the New Testament). They
  include
• The Gospel of Thomas
• The Gospel of Mary
• The Gospel of Phillip
• The Infancy Gospel of Thomas

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Compare the dating

• Gnostic Gospels 100 to 300 A.D.
• True Gospels
• Pauls letters 50-66 A.D.
• Matthew 70 80 A.D.
• Mark 50 60 A.D.
• Luke 60 65 A.D.
• John 80 100 A.D.

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Lets read some Gnostic passages.
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What does Gods Word say?

• Gal 18-12
• But even if we or an angel from heaven should
  preach a gospel other than the one we preached to
  you, let him be eternally condemned!
• As we have already said, so now I say again If
  anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than
  what you accepted, let him be eternally
  condemned!
• Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or
  of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were
  still trying to please men, I would not be a
  servant of Christ.
• I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I
  preached is not something that man made up.
• I did not receive it from any man, nor was I
  taught it rather, I received it by revelation
  from Jesus Christ.