The End of Days has passed, the world is lurking in darkness in the thirst for the truth. The emissary kept their secrets for almost two thousand years of Jesus Christ’s demise. People like Leonardo da Vinci, Victor Hugo, or Isaac Newton worked as members of the secret society to defend the truth. Did Da Vinci give a glimpse of the truth in his paintings? Is Mona Lisa's mysterious smile mocking the dark moments of the world? If the truth is revealed, will the believer’s faith ebb away? The four top uppermost personalities of the emissary embraced their own deaths on the same day for the hidden truth. But before it vanishes forever, it was transferred to a specific destination where a professor engaged with an unfamiliar belief, only to defend the truth, to deliver the truth to its destination. Will the truth be able to reach its destination, will it be able to remove the darkness of the earth? Or will it be lost from the earth again and forever?
Although Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" was originally known as a thriller, the doctrines of Christianity mentioned in the book created controversy in the readership, especially among Catholic Christians. The most interesting aspect of the thriller is that the details of all the works of art, architecture, and secret rituals mentioned there are very real, claimed by the author, which plays a key role in creating controversy. Some again claim that the religious doctrines mentioned in the book are just the author's imagination. Catholic Christians from the Vatican have been asked to reject the book and have marked it as "A sack of full lies".
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| Cover of The Da Vinci Code, Image from the internet |
In the novel, the author identified Jesus as a married man and Mary Magdalene as his wife. Mary Magdalene was Jesus' wife and the list of their descendants is claimed as the secret of Sangreal by the author, which has been protected by the secret society to defend the truth against the church for two thousand years. The author identified her from Vinci's painting "The Last Supper". He claimed that the person sitting on the right side of Jesus was Mary Magdalene, and the author pointed it as evidence of their marriage (Chapter 58).
According to the WIKIPEDIA, the person sitting to the right side of Jesus in the image is identified as "John the Apostle". According to Christianity, Mary Magdalene was not one of the 12 disciples at the Last Supper because nowhere in the four Gospels is the name of Mary Magdalene among the people at the Last Supper table (12 disciples).
Interestingly, the author claims that the gospels were man-made, chosen by the pagan emperor Constantine. Only to amplify the power of the throne, the theory of Jesus as the Son of God was established and was taken at a church by Constantine in the council of Nicaea which is a famous ecumenical gathering. He also accused that the various practices of Christianity were originated from Paganism. (Chapter 55)
There is no information in Catholic Christianity that Jesus was married. Even in Islam, there is no information about the marriage of the Prophet Isah (Jesus) (PBUH). We Muslims also believe that the Prophet Isa (Jesus) (PBUH) will come again and marry.
Despite the debate, the thriller is quite enjoyable. Where the professor is badly involved in a murder case in Paris. On the way of proving his innocence, Langdon found out that the secrecy of the emissary is in danger, which he and agent Sophie Neveu were tasked to protect, where they face various dangers in search of the secret.
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| Movie based on this book, Image from the internet |
In addition to religious observances, the novel also provides information on Da Vinci's paintings, symbols used in different religions, PHI or celestial proportions, and cryptology. To know more with details, come and join with Professor Langdon and Agent Sophie, and unravel the mystery of the Holy Grail.
( Translated and proofread by Noshin & Shaown)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nahid Abedin Borshon is a first-year B.Sc. student at the University of Dhaka. Along with his interest in academic work, he likes to explore the scientific and mysterious genre of literature
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