“All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate.” Dan Brown, Author … but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and reverence; 1 Peter 3:15

A Serious Divine Warning of Things to Come Jesus, The Son of God John 20:30-31; Col 1:13-22; John 3:34-36 Some Would Come to Deny This Acts 20:28-30; 2 Pet 2:1; 3:1-2 Doctrines Arose Denying the Nature and Role of Jesus 1 John 1:1-5; 2:18-19; 22; 4:1-3; 5:20-21

A Serious Divine Warning of Things to Come Doctrines Arose Denying the Nature and Role of Jesus Gnosticism – people not saved by faith but by mystical knowledge Writings – “Gospel of Peter”; “Gospel of Thomas”; “Gospel of Truth”; “Gospel of Judas“ & others beginning in mid-second century

A Serious Divine Warning of Things to Come Doctrines Arose Denying the Nature and Role of Jesus – “The Gospel of Truth” & The Gospel of Judas” “For if what they have published is the Gospel of truth, and yet is totally unlike those which have been handed down to us from the apostles, any who please may learn, as is shown from the Scriptures themselves, that that which has been handed down from the apostles can no longer be reckoned the Gospel of truth.” - Irenaeus 180 AD

A Serious Divine Warning of Things to Come Doctrines Arose Denying the Nature and Role of Jesus – “The Gospel of Truth” & The Gospel of Judas” They declare that Judas the traitor was thoroughly acquainted with these things, and that he alone, knowing the truth as no others did, accomplished the mystery of the betrayal; by him all things, both earthly and heavenly, were thus thrown into confusion. They produce a fictitious history of this kind, which they style the Gospel of Judas. - Irenaeus 180 AD

A Serious Divine Warning of Things to Come Doctrines Arose Denying the Nature and Role of Jesus Gnosticism – people not saved by faith but by mystical knowledge Writings – “Gospel of Peter”; “Gospel of Thomas”; “Gospel of Truth”; “Gospel of Judas“ & others beginning in mid-second century Valentinus – Combined Greek mysticism with Christianity to produce Gnostic system; died 160 AD Marcion – God of OT different than God of NT;140 AD Arius – late 300’s to early 400’s AD. It was his views that the Council of Nicea addressed

What is “The DaVinci Code”? Futile Speculations Rom. 1:21 – Borrows from numerous sources including ancient philosophies, propaganda, forgeries and historical inaccuracies Up until 325 AD disciples of Jesus held Him to be a great teacher, but not Lord and not deity teacher, but not Lord and not deity Mary Magdalene “Apostle to the Apostles” Constantine and the Council of Nicea introduced the teachings about the Lordship and deity of Christ in 325 AD A secret society, “The Priori of Sion” kept the secret all these centuries. DaVinci was associated with this organization and gave hints of the secret in his works

In What Ways is “The DaVinci Code” Inaccurate? “The Holy Grail” – Not the cup but Mary Magdalene – based on Gnostic gospel forgeries and earlier book (1981) called “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” See Matt 26:26-30

Where’s the “Grail”? Where’s John’s beard? What’s the significance of the “V” Formed by Jesus and “John”? The answers according to Brown: That’s not John; That’s Mary Magdalene, who is the “Holy Grail” and the “V” symbolizes Jesus and Mary’s relationship… she would carry His bloodline.

In What Ways is “The DaVinci Code” Inaccurate? “The Holy Grail” – Not the cup but Mary Magdalene – based on Gnostic gospel forgeries and earlier book (1981) called “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” See Matt 26:26-30 Constantine and the Council of Nicea – Impossible that no one would have noticed that the change – Jesus made Lord in 325 AD. Some “secret”!! Many earlier documents, including the genuine gospels and epistles, prove this is wrong.

In What Ways is “The DaVinci Code” Inaccurate? The Priori of Sion – WW2 era forged document alluding to the so-called “secret society” used to promote anti- Semitism in Vichy France The Place of Jesus in the Early Church and the Early Manuscripts – Clement of Rome (95); Hermas of Rome (95); Ignatius of Antioch (110); Polycarp of Smyrna ( ). Early work: “The Teachings of the Apostles” (The Didache) (100). (John 1:1-3;14)

“Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sceptre of the majesty of God, did not come in the pomp of pride or arrogance, although He might have done so, but in a lowly condition, as the Holy Spirit had declared regarding Him. “ Clement of Rome 96 AD “All these sufferings, assuredly, He underwent for our sake, that we might be saved. And He suffered really, as He also really raised Himself from the dead. It is not as some unbelievers say, who maintain that His suffering was a make-believe. In reality, it is they that are make- believes: and, as their notion, so their end: they will be bodiless and ghostlike shapes!” Ignatius of Antioch Before 110 AD True or False: “Jesus was not referred to as “Lord” before 325 AD? True or False: “Jesus married MM and grew old together”?

In What Ways is “The DaVinci Code” Inaccurate? The Priori of Sion – WW2 era forged document alluding to the so-called “secret society” used to promote anti- Semitism in Vichy France The Place of Jesus in the Early Church and the Early Manuscripts – Clement of Rome (95); Hermas of Rome (95); Ignatius of Antioch (110); Polycarp of Smyrna ( ). Early work: “The Teachings of the Apostles” (The Didache) (100?). (John 1:1-3;14)

In What Ways is “The DaVinci Code” Inaccurate? The Place of Jesus in the Early Church and the Early Manuscripts - example Papyrus Bodmer II – from ca. 200 AD: “Perhaps the oldest book in substantial condition” -Neil R. Lightfoot in How -We Got the Bible Contains Gospel of John; includes John 1:1-3; 14

In What Ways is “The DaVinci Code” Inaccurate? The Priori of Sion – WW2 era forged document alluding to the so-called “secret society” used to promote anti- Semitism in Vichy France The Place of Jesus in the Early Church and the Early Manuscripts – Clement of Rome (95); Hermas of Rome (95); Ignatius of Antioch (110); Polycarp of Smyrna ( ). Early work: “The Teachings of the Apostles” (The Didache) (100?). (John 1:1-3;14) The Gnostic Gospels – The reasons the “Lost Gospels” were lost is because they were not genuine. They were written too late by the wrong people and contradict the testimony of the eyewitnesses who were there.

“All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate.” Dan Brown, Author … but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and reverence; 1 Peter 3:15 Know the Truth, and the Truth will make you free. you free. John 8:32