![]() Reactivity grew on the part of Opus Dei–– a Catholic support group depicted in the novel––and various writings appeared on the World Wide Web attempting to debunk the book. What may be inconsequential as “fiction” grew more serious for Christian leadership when it became clear after the 2003 book release that the work was challenging the belief system of some Christian faithful. It also claimed that Mary Magdalene was the progenitor of the Catholic Church, the wife of Jesus Christ, and that Jesus was not regarded as divine during his lifetime. The main storyline smeared the Roman Catholic Church with assertions of secrecy, involvement with murder, and a centuries-long practice of misogyny. The book occupied bestseller lists for years and Newsweek magazine deemed the 2006 film version “movie of the year” even before its release. The book and movie, The Da Vinci Code, are a cultural phenomenon of the early 21st Century.
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