Reuters: Cardinal Urges Catholics to Shun Da Vinci Code
The cardinal leading the Vatican’s charge against The Da Vinci Code urged Catholics on Wednesday to shun it like rotten food and branded the bestseller “a sack full of lies” insulting the Christian faith.
In an interview with Reuters inside the Vatican, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone also said Catholic bookstores should take the thriller off their shelves and accused U.S. author Dan Brown of “deplorable” behavior.
“Don’t buy this. Don’t read this because this is rotten food,” said Bertone, the highest ranking Catholic churchman to speak out against the blockbuster…
The central tenet of the book is that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had children. Christians are taught that Jesus never married, was crucified and rose from the dead.
“We can’t keep quiet about the truth when faced with all the lies and all the inventions in this book,” Bertone said.
Lies and inventions eh? I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure that the book is a work of fiction, albeit one that many readers have taken as being based upon fact. Surely by expressing an opinion officially The Vatican is adding fuel to the fire of the ‘truth’ of the Da Vinci Code.
Sure shun the book but do it because it ain’t a great piece of writing not because it is heretical. It is after all just a story…
or is it.
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