My partner came up with a good question - when was the story of Mary Magdelene and the hidden "holy grail" first told? Has this theory been around as long as the bible and if so, how come no one has hardly heard of it till the movie/book? (or has it been around?)
2006-11-04 19:46:16 · 10 answers · asked by daisy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The whole story of Mary Magdelaine and the Priory of Sion was created in 1956 by a Frenchmen named Pierre Plantard and some friends. It was actually constructed to be a piece of "Theater of the Absurd." The perpetrators simply wanted to see how far they could take it.
It has been well researched by French journalists and found to be a hoax. It would have died like all hoaxes until two British writers found out about it and resurrected it. Their book inspired Dan Brown, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Though serious historians have proven time and again that this is fictional nonsense, some people refuse to believe, just as some people refuse to believe that people actually landed on the moon.
It's total rubbish. Please dismiss it.
2006-11-04 19:55:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The legend of the holy grail preceeds modern history, and was certainly popular prior to the life of Christ.
The King Arthur legend of the late first millenium revived the grail legend in a slightly different form.
The DaVinci Code gives it a fresh face, but covers the same old ground.
No facts, only the same old recycled myth.
Anyone who knows the whole truth knows that Dan Brown is a good writer, but a very poor historian and an even poorer researcher.
2006-11-04 20:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fiction, the only actual info are those appropriate to the area and outlines of the artwork and the rituals suggested i think of it somewhat is fulfillment is partially because of the fact he makes it sound so actual because of the fact he's blending fact and fiction , and he's familiar with precisely a thank you to do it so which you get lots historic training yet does not sense like a history lesson on account which you have the story and the characters in the back of it which save you addicted to the radical it somewhat is a great e book
2016-10-21 07:12:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story of Mary Magdalene's marraige to Jesus, giving birth to his children, and fleeing to Europe after His death has been around since Christ's time.
2006-11-04 19:59:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of this has been around for longer than you think.
Muslims know the history of the Church, the Council of Nicea in 325AD, the Alexandrians and Arians, the origin of the doctrines of modern Christianity....
amazing how little people know of their own faith.
2006-11-04 19:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because the catholics probablly killed off the people that were talking that way and called them herotics.
I like how they tried to prove the bloodline of Jesus.and when they found mm's body it was like OOOOOoooo, but It wouldn't have proved that Sophia was Jesus' daughter, just Marys...LOL
2006-11-04 19:48:55 · answer #6 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The story belongs to a mystery. and the human mind can only reason according to it's ability to reference from that which is familiar.
2006-11-04 19:51:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The history channel said it has been around awhile, but who knows for sure. I do not give it much credibility.
2006-11-04 19:50:09 · answer #8 · answered by victorschool1 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it first came up in the 1960's.
nothing before that point.....
2006-11-04 19:49:57 · answer #9 · answered by Angelus 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
When it happened?
2006-11-04 19:47:19 · answer #10 · answered by Bob from Mars 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋