What's The Devinci Code?

Question

Other than saying its a movie and book, what exactly is it?

Answer 1

Both the novel and movie are based on the controversial premise that there is a conspiracy within the Roman Catholic Church to cover up the true story of Jesus. They have helped generate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to this premise, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power.

To make things easier, they are saying that the church have been keeping secrets about who Jesus was, stating that he was the son a god, a living holy man, a miracle man. However, the truth is that he was just a man, nothing more. And Mary Magdalene was the true angel and saviour.

Answer 2

Its about a Proffesor(Langdon) from Harvard who is in France and while hes there a museum curator is murdered in Louvre. Before dying the curator had left some strange symbols that somehow the police interpret them and think that the Professor is involved. With his own survival at stake, Langdon, aided by the police cryptologist Sophie Neveu, unveils a series of stunning secrets hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci, all leading to a covert society dedicated to guarding an ancient secret that has remained hidden for 2000 years. The pair set off on a thrilling quest through Paris, London and Scotland, collecting clues as they desperately attempt to crack the code and reveal secrets that will shake the very foundations of mankind.
They involve secrets about the Holy Grail and the bloodline of Jesus. The two are hunted by both the police and the murderers of the curator who happens to be the grandfather of the cryptologist (Sophie Neveu). Still they have to solve the series of mysteries!!!!!!
Its such a good movie to watch and makes you think a lot coz if you are a Christian it challenges you alot!!!!!....

Answer 3

1st..all is based on suppositions, no one have evidences about that, but is a belief that Da Vinci hid symbols in his pictures. Based on that, and on some stories is said that he was one of the members of Sion's Priorate, and the guardian of a BIG secret that christian church doesnt want people know. Tha Big secret would be that Jesus was married with Mary Magdalen and that they had a daughter. After his murder, Magdalen run away to France where his daughter grown up.. and...according to the Code, there are still in our days, descendants from Jesus.
but....who knows???
Anyways, there is a last question....Why...if everything is simply a best seller, the Vatican has forbidden the book????
Are they trying to hide something?

Answer 4

This article is about the novel. For other uses, see The Da Vinci Code (disambiguation).
The Da Vinci Code is a mystery/detective novel by American author Dan Brown, published in 2003 by Doubleday.

The novel is based on the controversial premise that there is a conspiracy within the Roman Catholic Church to cover up the true story of Jesus. According to this premise, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power.

The novel has helped generate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. Fans have lauded the book as a creative, action-packed and thought-provoking work. Critics, whilst often praising the quality of the storytelling, have described the book as being inaccurate on a number of points, both large and small, and claim that most of the information on the "Fact" page at the front of the book is in fact completely untrue and creates confusion between speculation and fact. From a religious point of view, many critics, citing Dan Brown's own comments in various media interviews, claim that the book is a deliberate attempt to undermine Christianity in favour of a feminist/pagan agenda, and decry the many negative implications about the Roman Catholic Church and Opus Dei.

Dan Brown's novel was a smash hit in 2003, even rivaling the sales of the highly popular Harry Potter series [1]. It spawned a number of offspring books and drew glowing reviews from the New York Times, People Magazine and the Washington Post [2]. It also re-ignited interest in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. As well as re-invigorating interest in the church, The Da Vinci Code has also spawned numerous "knockoffs" (as they are referred to by Publishers Weekly) [3], or novels that have a striking resemblance to The Da Vinci Code, including Raymond Khoury's The Last Templar, and The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry.

It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print (as of May 2006) and has been translated into 44 languages. It is thought to be the eighth best-selling book of all time. Combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, the book is the second book by Dan Brown to include the character Robert Langdon, the first being Brown's 2000 novel Angels and Demons. In November 2004, Random House published a "Special Illustrated Edition", with 160 illustrations interspersed with the text.

In 2006, a film adaptation, The Da Vinci Code, was released by Columbia Pictures.

Answer 5

It is a belief that Davinci and other belonged to a secret group that wanted to keep the 'truth' about Jesus and Mary from being destroyed by the church.
Davinci supposidly 'hid' secret messages in his artwork. These messages from a 'code' that when followed reveals the truth.

Answer 6

Its questions the bible, well really the Catholic church, why they resolved to leave out portions of the bible. DaVinci believed that women played a more important role than the bible portrays. For example that Mary Madelin was his wife and not just some Whore that he saved and let travel with him. Also that they had children. Its a very big controversy.

Answer 7

what everyone else said