The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)

by Dan Brown

Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude.

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

“The Bible is a product of man, my dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it as a historical record of tumultuous times, and it has evolved through countless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of the book.”

“Jesus Christ was a historical figure of staggering influence, perhaps the most enigmatic and inspirational leader the world has ever seen.

“More than eighty gospels were considered for the New Testament, and yet only a relative few were chosen for inclusion—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John among them.

Nobody is more indoctrinated than the indoctrinator.”

it—the indisputable V shape at the focal point of the painting. It was the same symbol Langdon had drawn earlier for the Grail, the chalice, and the female womb.

“You’re saying the Christian Church was to be carried on by a woman?” “That was the plan. Jesus was the original feminist. He intended for the future of His Church to be in the hands of Mary Magdalene.”

“Magdalene was recast as a whore in order to erase evidence of her powerful family ties.”