Cracking the Da Vinci Code - Softcover

Jimmy Akin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1888992654 ISBN 13: 9781888992656

Publisher: Catholic Answers, 2004

Synopsis

The Best-Selling Anti-Catholic Novel of All Time

That title belongs to Dan Brown's infamous book, "The Da Vinci Code." But many people don't realize it. A slick marketing campaign has portrayed the book as a fact-based thriller. Many Catholics and other Christians have bought it - and bought into its outrageous claims.

According to "The Da Vinci Code":

* Jesus is not God; he was only a man.
* Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene.
* Jesus got her pregnant, and the two had a daughter who gave rise to a prominent European bloodline.
* The Bible was put together by a pagan Roman emperor.
* There is a secret society known as the Priory of Sion that still worships Mary Magdalene as a goddess and is trying to keep the "truth" alive.
* The Catholic Church is aware of all this and has been fighting for centuries to keep it suppressed, often committing murder to do so.

All of these claims are false. Now, this booklet gives you the answers you need to expose the errors of "The Da Vinci Code." Drawing information from a multitude of sources and presenting it in a concise, easy-to-read format, "Cracking the Da Vinci Code" rips the mask off the runaway best-seller. It is must-reading for anyone who has encountered the outrageous novel.

About this title

About the Author:

Jimmy Akin was born in Texas and raised in Arkansas. He grew up nominally Protestant but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant pastor or seminary professor, Jimmy started an intensive study of the Bible, but the more he immersed himself in Scripture, the more he found it to support the Catholic faith. Eventually, he was compelled in conscience to enter the Catholic Church, which he did in 1992. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in the book "Surprised by Truth." Jimmy is director of apologetics and evangelization at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to "This Rock" magazine, a weekly guest on the global radio program "Catholic Answers Live," and the author of several books, including "Mass Confusion: The Do’s and Don’ts of Catholic Worship" and "The Salvation Controversy."

Review:

This booklet packs a tremendous amount of accessible, reliable information in a small space. I highly recommend it! -- Carl Olson, co-author of "The Da Vinci Hoax"

About this edition

• Publisher: Catholic Answers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1888992654
• ISBN 13: 9781888992656
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 36