According to the Daily Telegraph , The Da Vinci Code is ‘The biggest selling adult hardback fiction book of all time'. 1 It has sold millions of copies, been translated into dozens of languages and has been made into a $100 million film starring Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen, scheduled for release in May 2006.

But what is the central premise of The Da Vinci Code ?

Through its characters, The Da Vinci Code asserts that ‘almost everything our fathers taught us about Christ is false '. It claims that:

º The Catholic Church has kept the true facts about Christianity hidden through force and terror.
º Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene (who was the head apostle).
º The Holy Grail is not, as commonly believed, the chalice used at the last supper but the womb of Mary Magdalene who bore Jesus' daughter, Sarah.
º The descendants of Mary Magdalene and Jesus became Kings of France 7.
º Jesus was not the Son of God.
º He was a mortal prophet – a great and powerful man of staggering influence who inspired millions to live better lives.
º Jesus was a radical feminist.
º The pagan emperor Constantine proposed a motion to upgrade Jesus to a deity at the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD.
º Jesus became the Son of God by a narrow vote, but that prior to that, no one believed him to be divine.
º Constantine 's motive was to give power to the Roman Catholic Church.

These books and group studies will equip you to answer the big questions raised by The Da Vinci Code enabling you to navigate through the fiction to reach the real truth of who Jesus really is.