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I remember our parish priest actually addressing it at the time, he was like "look, this is a popular book and I'm not saying not to read it, just realise that
by zem 3y ago
I remember our parish priest actually addressing it at the time, he was like "look, this is a popular book and I'm not saying not to read it, just realise that it's pure fiction, especially the bit where he claims that Jesus was just considered a man until a committee got together centuries after the fact and decided that we would call him divine."
it wasn't particularly fulminating; he was quite good natured about it all, but in retrospect I have to wonder if he had even read the book himself, or if the church hierarchy had wanted priests to make sure that that particular point was spoken against.
- Yoric 3y agoIn Paris, there were so many tourists visiting some of the churches mentioned in the book and "educating" their children based on what they had read from Dan Brown that these churches had posters on the doors reminding people to please stop taking Dan Brown seriously. That being said, historically, there have been a number a debates among early Christians before it was made canonical that Jesus was divine. Debates continued a long time, too, to determine what the word "divine" meant in the context.
- zem 3y agooh, agreed, there was definitely a kernel of truth to that one. i just found it interesting that the priest not only said to remember the book was fiction, but to emphasise that that one point was fiction.
- mavhc 3y agoI read it was more the opposite, Jesus was more of a god who spoke to people through visions, and the early Christians edited the early writings to make him an actual person, because too many other Jesus's were popping up
- jacquesm 3y agoI don't think priests should get the final word on what constitutes pure fiction and what isn't. But it's absolutely hilarious to read this and I'll be sure to pass it on to my Catholic priest friend :)