The Da Vinci Code

novel by Brown

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discussed in biography

  • Dan Brown
    In Dan Brown

    …Brown returned to Langdon with The Da Vinci Code, a thriller that centres on art history, Christianity’s origins, and arcane theories. Attempting to solve the murder of the Louvre’s curator, Langdon encounters mysterious organizations (Opus Dei and the Priory of Sion), discusses the hidden messages in Leonardo da Vinci’s art,…

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Opus Dei

  • St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer
    In Opus Dei: Controversies

    of novelist Dan Brown’s mystery The Da Vinci Code (2003), which portrays the organization as a society rife with ultraconservative members promoting arcane and dangerous beliefs. Pointing to its continued growth and membership that has included people of various social classes, Opus Dei denies these accusations and has the continued…

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