Da Vinci Code on Trial Part I By Randall K Broberg, Esq.
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Why are we here? always be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence. 1 Peter 3:15
Yet, is that all? A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. John Calvin (1509-1564)
Why me? University of Virginia School of Law JD, Intercollegiate Center For Classical Studies, Rome, Italy American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece Stanford University, BA in European Histort and Classical Studies
The Church Suppressed The Sacred Femine Attack No. 1
DA VINCI CODE IS VERY EMPOWERING TO WOMEN. Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power. The novel touches on questions of how and why this shift occurred and on what lessons we might learn from it regarding our future.
The Sacred Feminine "Constantine and his male successors successfully converted the world from matriarchal paganism to patriarchal Christianity by waging a campaign of propaganda that demonized the sacred feminine." The Da Vinci Code p.124
Alleged Massive Church Cover-Up The early church engaged in a massive cover-up to conceal Jesus marriage and his humanity in order to put men, rather than women, in control.
How Dark the Con of Men "Powerful men in the early church 'conned' the world by propagating lies that devalued the female and tipped the scales in favor of the masculine." The Da Vinci Code p.124
Supression of Sacred Feminine?
Cover up of Sacred Feminine?
Cover up of Sacred Feminine?
Cover up of Sacred Feminine?
The Church Voted Jesus Divine First at Time of Constantine (325 AD) Attack No. 2
Many scholars claim that the early Church literally stole Jesus from His original followers, hijacking His human message, shrouding it in an impenetrable cloak of divinity, and using it to expand their own power base (p. 233)
Our Jesus vs. Historical Jesus Jesus preached the kingdom of God, not himself. The historical Jesus and the Jesus of the early church bear little resemblance to one another. Even more tenuous is the connection between the historical Jesus and later Christianity.
Da Vinci Code Attacks The notion that Jesus was divine was first proposed by Emperor Constantine in 325 AD at the Council of Nicene Divinity of Christ
Da Vinci Attacks Jesus was not considered divine until centuries after his death when the Emperor Constantine suppressed the ancient documents that tell the real story and had the Council of Nicaea cobble together what we have today in the New Testament.
The Council of Nicea 325 AD Until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless (p. 233)
Da Vinci Code on Nicaea The church later created a picture of Christ that would portray him as the divine Son of God and divinity became official at the Council of Nicea in the 4 th Century AD
Was it a Close Vote at the Council of Nicaea? Hold on. You re saying Jesus divinity was the result of a vote? A relatively close vote at that (p.233)
Was Jesus Considered a Mere Mortal Man Before Constantine?
Mark, c. 50-60 AD 1:1,9-11 The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.
Matthew, c 60-70 AD 1:22-23 -- All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel which means, God with us.
Matthew 16:13-18, 50-70 ad He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. []
Jesus Divinity in Luke, 64 AD 5:20 When Jesus saw their faith, he said, Friend, your sins are forgiven. 22:70 -- They all asked, Are you then the Son of God? He replied, You are right in saying I am.
Apostle Paul, 60 AD He is the image of the invisible God, together For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell [Colossians 1:15-17, 19] --while we wait for the blessed hope the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, Titus 2:13
John, 70-90 AD In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. [John 1:1, 14]
Ignatius, 105 AD God Himself was manifest in human form
Justin Martyr, 160 AD "...the Father of the universe has a Son; who being the logos and First-begotten is also God (First Apology 63:15).
Irenaeus, 170 AD (referencing Jesus) "...in order that to Christ Jesus, our Lord, and God, and Savior, and King, according to the will of the invisible Father,... (Against Heresies I, x, 1)
Tertullian, 190 AD "...the only God has also a Son, his Word who has proceeded from himself, by whom all things were made and without whom nothing has been made: that this was sent by the Father into the virgin and was born of her both man and God. Son of Man, Son of God,..." (Against Praxeas, 2).
Clement of Alexandria, 200 AD "Both as God and as man, the Lord renders us every kind of help and service. As God He forgives sin, as man He educates us to avoid sin completely" (Christ the Educator, chapter 3.1). In addition, God immaculate in form of man accomplishing His Father's will" (Christ the Educator Chapter 2:4).
Origen, 240 AD No one should be offended that the Savior is also God
Divinity of Christ Circular Attack Christ Can t Be Divine Eyewitnesses Would Have Known Christ Wasn t Divine Christ Made Divine By Church Much Later
What Happened at the Council of Nicaea?
The Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things visible and invisible; and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the only-begotten of his Father, of the substance of the Father, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father.
Jesus Was Married to Mary Magdalene Attack No. 3
Jesus Married to Mary Magdalene? Unfortunately for the early editors, one particularly troubling earthly theme kept recurring in the gospels. Mary Magdalene more specifically, her marriage to Jesus Christ. (p. 244)
Jesus was a father? Behold, the greatest cover-up in human history. Not only was Jesus Christ married, but He was a father. My dear, Mary Magdalene was the Holy Vessel. She was the chalice that bore the royal bloodline of Jesus Christ
Da Vinci s Last Supper It s a matter of historical record and Da Vinci was certainly aware of that fact. The Last Supper practically shouts at the viewer that Jesus and Magdalene were a pair. (p. 244)
What The Gospels Say Matthew 26:20 20 When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. Mark 14:17 And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. Luke 22:14 And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him.
John 13:23-26 23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table close to Jesus, 24 so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom he was speaking. 25 So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, "Lord, who is it?" 26 Jesus answered, "It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it." So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
WHAT IS THIS?
Last Supper Time Line Actual Lord s Last Supper 4 Gospels Catacomb Art 1,460 years Da Vinci s Last Supper 30/33 AD 50-100 AD 100-250 AD 1498
Did da Vinci Portray Mary Magdalene In The Last Supper?
13 People
A Woman?
WHO IS THIS?
Did da Vinci Hide Coded Messages In The Last Supper?
The V and the M?