How much of The Da Vinci Code is true?

How much of The Da Vinci Code is true?
Anyone know? The author stated in the beginning that "All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, abd secret rituals in this novel are accurate." as well listing facts about The Priory of Sion and Opus Dei, claiming that both are real organizations. Is this true?
Religion & Spirituality - 18 Answers - 2007-07-20 12:17:49

Best Answer
it is as true as the bible

All Answers
Answer 1
it is as true as the bible
2007-07-20 12:20:21

Answer 2
That's about it. You summed it up. Well that and the places exist. The rest is just very well written fiction.
2007-07-20 12:20:30

Answer 3
Everything but the plot. And yes, both organizations are very true.
2007-07-20 12:20:34

Answer 4
none was true its all false
2007-07-20 12:21:11

Answer 5
Just fiction. Someone made up a story.
2007-07-20 12:21:18

Answer 6
On the first page, it tells you that it is a book of fiction. None of it is true. That's why it's in the fiction section of the library. Hope that helps!
2007-07-20 12:21:19

Answer 7
yes it is but the great thing about the novel is the way the author mix facts w/ fiction
2007-07-20 12:21:20

Answer 8
my minister says its full of lies see literature...those are theories in that book
2007-07-20 12:21:40

Answer 9
0 it is 100% fiction
2007-07-20 12:21:53

Answer 10
Opus Dei is real. Priory is up for grabs. DaVinci was real. Even the things reflected by real people and events were used to manipulate the story
2007-07-20 12:22:04

Answer 11
It's a work of fiction just like other religious books.
2007-07-20 12:22:24

Answer 12
Im sorry but its all false, the author admitted that. Its fiction.
2007-07-20 12:22:24

Answer 13
well the paintings are real. meaning they actually were painted by DaVinci. thats about it.
2007-07-20 12:23:21

Answer 14
It was written by Dan Brown.
2007-07-20 12:23:49

Answer 15
if it is true, catholicism wouldn't exist, supposedly jesus had a spouse and a child, yet catholicism looks down on that, and will not allow their priests to marry or have children, they cannot engage in anything sexual. and for thinkenstien, thatr ruined the game i played when i was little broken sword knights of the templar, it was about chasing down pierra plantard.
2007-07-20 12:24:40

Answer 16
Jazz, the pieces of the puzzle are "true" in various shades (many consider the Priory story a legend). And of course, many disclaim the idea of Jesus being mortal and Mary Magdalene being his wife (although there is some historical writings that COULD plausibly back that up...) However, the way they are constructed by Dan Brown is fictional (but a very intrgiuing story... I enjoyed it myself...)
2007-07-20 12:25:01

Answer 17
It is a book that mixes up the fact and the fiction..Was a great book and an okay movie. It is compared to Forest Gump they mixed up fact with fiction too. lol Roflmao.. well color me blond rof sorry I am still icky.. what part of it is true roflma.. I look up and I see my answer was right on the money.. sorry.. I go back to bed lol.. ~pulls blanky over head~
2007-07-20 12:30:46

Answer 18
Below are just 6 points at which I find fault with "The Da Vinci Code." I could list many more. 1. Leonardo should not be referred to as “Da Vinci.” "Da Vinci" simply means "from Vinci" (the town). Leonardo had no surname. 2. Brown says the pyramid outside the Louvre is constructed of 666 panes of glass (p. 21). The actual number is 673 according to the Louvre’s website: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/activite/detail... 3. Brown asserts that the Gnostic gospels repeatedly refer to Jesus’ marriage to Mary Magdalene (p. 244). Actually we know of no Gnostic writings that make such a claim. 4. Brown claims the Gnostic Gospel of Philip says Jesus frequently kissed Mary Magdalene on the mouth. There is, in fact, a whole in the document after the word “the.” Brown supplies the word “mouth.” Also, the Gospel of Philip speaks of holy kissing as a common event among the disciples (Nag Hammadi Library, p. 135) 5. Brown writes that a secret organization known as the Priory of Sion has guarded the secrets regarding the royal bloodline and that documents found in the Bibliotheque Nationale known as Les Dossiers Secrets (“the secret records”) reveal he names of the past grandmasters of this organization. (pp.158-160, 206, 326). Representatives of the Bibliotheque Nationale declare these documents to be a fraud. Pierre Plantard admitted under oath that he “made the whole thing up.” (see The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code, by Richard Abanes, pp. 48-56). 6. Brown says the Council of Nicea was determined by a close vote and that it was in this council that the divinity of Christ was invented and the canon of Scripture established (pp. 232-235). In reality, of the more than 300 bishops at Nicea, only five protested the creed it produced and only two actually refused to sign it. Furthermore the divinity of Christ had long been taught by the Church fathers and the canon of Scripture was not addressed at Nicea.
2007-07-20 12:31:22