Dan Brown, the author of Da Vinci Code seems to have excelled in the art of Catholicism-bashing and he takes his anti-Catholic agenda further with the novel - Angels & Demons. Is The Da Vinci Code anti-Catholic? The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown s best selling novel, purports to be more than fiction: it claims to be based on fact and scholarly research.Brown wants his readers to believe that he is revealing the long-concealed truth about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and early Christianity, a truth that he says has been suppressed by the malevolent and conspiratorial forces of the Catholic Church. It’s the Christians who have been duped, they say, not them. This could be construed as heresy. The Holy Grail is a favorite metaphor for a desirable but difficult-to-attain goal, from the map of the human genome to Lord Stanley’s Cup. From: Dr. Robert Hodgson Jr. To: Dr. Barbara Thiering Date: May 15, 2006 Dear Dr. Thiering, I am glad we have this chance to debate the question of whether "The Da Vinci Code" is anti-Christian. Anti-Catholic bigots love to believe the worst about the Church, and nothing is more appealing to them than the exposure of sordid tales about a secretive and manipulative hierarchy. He is transmitting a secret message a la The Da Vinci Code. The Da Vinci Code (2003) Dan Brown’s bestselling novel contained a good summation of traditional anti-Catholic urban legends: a violent Catholicism willing to use any means to hide the fact that it knows its essential beliefs are false and has deluded the ignorant masses for centuries. She is co-author of The Da Vinci Hoax: Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code with Carl E. Olson and The Pied Piper of Atheism: Philip Pullman and Children's Fantasy with Catholic journalist and canon lawyer Pete Vere. Surely the Church has nothing to fear from a work of fiction, no matter what the view of the author. I have just read Catholic Answers’ report on the novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Yet, perhaps strangely, while critical reception of The Da Vinci Code has so far not been kind, most reviews seem to be sticking to safe, uncontroversial charges that the film is “boring” and “talky,” while avoiding the more pressing question of anti-Catholicism. THE DA VINCI CODE book by Dan Brown is a hateful piece of false propaganda that slanders Jesus Christ, His apostles, Mary Magdalene, Christians, the Roman Catholic Church, and the God of the Bible. While the original Grail—the cup Jesus allegedly used at the Last Supper—normally inhabits the pages of Arthurian romance, Dan Brown’s recent mega–best-seller, The Da Vinci Code, rips it away to the realm of esoteric history. "I always say that what Dan Brown did for the Roman Catholic Church in 'The Da Vinci Code,' he did for me and my research with 'Angels and Demons,'" said Gerald Gabrielse, a … 3. Da Vinci decided to omit the halos because he was making a statement that neither Jesus nor the disciples were ever anything more than men. 4. Ergo, some of what The Da Vinci Code says is probably true. She has written hundreds of articles for the Catholic press, chiefly on history, art, and hagiography. Da Vinci wanted to emphasize the simple humanity of the subjects instead of their divinity. 2. I have to say that the Church seems very flustered about the book.