The Da Vinci Code Gnosticism

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The Da Vinci Code is a film adaptation of the novel written by Dan Brown that deals with Gnosticism and conspiracy theories in Christianity. The movie follows Robert Langdon’s pursuit of the Holy Grail in which the relationship between Jesus and Lady Magdalene is exposed. The debate on Gnosticism today revolves around the notion that Gnosticism is a pre-Christian belief set (philosophies) where knowledge of God can be achieved through spiritual ecstasy or that it is a post-Christian counter movement where the definition of Gnosticism is a collection of ancient religions that portrayed the lesson in which the material world should be shunned in favor of embracing the spiritual world and discovering all knowledge possible (uncover truth). The scenes in “The Da Vinci Code” that discussed Gnosticism included individuals who …show more content…

Another improper categorization of Gnosticism occurred with the story behind Lady Magdalene. The reason that people did not know about her true relationship with Jesus is because since he was described as an extremely heavenly man, he had no need for sexual or bodily urges, and that this was due to the fact tat he was the epitome of a puritan. The knowledge for the reason why the Gospels of Thomas, Philip and Mart were mot included was incorrect in the film. The true reason is that the gospels demonstrated and elitist attitude towards regular Christians and what their belief set was. Overall, the greatest demonstration of Gnosticism and its possible misconception was from the story of lady Magdalene but there are many throughout the film, that were not depicted historically

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