“If you are searching for spiritual answers, and haven't found them in the Da Vinci Code, then look no more. The answers are found in this book. This novel tells the true story of the christian religion, the real truth about how shallow and hypocritical religion is, and yes, it even admits to some truth about the Vatican.
But, you say, this is a novel, its just fiction. The main story is fiction, that is true. Four men dressed in medieval armour, riding horses and destroying a museum looking for a medieval treasure. The main story is mostly about the chase of the horsemen by a priest, an FBI agent and an archaeologist. And yes, that story is as shallow as the other reviews I have read here.
But the background to those events is based on facts. The Jefferson Bible is real. The Nag Hammadi Library is real. The Gospels of Philip, Thomas, Peter and Mary mentioned are all real. These are the gospels that the Emperor Constantine rejected because they didn't fit with what the christian church wanted.
As for the original Templar treasure...well we'll probably never know what it really was, unless and until the Vatican decides to follow its own rules and start telling some truths.
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Sidwell wrote this review Friday, December 29 2006.
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