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Jesus’ divinity, however, is another issue altogether.  It wasn’t until 300 years after his death, Brown asserts, that his divinity was “invented” by [[Constantine]] at the [[Council of Nicaea]].  His disciples did not view him as God in the flesh, but instead as a mere mortal prophet.  As for the Biblical gospels, well they were four of “over eighty” which were selected at the Council of Nicaea—the four gospels that emphasized Jesus’ divinity and demonized women the most.   

Jesus’ divinity, however, is another issue altogether.  It wasn’t until 300 years after his death, Brown asserts, that his divinity was “invented” by [[Constantine]] at the [[Council of Nicaea]].  His disciples did not view him as God in the flesh, but instead as a mere mortal prophet.  As for the Biblical gospels, well they were four of “over eighty” which were selected at the Council of Nicaea—the four gospels that emphasized Jesus’ divinity and demonized women the most.   

The rest were destroyed, and the canon as we know it today is not the inspired Word of God, but instead a power-hungry Constantine’s deceptive compilation—and somewhere, Brown suggests, lying in ashes beneath the earth, is the truth about who Jesus was, who Mary Magdalene was, and what Christianity is all about.  The allure of the Da Vinci Code lies in its promise to reveal some great, hidden, conspiracy. But just how credible are Brown’s assertions?

The rest were destroyed, and the canon as we know it today is not the inspired Word of God, but instead a power-hungry Constantine’s deceptive compilation—and somewhere, Brown suggests, lying in ashes beneath the earth, is the truth about who Jesus was, who Mary Magdalene was, and what Christianity is all about.  The allure of the Da Vinci Code lies in its promise to reveal some great, hidden, conspiracy.

==='''Part I: Mary Magdalene, Wife of the Messiah?'''===

==='''Part I: Mary Magdalene, Wife of the Messiah?'''===