Difference between revisions of "Opus Dei"
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The group was started in 1928 by the [[Roman Catholic]] priest Josemaría Escrivá. | The group was started in 1928 by the [[Roman Catholic]] priest Josemaría Escrivá. | ||
| − | Controversially, Opus Dei appear in [[The Da Vinci Code]], and are represented in the film as an evil organization. | + | Controversially, Opus Dei appear in [[The Da Vinci Code]], and are represented in the film as an evil organization practicing brutial self-flagellation rituals. Opus Dei in fact practice no such ritual that portreyed in the Da Vinci Code is a greatly exagerated distortion of a form of pennitance by mild discomfort, but does not cause severe pain or wounds. The ritual has no apparent biblical origin. |
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The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (from the Latin "work of God") is a Catholic religious group that believes every member of their church has the potential to become a saint, and must perform God's work to attain this holy prize.
The group was started in 1928 by the Roman Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá.
Controversially, Opus Dei appear in The Da Vinci Code, and are represented in the film as an evil organization practicing brutial self-flagellation rituals. Opus Dei in fact practice no such ritual that portreyed in the Da Vinci Code is a greatly exagerated distortion of a form of pennitance by mild discomfort, but does not cause severe pain or wounds. The ritual has no apparent biblical origin.
