The Da Vinci Code Symbology (DVCS): Introduction

It is my intention to explore selected symbology found in The Da Vinci Code offering a Christian perspective. The novel gives a feeling that its interpretation of Christian symbology is "finally the real interpretation" behind Christian symbology and its motives. There is more to Christian symbology than the average person may be aware of.

My intention is NOT to prove or disprove the novel's interpretations. But I feel this journey is necessary given the first page of the book that so bluntly (and falsely) states that everything within its pages is fact. There is much beyond the codes and symbols used in the book that is not historically or Biblically accurate, and I will leave these to the numerous Christian-written books already available (such as the one written by Dr. Paul L Maier).

In the end, symbols are symbols. And where the Christian faith seperate itself from the rest of the world's religions (and even Catholic theology and tradition) is that eternal salvation does not lie in human interpretations, but in the Truth of God's Word as written in The Bible and the death and resurrection of Christ. These are real actions and moments in history, not symbols or allegory.