The Da Vinci Code Responsibility

“oftentimes to win us to our harm the instruments of darkness tell us truths, win us with honest trifles, to betray’s in deepest consequence.”

Throughout “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, the topics of sin and religion are addressed. Both stories share the similar idea of how sin and religion are present in their Puritan societies. Throughout The Scarlet Letter we interpret the ideas of sin and how it relates to to the concept of religion surrounding the community. In The Devil and Tom Walker we are left to analyze the actions and beliefs of a complex character, and how it relates to sin and religion. Overall, both stories are comprable because of their topics of sin and religion and how they relate to specific characters beliefs, actions, and behavior.

The novel, Evidence of Satan in the Modern World, is about proof that the Devil exists and that he continues to have a presence in the modern world world even in the 1950s. The novel continues to display examples of possession and infestation of the Devil with many different types of people throughout the 1800s all the way to the mid 1900s. The novel, explained their actions with the presence of Satan, how each person dealt with it, and how it was treated. One main point about the novel is the facts of possession and how to treat it. Firstly, someone who is possessed will have a knowledge of hidden facts (155). An example of this is the case of the Cure d’ars because the novel explains that the Cure explained things to people that he could

"What Mr. Hooper perceives on the faces of the spectators is a shadow of his own veil. The darkness which envelops his heart blinds him to the meaning of Christian love, even though it now attends him in the person of Elizabeth, who [...] is a symbol of consecration to God. With a distrust of power of redemptive love, human or divine, man virtually commits himself to the devil." (Stein 392).

When discussing the Bible’s New Testament, there are several individuals aside from Jesus that gander a lot of attention. It is not uncommon to hear pastors and priest preaching about the disciples that walked with the messiah during his time of great works during a Sunday service. There are many lessons to be learned from the experiences of and trails faced by the men that knew best. However, even though the Bible is considerable a masculine text, there are many notable women sprinkled throughout it. Most notable, of course, would be the mother of Jesus, Mary. She made several appearances throughout the Gospel from the moment the angel came to her and said “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you” (Luke 1:28) to let her know that she was going to be the mother of the “Son of the Most High” (Luke 1:32) to the moment she stood witness to the crucifixion of that Son. Today, after Jesus, Mary – sometimes also called The Virgin Mary – is among those most revered in the Bible. However, she is not the only Mary to have close ties to the Biblical savior. There are actually at least three other Marys to walk along side with Jesus at some point, but none more conversational than Mary Magdalene.

Inward trouble drove him to practices more in accordance with the old, corrupted faith of Rome than with the better light of the church in which he had been born and bred. In Mr. Dimmesdale's secret closet, under lock and key, there was a bloody scourge. Oftentimes, this Protestant and Puritan divine had piled it on his own shoulders, laughing bitterly at himself the while, and smiting so much the more pitilessly because of that bitter laugh.”(211 ).

Wrapped in mystery and intrigue, the Knights Templar stand out from the pages of history as the keepers of Catholicism’s greatest, most dangerous secrets. In legend, the Knights are known as the guardians of the Holy Grail, the Arc of the Covenant, and other Holy relics. Historically, they are remembered as the “Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon,” the disciplined guardians to Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land. Although the order is one of the most intriguing secret societies, the literature written on the Templars is minute and thus it is one of the least understood societies in history. Sadly, the order’s important contributions to history are so vastly overshadowed by scandal and intrigue that fact and

Dahms explanations of the text is minimal, allowing for the reader to see what mattered to common people at this time based on real testimonies and letters. The work reveals a lot of the inner working of people who would have their tale told. Most people do not write down how they see the world, but this case shows modern readers that early modern Europe was a world of magic and witches, and the fight against Satan was unending. It helps show that the witch hunting craze Europe experienced was not just hunting shadows and attacking enemies, but at its core was, in their minds, a war to defeat Satan and go to

I believe that Leonardo da Vinci was the most significant renaissance artist out of the four main artist. These artists are Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci. He was the most significant artist because he brought very important inventions and beautiful paintings to the world. Most of Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings even showed individualism.

No one knows who to believe when the author states“ I want to open myself...I want the light of god, I want the sweet love of jesus! I danced for the devil, I saw him, I wrote his book; I go back to jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw sarah good with the Devil. I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil ”. You can’t really believe anyone because everyone is blaming everyone, especially if one person is being accused and they don’t want to be in trouble. In the 17th century you could get out of trouble if you confessed to seeing the devil and if you mentioned others that had been in a company to you, but if a person was lying then you didn’t know if they did or didn’t. This related to the 1950s McCarthyism because people called each other a communist, but know one knew the truth when someone was accused. During that time communists were groups of people who didn’t want people to have private property or private owned businesses called communism. “ No politician could consider opening trade with china or withdrawing from south-east asia without being branded a communist. Although McCarthyism was dead by the 1950s, its effects lasted for decades” without having proof everyone was scared, just like the

The years that followed were filled with more questions than answers. It was a time of skepticism about the work of the church and how much time

As well as pointing out that the Calvinists need to be aware of witchcraft and to persecute witchcraft Calvin tells that the new church must be aware of enemies that are against the church. Calvin writes that, “Scripture makes known that there are not one, not two, nor a few foes, but great armies, which wage war against us. For Mary Magdalene is said to have been freed from seven demons by which she was possessed [Mark 16:9; Luke 8:2].”2 The church has armies of enemies that they must contend with. These enemies include demonic witches that possessed people. The Protestant church as well as the Catholic Church has to rid itself of the demonic presence that threatens to destroy it. Not only must the church battle the enemy of the Catholic church but it must also contend with the demonic demons that threaten the good God fearing people of Calvinist Europe.

The Templar Knights are often associated with the Mary Magdalene controversy. They are mentioned in The Da Vinci Code a number of times and are historically, a mystery. In The Da Vinci Code it says that the Templars found documents in the Temple of Solomon of Magdalene’s personal account of her relationship with Jesus, and the quest for the Holy Grail was to kneel at the bones of the sacred feminine. It further states that the Templars guarded the secret of the “sangreal” documents with the members of the Priory of Sion. These documents would have discussed Jesus’ child and his marriage and therefore the Templars were protecting the bloodline.

The success of the Donovan Catholic academic code of integrity requires strong commitment to the Donovan Catholic community. The Donovan community forms a trust that all teachers and students present honestly in all work that is submitted. As a community, we respect the work of others. The principle of the academic honesty promotes having strong morals. Donovan Catholic does not tolerate cheating. However, Donovan Catholic believes that each student has an equal opportunity to show knowledge and intelligence.

This story again reinforces the severity of defying the supernatural, and the strong belief the puritans held in the actuality of a figurative God and Devil. This story repercussions the idea that there is nowhere to hide from these supernatural powers.