Код да Винчи

Chapter 55

           Byfusingpagansymbols,dates,andritualsintothegrowingChristiantradition,hecreatedakindofhybridreligionthatwasacceptabletobothparties.»

           «Transmogrification,»Langdonsaid.«ThevestigesofpaganreligioninChristiansymbologyareundeniable.EgyptiansundisksbecamethehalosofCatholicsaints.PictogramsofIsisnursinghermiraculouslyconceivedsonHorusbecametheblueprintforourmodernimagesoftheVirginMarynursingBabyJesus.AndvirtuallyalltheelementsoftheCatholicritualthemiter,thealtar,thedoxology,andcommunion,theactof»God-eating»weretakendirectlyfromearlierpaganmysteryreligions.»

           Teabinggroaned.«Don’tgetasymbologiststartedonChristianicons.NothinginChristianityisoriginal.Thepre-ChristianGodMithrascalledtheSonofGodandtheLightoftheWorldwasbornonDecember25,died,wasburiedinarocktomb,andthenresurrectedinthreedays.Bytheway,December25isalsothebirthdayofOsiris,Adonis,andDionysus.ThenewbornKrishnawaspresentedwithgold,frankincense,andmyrrh.EvenChristianity’sweeklyholydaywasstolenfromthepagans.»

           «Whatdoyoumean?»

           «Originally,»Langdonsaid,»ChristianityhonoredtheJewishSabbathofSaturday,butConstantineshiftedittocoincidewiththepagan’svenerationdayofthesun.»Hepaused,grinning.«Tothisday,mostchurchgoersattendservicesonSundaymorningwithnoideathattheyarethereonaccountofthepagansungod’sweeklytributeSunday.»

           Sophie’sheadwasspinning.

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