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Chapter 60

           Afterall,thiswasasecrettheVaticanhadtriedtoburyinthefourthcentury.That’spartofwhattheCrusadeswereabout.Gatheringanddestroyinginformation.ThethreatMaryMagdaleneposedtothemenoftheearlyChurchwaspotentiallyruinous.NotonlywasshethewomantowhomJesushadassignedthetaskoffoundingtheChurch,butshealsohadphysicalproofthattheChurch’snewlyproclaimeddeityhadspawnedamortalbloodline.TheChurch,inordertodefenditselfagainsttheMagdalene’spower,perpetuatedherimageasawhoreandburiedevidenceofChrist’smarriagetoher,therebydefusinganypotentialclaimsthatChristhadasurvivingbloodlineandwasamortalprophet.»

           SophieglancedatLangdon,whonodded.«Sophie,thehistoricalevidencesupportingthisissubstantial.»

           «Iadmit,»Teabingsaid,»theassertionsaredire,butyoumustunderstandtheChurch’spowerfulmotivationstoconductsuchacover-up.Theycouldneverhavesurvivedpublicknowledgeofabloodline.AchildofJesuswouldunderminethecriticalnotionofChrist’sdivinityandthereforetheChristianChurch,whichdeclareditselfthesolevesselthroughwhichhumanitycouldaccessthedivineandgainentrancetothekingdomofheaven.»

           «Thefive-petalrose,»Sophiesaid,pointingsuddenlytothespineofoneofTeabing’sbooks.Thesameexactdesigninlaidontherosewoodbox.

           TeabingglancedatLangdonandgrinned.«Shehasagoodeye.»HeturnedbacktoSophie.«ThatisthePriorysymbolfortheGrail.MaryMagdalene.

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