Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 9

           Butthiswasallcenturiesago.WhatdoesithavetodowithLeonardoVetra?"

           Themilliondollarquestion.Langdoncuttothechase."Galileo’sarrestthrewtheIlluminatiintoupheaval.Mistakesweremade,andthechurchdiscoveredtheidentitiesoffourmembers,whomtheycapturedandinterrogated.Butthefourscientistsrevealednothing…evenundertorture."

           "Torture?"

           Langdonnodded."Theywerebrandedalive.Onthechest.Withthesymbolofacross."

           Kohler’seyeswidened,andheshotanuneasyglanceatVetra’sbody.

           "Thenthescientistswerebrutallymurdered,theirdeadbodiesdroppedinthestreetsofRomeasawarningtoothersthinkingofjoiningtheIlluminati.Withthechurchclosingin,theremainingIlluminatifledItaly."

           Langdonpausedtomakehispoint.HelookeddirectlyintoKohler’sdeadeyes."TheIlluminatiwentdeepunderground,wheretheybeganmixingwithotherrefugeegroupsfleeingtheCatholicpurges—mystics,alchemists,occultists,Muslims,Jews.Overtheyears,theIlluminatibeganabsorbingnewmembers.AnewIlluminatiemerged.AdarkerIlluminati.Adeeplyanti-ChristianIlluminati.Theygrewverypowerful,employingmysteriousrites,deadlysecrecy,vowingsomedaytoriseagainandtakerevengeontheCatholicChurch.Theirpowergrewtothepointwherethechurchconsideredthemthesinglemostdangerousanti-Christianforceonearth.TheVaticandenouncedthebrotherhoodasShaitan."

           "Shaitan?"

           "It’sIslamic.Itmeans‘adversary’…God’sadversary.ThechurchchoseIslamforthenamebecauseitwasalanguagetheyconsidereddirty."Langdonhesitated

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