“Originally,” Langdon said, “Christianity honored the Jewish Sabbath of Saturday, but Constantine shifted it to coincide with the pagan’s veneration day of… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“We should all do what so many churches already do—openly admit that Adam and Eve did not exist, that evolution is a… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Christianity, Judaism and Islam all share a gospel, loosely, and it's important that we all realize that. — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“It means that when organized philosophies like the Illuminati go out of existence, their symbols remain… available for adoption by other groups.… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
At this gathering [Council of Niceau in 324 AD] many aspects of Christianity were debated and voted upon ― the date of… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Both Christianity and Islam are logocentric,” he told his students, “meaning they are focused on the Word. In Christian tradition, the Word… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Because most Christians want it both ways. They want to be able to proudly declare they are believers in the Bible and… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
In 325 A.D., the Roman Emperor Constantine decided to unify Rome under a single religion ... Historians still marvel at the brilliance… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“And your students,” Sato demanded, “don’t find it unnerving that Masons meditate with skulls and scythes?” “No more unnerving than Christians praying… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Zeus…,” Langdon declared, his voice powerful. “The god of all gods. The most feared and revered of all the pagan deities. Zeus,… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The vestiges of pagan religion in Christian symbology are undeniable. Egyptian sun disks became the halos ... The pre-Christian God Mithras ...… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Just because you think clearly doesn’t mean you talk to God.” “Aha!” Vetra exclaimed. “And yet remarkable solutions to seemingly impossible problems… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Since the beginning of religious history, our species has been caught in a never-ending cross fire –atheists, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, the… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
The more science I studied, the more I saw that physics becomes metaphysics and numbers become imaginary numbers. The farther you go into science,… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light. — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Leonardo believed his research had the potential to convert millions to a more spiritual life. Last year he categorically proved the existence of an… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
We did not have a television while I was growing up, and so I read voraciously. My earliest memory of being utterly transfixed by… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Robert,” Ambra whispered, “just remember the wise words of Disney’s Princess Elsa.” Langdon turned. “I’m sorry?” Ambra smiled softly. “Let it go.” — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous? — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“Dante's poem, Langdon was now reminded, was not so much about the misery of hell as it was about the power of the human… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image