THE ARMENIAN CODE
Aram Abrahamian
Aravot.am
01 June 06
No advertising promoter could provide for the commerce success of
”Da Vinchi’s Code” film than it did the church. First Vatican did
the advertisement of the film and the Armenian Apostolic Church added
a little to it in our small country. Those who didn’t know at all Den
Brawn’s and wouldn’t be interested in the film ran immediately to the
cinemas to know what the church criticized so much. The complaint of
the elite of Catholics can be explained; first one of the intrigues of
the book /I haven’t watched the film/ refers to a totalitarian sect
which acts by Vatican sponsorship, second, inquisition, forbidding
literature and culture works, firing people and books include in the
”traditions” of that church. But our church, which doesn’t have
such traditions, has no reason to forbid that film.
A paper is given with the thicket of that film in Cinema ”Nairi”
in which the church warns, ”This film has no connection with the
Biblical truth”. But is there anybody who think that it has; the
books are written and films are shot for not “having connection”
with any truth. A group hands out leaflets at the same Cinema, which
starts with the following; “Dark powers want us to pull up from our
roots and make us disown our secret belief. “Da Vinchi’s Code” false
film throws mud at Bible, God Son and Cross sacrament”.
Frankly speaking I didn’t notice such feeling during reading the book;
it is a usual easy reading detective, which is in mode today but
will be forgotten soon. The version of Christ who has wife and heirs
gives some sort of sharpness to the film. In the same way Bulgakov in
his famous novel needed in ” re-editing” the Bible for grasping the
Soviet reality. And finally, 10 of thousands foreign enemies were
trying to obliterate our belief but they didn’t succeed in it, and
now will Den Brawn destroy our 1700 year s old culture with his book?
I’m inclined to think that our officials can do it who all have already
broken ”Don’t steal” and some of them ”Don’t kill” precepts.
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