What were templars looking for in Jerusalem in Da Vinci Code?
In Da Vinci Code movie, it is explained that the Templars, formed by the Priory of Sion, wanted to take Jerusalem to find the Holy Grail, and apparently found it there (since they stopped searching afterwards and gained huge power).
Since it is afterwards revealed that they have been protecting both Mary Magdalena's sarcophagus and descendants in France or England since way before that, what were they looking for in Jerusalem ?
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What were they looking for in The Da Vinci Code?
Sophie's and Langdon's research leads them to the discovery that Sir Isaac Newton is the knight they are looking for, the one buried by a Pope, because they learn he was buried by Alexander Pope.Why did they want to destroy the Holy Grail in The Da Vinci Code?
Teabing believes that the Holy Grail was never a cup and simply Mary Magadelene, who was Jesus' wife and pregnant at the time of the Crucifixion. He adds the Priory was created to protect their descendants while the Vatican's Opus Dei seeks to destroy the Grail to preserve their own credibility.What is the secret of the Holy Grail in The Da Vinci Code?
Sarah, the novel proclaims, is the daughter of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. This, the book says, is the true secret of the Holy Grail: That Jesus' marriage to Mary Magdalene produced a child, a little girl, who grew up in the South of France.Is The Da Vinci Code historically accurate?
In the early publicity for the novel, Dan Brown made repeated assertions that, while the novel is a work of fiction, the historical information in it is all accurate and well-researched.The Da Vinci Code - Templars
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