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Things said by the Catholic Church and Anglican Church about The Serpent Grail:-
The Archdiocese of San Fransisco
"… it is alarming …. books can sway and entice we feel confident that Catholics and all Christians are rooted in doctrine. Books that do not have an imprimatur from the Catholic Church are to be seriously questioned." Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:52 AM Marta Ribbeck, Archdiocese of San Fransisco
The Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation
"I’m tempted to say the claims are so bizarre they refute themselves. God bless"
Father Keith Barltrop, Sept 23rd 2005
Archbishop Primate of the United Anglican Church
"If I were going to a library to search for such a book as this, I would begin to look either in the Humor or the Fantasy/Science Fiction sections.
While we are an Anglican Church and are, accordingly, Traditional Christians, we are equally offended by such nonsense as are our brothers and sisters of the Roman Catholic Church. Christ and His church have been the target of such blasphemies from the time the Lord walked the earth in human form. Christ and His church will survive while such books will soon disappear into the trash bins of history." The Most Rev. Norman Strauss, Archbishop Primate, United Anglican Church, 23rd Sept 2005
United Catholic Church
"I can safely say that it is complete hogwash. Most such books combine facts and reasonable speculations with pure fiction. The facts tend to give them an aura of credibility so that people swallow the fiction. There was a lot of truth in Dan Brown’s best-selling novel, even if presented as a work of fiction. His inferences that perhaps Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had a child are indeed sensational and unlikely, but not outside the realm of possibility.
Nothing in scripture says or even implies that Jesus was celibate. He was, after all, according to orthodox Catholic theology, fully human. On the other hand, to claim that Jesus was a re-created serpent deity is downright preposterous. It contradicts both scripture and tradition as well as the Magisterium. Moreover, it contradicts science and reason. The more we learn about the universe, the Big Bang, the rarity of the conditions required for life, and the complexity of living organisms, the more science supports the existence of the God of the Bible. Properly understood, there is absolutely no conflict between good science and good Christian theology. As an archbishop and a scientist, I can easily believe that the God who created the universe could perform the miracles in the New Testament, including the resurrection. To say, however, that the resurrection was really just a shedding of the skin of a serpent deity is beyond belief. It is just plain ridiculous. I’m not into book banning, and I can’t speak for my whole Church, but personally, I wouldn’t waste my time on such a book."
Most Rev. Dr. Robert M. Bowman
Presiding Archbishop, United Catholic Church
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