In the novel "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, Brown shows that the Catholic Church perpetuates ignorance and that people who are faithful should not be affected by knowledge. The novel focuses on two secret societies that are both knowledgeable of the fact that the Church has enforced ignorance about the roots of the religion. Only one group outside the Church knows the information that the Church has been withholding from its followers. This secret society is called the Priory of Sion and was created in 1188 to keep the secret of the Church alive and perhaps one-day release the informati…
