Heads of the Coptic, Catholic and Episcopal Churches in Egypt met on May 30 , 2006 at H.H. Pope Schenouda III Papal residence to discuss and register their position on the ³Da Vinci Code² movie based on Dan Brown¹s novel. Another preceded this meeting with the Evangelical Church in Egypt, May 23, 2006.
Heads of Churches agreed that the movie is a falsification of history and archaeology and is based on incorrect scientific vanities that scientists were able to prove through documentation. The story of the film and sequenc e of events, they say, disdain religion and spiritual and moral values; it does not contain any of the creative measures of art but violence and viciousness.
Heads of churches rejected the materialistic and atheistic base of the film that ends with a Jewish logo propagandizing Jewish thought. The Statement i s posted on the MECC website at: www.mec-churches.org <http://www.mec-churches.org/
As a result of the Heads of Churches¹ position, the Egyptian Parliament decided to forbid the ³Da Vinci Code² movie in Egypt.
Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon
Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary
mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb
+961-1-353-938 http://www.mec-churches.org/