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| AUTHOR |
DAN BROWN |
LEWIS PERDUE |
LEWIS PERDUE |
| BOOK TITLE |
The Da Vinci Code |
The Da Vinci Legacy |
Daughter of God, Linz Testament |
| DATE PUBLISHED |
2003 |
1983 |
1985 (Linz), 2000 |
| NAME |
Manuel Aringarosa |
Brother Gregory |
Neils Braun |
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Bishop, Head of Opus Dei |
Rector, Elect Brothers of St. Peter (DVL:105) |
Cardinal, head of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith (DoG:24) Archbishop of Vienna, head of the Papal
Secretariat for Non-Believers (DoG:25) |
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Five feet, five inches tall (DVL:106) |
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Heavy, black-rimmed glasses (DVL:106) |
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close-cropped, salt-and-pepper hair (DVL:105) |
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| PHYSICAL APPEARANCE |
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| CORE RELIGIOUS BELIEF |
Believes Church is too liberal, has strayed from course. He and is organization are the ones to correct this. (DVC:149) |
Believes Church is too liberal, has strayed from course. He and is organization are the ones to correct this. (DVL:106) |
Believes Church is too liberal, has strayed from course. He and is organization are the ones to correct this. (DoG:227-229) |
| MOTIVATION 1 |
Power: Wants to be "the most powerful man in Christendom."(Pope) (DVC:107, 151) |
Power: Wants missing Leonardo Codex documents to be Pope (the most powerful man in Christendom).(DVL:106) |
Obtain documents for power to be Pope (the most powerful man in Christendom) (DoG:227-229) |
| MOTIVATION 2 |
Return Church to true, conservative path, save Opus Dei (DVC:218) |
Return church to true conservative path. |
Return Church to true, conservative path (DoG:227-229) |
| OPUS DEI (GOD'S WORK) |
He is a "man of God's work" (DVC:28, 29) |
He is a "man of God's work" (DVL:205) |
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