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AUTHOR DAN BROWN LEWIS PERDUE   DAN BROWN LEWIS PERDUE LEWIS PERDUE
BOOK TITLE The Da Vinci Code The Da Vinci Legacy   The Da Vinci Code Daughter of God Daughter of God
DATE PUBLISHED 2003 1983   2003 2000 2000
             
NAME Brotherhood, Priory of Sion Elect Brotherhood of St. Peter   Opus Dei Father Morgen's Group Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Cardinal Neils Braun)
LONGEVITY Has Existed for Centuries Has Existed for Centuries   Has existed for 69 years, since 1934 Has existed for 58 years, since approximately 1945 Has Existed for Centuries
ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS aggressive, highly secretive, tremendously resourceful aggressive, highly secretive, tremendously resourceful   aggressive, highly secretive, tremendously resourceful aggressive, highly secretive, tremendously resourceful aggressive, highly secretive, tremendously resourceful
FINANCIAL POSITION Wealthy Wealthy   Wealthy Bare bones, not wealthy Wealthy
RELATIONSHIP WITH VATICAN Contentious/Adversarial Contentious/Adversarial   Contentious/Adversarial Contentious/Adversarial Contentious/Adversarial
CURRENT POSITION They Have Grail Documents. Have come Da Vinci Documents, need others to Consolidate Power over Vatican   Need Grail Documents to Consolidate Power over Vatican Searching for Sophia documents Need Sophia documents to Consolidate Power over Vatican and be elected Pope
PURPOSE 1 FOR EXISTING: (DVC:258) Protect the Sangreal Documents and the truth about Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Protect the treasure house of are and documents including Leonardo Da Vinci's documents. (DVL:105, 106, 229)   Conceal the truth about Mary Magdalene and the Grail documents Protect the truth about Sophia, the female Messiah Conceal the truth about Sophia, the female Messiah
PURPOSE 2 FOR EXISTING: (DVC:258) Protect tomb of Mary Magdalene Protect tomb of St. Peter (DVL:225-226)   Return Church to "True" path (conservative) Return Church to path of truth (spiritual). Return Church to "True" path (conservative)
PURPOSE 3 FOR EXISTING: (DVC:258) Obsessed with perpetuating the bloodline of Jesus Obsessed with perpetuating the bloodline of St. Peter (DVL:251)        
PURPOSE 4 FOR EXISTING: (DVC:258) Make the proof public about the sacred feminine, the Goddess, Mary Magdalene Keep the secrets and their power for themselves.   Keep the Grail secrets and their power for themselves. Make the proof public about the sacred feminine, the Goddess, Sophia Keep the truth about Sophia secret and the power for themselves.
FAMOUS PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH BROTHERHOOD (PARTIAL LIST) Leonardo Da Vinci Isaac Newton, Claude Debussy, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, (DVC:326-327) Leonardo Da Vinci Galileo, Mozart, Monteverdi, Ambrose Bierce, (DVL:213, 227)        
OH DEM BONES: Bones of Mary Magdalene protected by her bloodline. (DVC:257) Bones of St. Peter protected by his bloodline. (DVL:225)