Interfax - Russia
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Masons behind drive around Da Vinci Code - Andrey Kurayev
Moscow, May 22, Interfax - Deacon Andrey Kurayev, professor at Moscow Theological Academy and well-known Orthodox commentator, believes it is Masonic structures that stand behind the advertising campaign promoting the Da Vinci Code book.
�The development around the novel can be described as none other than another volley in the age-old �cold war� between the Masons and the Catholic Church. In the advertising campaign for the book by Mr. Brown a real Masonic structure working in our world has manifested itself�, Father Andrey said in an interview to Interfax.
He said �the advertising campaign which promoted first the book and then the film shows that very serious funds and resources have been invested in this project�.
�These were hardly the personal means of the author of Da Vinci Code or his publishers�, Kurayev noted.
He stressed he was not inclined to see in whatever happens a result of the Masonic activity, while adding that �it would be idiotism to ignore the presence of these secret elite structures in the fabric of society beginning from the 18th century to this day�.
According to Kurayev, there are open Masonic publications �in which they commend themselves, and there are open recruit stations, such as Rotary Club and Lions Club�.
He believes one of the Masons� aims is to �marginalize the traditional Christian Church�.
Commenting on Brown�s book, Kurayev notes that it is �a typical conspiracy work with the primary message that the world is ruled by secret lodges�.
Further Reading:
Freemasonry in Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) and Russia
