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# Dan Brown's Real Purpose Behind the Da Vinci Code
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/dan-browns-real-purpose-behind-the-da-vinci-code/
- Published: 2006-05-23T19:57:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T21:34:18.000Z
- Description: Dan Brown's Real Purpose Behind the Da Vinci Code
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Uncategorized

Daniel Henninger finally [got to the bottom](http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=110008395&ref=mereorthodoxy.com) of Dan Brown's motives behind the *Da Vinci Code* and it's even more clever and insidious that the most ardent apologist imagined! (A clue to his premise: Brown=P.T. Barnum in print.) I look forward to Henninger's upcoming book. :)