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| − | ==Criticism==
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| − | There has been much speculation with in and outside of the church that the LDS Church will be featured in Dan Brown's , author of The Da Vinci Code, next book.
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| − | ===Source(s) of the criticism===
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| − | ==Response==
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| − | There has been a great deal of speculation concerning DanBrown's
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| − | upcoming book, the sequel to "The Da Vinci Code" working title, "The
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| − | Solomon Key", and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
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| − | The source of this speculation is due to the words of the Masonic Grand
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| − | Hailing Sign of Distress which were hidden inside the fly leafs of "The
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| − | Da Vinci Code". By reading the words in bold print you will get the
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| − | phase "Is there no hope for the widow's son". A phase every Freemason
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| − | learns as part of the ritual of the Master Mason degree.
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| − | When entered into Google the phase returns with a reference to a 1974
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| − | speech by Reed C. Durham given at the yearly meeting of the Mormon
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| − | History Association. This speech, and the accompanying paper, outlined
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| − | the connection between Joseph Smith, Jr. and the institution of Freemasonry.
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| − | From this connection some, in particular members of the Church, have
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| − | concluded that Brown's forthcoming book with feature Mormonism in some
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| − | sort of major role. This would seem to be a rather thin line of reasoning.
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| − | Just how the phase "Is there no hope for the widow's son" became so
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| − | connected with Joseph Smith, Jr. is an interesting topic. Joseph Smith
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| − | was a Mason, as were most of the Latter-day Saint men of his time. When
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| − | Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob at the jail in Carthage, Ill. in June
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| − | of 1844 he was heard to utter the Masonic Grand Hailing Sign of Distress
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| − | as he fell from the jail house window. It was from this event that Dr.
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| − | Durham took the title of his now famous talk in 1974.
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| − | Brown has given no indication that his upcoming book with have anything
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| − | to do with the Latter-day Saints or the faith's complex history with the
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| − | Freemasons. Any Mason will tell you that Joseph Smith is far from the
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| − | first or last Mason ever to have used the phase in time of need. Many
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| − | accounts of its use in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars can be found in
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| − | Masonic histories. Given that Brown himself has indicated that his next
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| − | book takes place in Washington D.C., a city filled with Masonic
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| − | symbolism in its building and even its city planning, it would seem
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| − | unlikely that the LDS Church would play any role in such a title.
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| − | ==Conclusion==
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| − | Dan Brown has given no indication of any connection between his forth coming book and the LDS Church. Such a connection is the result of speculation and nothing more.
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| − | ==Endnotes==
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| − | ==Further reading==
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| − | ===FAIR wiki articles===
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| − | ===FAIR web site===
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| − | ===External links===
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| − | ===Printed material===
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