# What is the holy grail? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 17, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882 "2004-01-17T03:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cebby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Cebby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cebby)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/1 "2004-01-17T03:22:47Z")
One person asked, “what is the holy grail” and the reply was that it did notexist. If you read the book “the Da Vinci Code” u will c the holy grail described as religous documents that supposedly prove that Jesus was married to Mary Magdelene. If you look if up, all the historic references are factual. Try looking up the Priory of Sion. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/2 "2004-01-17T03:27:31Z")
A link to the column in question is helpful. [What is the Holy Grail?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030404.html) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/3 "2004-01-17T03:39:12Z")
By the way, _The Da Vinci Code_ is a work of fiction. This hardly qualifies it a source of accurate historical information. You don’t seriously mean to suggest this work be taken as authoritative, do you? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/4 "2004-01-17T20:41:20Z")
Why not, **QED**? It worked for Dianetics. ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/5 "2004-01-17T23:50:28Z")
Various, mostly recent, **on-site** , links: > [@Cebby](#): > > If you read the book “the Da Vinci Code” u will c the holy grail described as religous documents that supposedly prove that Jesus was married to Mary Magdelene. Cecil on [Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene lovers?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980918.html). > [@](#): > > Try looking up the Priory of Sion. Indeed. Just to avoid anybody repeating themselves (well, mainly myself), [a relevant thread from the last month or so in this forum](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=228322). [And, in an ongoing discussion in **Cafe Society** , Dopers don’t seem generally impressed by Dan Brown.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=228322) ---
**Author:** ![bonzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@bonzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonzer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/6 "2004-01-18T00:09:28Z")
The last link should, of course, [be this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231463). ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/7 "2004-01-18T03:57:50Z")
I’ve already got one. It’s very nice. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/8 "2004-01-25T21:24:54Z")
Well, uh… Could we come up and have a look? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-holy-grail/224882/9 "2004-02-03T00:23:44Z")
> [@Cebby](#): > > …If you read the book “the Da Vinci Code” u will c the holy grail described as… If you’re going to spoil some of the suprise or suspense of a novel, motion picture of TV show, it’s standard procedure to use a spoiler warning like this: **What is the holy grail? (Spoiler: Da Vinci Code)** Or a spoiler box like this “[SPOYLER]big secret[/SPOILER]”, with correct spelling. The Mona Lisa is a man. By clicking and dragging your mouse pointer over the box, you can reveal another hidden secret of the “Da Vinci Code”.