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TEXT 24 Love thine enemy 爱你的敌人（陈继龙 编译） May 18th 2006 | WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition AMERICAs churches are nothing if not nimble[1]. You might think that they would be up in arms[2] about “The Da Vinci Code(1)”. Dan Browns novel has sold well over 40m copies in 44 languages; the film version of the novel, which is being r_________① around the world on May 19th, will reach millions more; and yet Mr Browns message is about as heretical as you can get. “The Da Vinci Code” holds that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene and fathered a daughter; that the Bible was put together by a fourth-century Roman emperor with a thing against women; that the Catholic Church is a criminal conspiracy. 美国的教堂脑筋极为灵活。（“nothing if not”一般用于强调某人或某物的品质“尤其……”，“极为……”）也许你以为他们将与《达·芬奇密码》干戈相向了。丹·布朗这部小说十分畅销，已经被翻译成44种语言，印数超过4000万册；根据小说改编的电影5月19日将在全球首映，必定引得更多人瞩目。然而，从布朗的小说中你所能看到的不外乎是一种异教论。《达·芬奇密码》认为，耶稣娶玛丽·玛德琳娜为妻，生了一个女儿；《圣经》是四世纪一位罗马皇帝（即君士坦丁）怀着对女性敌视的思想捏造出来的；天主教堂隐藏着一个犯罪阴谋。 Roman Catholics are c_________② up in arms. The Vatican has urged the faithful to boycott the film. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a documentary and a website, J. The American Society for the Defence of Tradition, Family and Property is organising prayer-vigils[3] at cinemas. The film is the most flagrant[4] example of American anti-Catholicism, some say, since the Know Nothings(2) of the 19th century. 罗马天主教肯定是要怒目以对的。梵蒂冈罗马教廷已经敦促信徒们抵制这部电影。美国天主教主教集会发布了一部纪录片，并推出一个网站（http://www.J）。美国传统、家庭与财产保护协会正组织在电影院举行静坐守夜抗议活动。有人说，该片是自19世纪的“一无所知党”以来，美国反天主教最为明目张胆的例证。 But many other Christians, particularly evangelicals[5], are taking a different approach. For them the film provides a golden opportunity to get people talking about Christian subjects. Some churches are giving away tickets along with Starbucks v_________③ to encourage post-film discussion. The Campus Crusade for Christ has printed 1m copies of its guide to the code. This Sunday, thousands of preachers across the country will be addressing Mr Browns book.