Error #1: The Bible was invented by Roman Emperor Constantine

The Bible consists of 66 books which were written over a period of around 1,500 years by 40 different authors in three languages; Hebrew, Aramic and Koine Greek (Reference: Bible facts). The Old and New Testaments consist of 39 books and 27 books respectively (Reference: Summary of the Books of the Bible). The 66 books of the Bible vary in size from one page to almost a hundred pages. The English word "Bible" comes from the Greek term which means "book." The Bible is the divinely inspired record of God's revelation, and as such it is the final authority for both Christian faith and practice. The Bible teaches its own completeness (Revelation 22:18,19) and sufficiency (II Timothy 3:16,17). (Reference: Origin of the Bible).

The Da Vinci Code mentions that "Constantine commissioned and financed a new Bible", one that left out the Gnostic texts and included the four traditional Gospels. In fact, Constantine had nothing to do with the making of the Christian Canon. The traditional gospels were recognised by virtually all Christians 150 years before Constantine. The canonicity of a book (that is, its right to be part of the canon) is dependent upon its recognized authority. This is important to understanding the canon of Scripture:

• Many people think the books are considered authoritative because they are included in the Bible; the historical truth is the opposite; they are included in the Bible because they are considered authoritative.

The canon of Scripture is the result of the collecting together of the various writings which Christians of previous times recognized as authoritative. The Biblical canon is thus an exclusive list of books written during the formative period of the Jewish or Christian faiths; the leaders of these communities believed these books to be inspired by God or to express the authoritative history of the relationship between God and his people (although there may have been secondary considerations as well).