But (to play devil's advocate), the Church claiming something heretical doesn't really make it false, either! ;) It just becomes something that they feel gets in the way of us believing what they have interpreted to be "right."

It's still interesting and, not being one for doing my own research or reading a lot of text-books and journals, I do find that I like how many authors will use fiction as a means to share "history" with us in an entertaining format.