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Religious leaders in Chicago, via the NYTimes

The Very Rev. Demetri C. Kantzavelos, chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Chicago, was disturbed that the actors speak Latin, and not Greek, the lingua franca. Inaccuracies like these, he said, undermine Mr. Gibson’s claims to authenticity.

“I came predisposed to like it,” Father Kantzavelos said. “I really wanted to like the movie, and I don’t.”

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