Chapter 822 macchiatone

In addition to the Church of Our Lady of Ancon, there is also a beautiful church built for Our Lady in Venice - the Church of Our Lady of Lily.

It is located in the small Piazza Zoubinigo to the west of St. Mark's Square. It has one of the most beautiful Baroque facades in Venice. The relief map shows the locations where General Antonio Barbaro once served, including Heraklion, Zadar, Pagoda.

Doua, Rome, Corfu and Split.

The church was first built by the Zobinigo family in the 9th century, but it was rebuilt in the 17th century due to disrepair.

People will remember the names of artists and writers, but they know little about the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for this country. In order to leave traces of their past existence, they will donate money to repair sculptures and bronze statues.

Lily is the flower presented by the angel Gabriel during the Annunciation. There are white petal-shaped water-polished marbles on the way to the altar from the chapel. In addition, the decoration inside is very simple, which is not suitable for tourists who like to take pictures.

It is a tourist attraction, thus bringing rare tranquility to this church hidden in the commercial street.

While other girls in Venice were busy dating and working part-time after school, Veronica regularly volunteered at the church.

Sweep the floor, wipe the chairs, and change the flowers in the altar vase.

However, sometimes, after cleaning, she would pray when no one was around.

The so-called first vow is to make a decision to become a nun. You can go back on it within one or three years. After the temporary vow expires, you can renew your vow, which is called a renewed vow, until you finally make a lifelong vow.

When making the first vow, you receive the cross, Bible and chapter seal from the officiant; when making the lifelong vow, you receive the ring and other tokens handed down according to the conventions of the religious order.

According to regulations, she would have to wait another two years until she was 18 before she could make her first wish.

A 16-year-old girl often gets confused. Being a nun is not a trivial matter. Minors have parental supervision. When she is old enough, the wishes she makes can represent her own will.

Before that day comes, she must wait, just like waiting for the ears of wheat to mature. The heavy ears of wheat bend her waist, becoming humble and simple.

"sisters."

The priest wearing the black robe of a seminarian stood at the door of the chapel and said.

He is over sixty years old, and you can see traces of his handsomeness when he was young. He has a pair of black eyes and gray hair neatly combed back. He looks no different from ordinary believers who go to church with a Bible under their arm.

"Father Constantine." Veronica stood up.

"I heard that you came to see me in an emergency?"

"Yes." Veronica rubbed her hands uneasily, "I have something to report to you."

"What's up?"

"About my sister, I believe she is involved in witchcraft." Veronica said, "She said she met a witch."

Constantine was silent for a long time.

"Come here, child." Constantine called Veronica using another name. "Come and sit down."

Constantine sat down on a long chair, and Veronica sat sideways in the row in front of him.

"How do you know she's a witch?"

"My sister said that the witch admitted that she was a witch, and that the witch also used magic on her. The witch used flying magic to send her home the night before yesterday."

"Which sister is yours, Monica or Laura?"

"Sister, Monica."

"I know she is very curious about ghosts and gods. Maybe she is joking with you again."

"She said she found a devil, an American serial killer, Zodiac." Veronica said, "That is a very famous serial killer. I heard that he has not been caught yet."

Constantine didn't speak for a long time.

"It's not my place to say these words," Constantine said, "but you should know that neo-pagans will play with faith as a way to escape from bondage. They use occultism and non-Christian metaphysics to take quotes out of context to form a hodgepodge.

, make a lot of money from movies and other sources, their purpose is to provide entertainment, which is to promote supernatural beliefs, not our beliefs."

"Do you think I should stop her?"

"Three years ago, a serial infanticide case occurred in London. Several babies were dismembered. The police believed that it was related to 'witchcraft' and was done by women." Constantine said, "If the witch was just a toy

You don't have to worry about the poker astrologer, but if that witch is involved in black magic, you'd better not face it alone and tell me everything you know."

"She said there was a devil." Veronica clenched her fists nervously.

"What kind of devil? One with horns?" asked Constantine.

"It seems that he is possessed. He wrote a code, and the content is different from other contents."

Constantine stared at Veronica without speaking.

He glanced back at the door to make sure no one was there before speaking in a voice that only two people could hear.

"What I'm about to say is a secret. You can't tell anyone else. Can you swear to it?"

"Yes, Father." Veronica said solemnly.

"Large-scale witch hunts are almost related to bad weather." Constantine said, "People at that time believed that witches used climate magic to make the weather worse, food production reduced, and grapes turned sour. This was a kind of witchcraft.

The abbot of Bavaria, Prince Ernst, forbade the spread of this slander in his own territory, but there were still some pamphlets linking witchcraft to reduced food production. Now we know that 1600 was the Little Ice Age, that

People at that time didn’t know, farmers only knew that their income had been affected, and someone should be responsible for it. Some of the books we banned from printing at that time were this kind of books. Scholars in the 19th century put the responsibility for the persecution on Catholicism in a broad sense.

Although these persecution activities are not launched from the top down, public opinion is no longer with us, and no matter what we say, they will think it is sophistry."

"So we stay silent?"

"Yes, silence is golden. Thinkers should be silent. We should meditate on the inner structure of the soul instead of arguing with the world about slander. Many woodcuts depict Satan, which is based on folklore, such as having horns.

Something like that." Constantine gestured with two horns on his head, which made Veronica laugh.

“There was a monk named Francesco Maria Guazzo who wrote a book called Compendium of Witches, the woodcuts of which are still quoted. In his book he recorded an exorcism for

The Archduke John William of Clairvaux, who ruled at the time, was the Cardinal Charles III of Lorraine who appointed him. Guazzu had exorcized more than one member of the Lorraine family and had a lot of experience.

An exorcism is very different."

"Are you saying there is really a devil?" Veronica asked nervously.

"Sometimes it's just that young people are too eager for love, but Archduke John William seemed to be possessed at first. Guazo treated him for five months with no improvement. Later, he found that he seemed to be under witchcraft, so he had to kill him.

Only the Archduke could be saved from the wizard who cast the curse. Archbishop Beacon of Mainz from 1601 to 1604 was in frail health. He also believed that witchcraft had cursed him, so he persecuted the wizards particularly severely. After learning about Archduke John William, he was sentenced to death.

More people were burned at the stake, 650 people were burned at the stake within 3 years of taking office. The devil looked no different from a human being, a child, without scales, tail or bat wings. I can’t judge based on the information you have given me now.

, maybe the so-called witch is a neo-pagan, or a sensational liar. The only thing I can tell you is that when history is in an uncertain period, people's fear and anxiety will regard some natural phenomena as signs of some kind of doomsday, thus

Carrying out horrific and anti-intellectual acts, in the 15th century, some Dominican monks spread fear of Satanic conspiracies while preaching in the Alps. Worries about the end of the world led the villagers to take direct action, assuming that everything was fine.

You can’t tell whether a person is good or bad at times. Only when the harvest turns bad can you know what a person is really like.”

"What should I do? Father." Veronica asked.

"If you have become a nun, I would advise you to ignore those jokes, but Monica is your secular family." Constantine took off his cross and handed it to Veronica. "I rarely

Seeing any girl who is as pious as you, I think you will keep it safe, right?"

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In the DFS store by the Litoial Bridge, Veronica witnessed a person disappear in front of her and then appear in another place.

Even though the woman wasn't flying, shapeshifting or partying at night, Veronica knew she wasn't the poker-playing kind of witch.

She clenched the cross that Constantine gave her and managed to stay calm. By this time, her sister Monica had already rushed out.

Of the three sisters, Monica and Laura are closer, perhaps because they have one father, while Veronica's father is another.

She has no interest in a world full of luxury goods.

Her family and neighbors are always quarreling for various reasons, and the bustle is annoying. She wants some peace, and what could be more important than a home that is always filled with laughter and peaceful sounds?

At this moment, Veronica picked up the phone, and with a beeping sound, the call was connected, and Constantine's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"It's me, Father." Veronica whispered, "I have new information I want to tell you."

Cedric plays a vampire MMP

Give me back the Hufflepuff unicorn!
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