"If I am the devil, who are you?" Jiang Tian said indifferently: "A sacrifice to the devil, or a degenerate who indulges in the devil's methods? Besides, Paulina is not a weak lamb.
, she is a leader with great potential. Perhaps, she will also become the key to changing the fate of most people in this country and ending all these wars."
"Isn't this what you are doing right now?" Malena couldn't help but suddenly stopped her body movements, and then continued: "Why do you have such high hopes and expectations for her, and why are you so convinced,
She must be the key you are expecting?"
"There is no reason, it's just a personal feeling." Jiang Tian felt the heavy softness on the back of his neck and couldn't help but spread his hands and smiled: "It seems that one of the main reasons why I came to this world is to bring her to life.
Send me to the top...just think of it as my wishful thinking."
"Then, do you have any other reasons?" Marlena asked nonchalantly: However, at this moment, Jiang Tian felt Chi Chi's heartbeat speeding up and his breathing faintly disordered, and said slowly: "Of course, madam,
The secret behind you! Just like the fragrant and fragrant wine..."
Well, as the prompt pops up on the visual field interface; the progress of the "Doll's House" task has also increased. The relationship changes with the woman's mood, and the task progress can actually be achieved! It's just that for Jiang Tian, who mainly takes kidney transplants
For straight men, this thing is really difficult to figure out.
Could it be that in this time and space, this half-assed auxiliary system has actually changed its nature and directly turned into a development game like a beautiful girl's dream factory? Or it is using the guise of internal competition for hegemony within the country to advance the process together by increasing the favorability and the evil degree.
Little butter mission?
Of course, for someone like Malena, who has been taught and trained for a long time but has not had time to use it; the wonderful fruit that is ripe all over her body, the best way to influence her subtly, shouldn't she cry and beg?
, are you going to die by constantly saying words that are offensive to your integrity?
But from outside, Andrew, who was in charge of the clerical and communication organization, gently knocked on the door and announced: "Sir, at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Avignon, Priest Stephen requests a visit; and hopes to report to you on the church property management, and
Matters concerning supplementary ordination to the priesthood..."
"Thank you, Your Excellency, for sending troops to protect the Lord's sanctuary, and to expel and severely punish those lawless people who infringe on the holy things." The white-haired priest Stephen described charity, and his elbows under his cassocks still had traces of regular work.
Thick calluses, I put on a tall hat when we met:
"Then what? What I do is not targeting churches or monasteries alone, but any law-abiding place under the rule of the Free Army, which deserves safety and protection." Jiang Tianran said: "This is as a rule.
It’s the basic requirement of the person, so there’s no need to flatter me.”
"Well, you are indeed a man of noble moral character and full of honor." After hearing this, Priest Stephen said slowly: "But I don't know, sir, how much do you think about the church in Avignon today, or in Pros?
How does Wang Diocese view it..."
"To be honest, my understanding of you is limited; therefore, this issue depends on the basic attitude and position of the church." Jiang Tian nodded slightly when he heard this: "For example, if the church dares to protect and hide the remnants of the royal party, that is our
The enemy, the object of ban and inspection."
"If today's church only abides by its duties and can abide by the regulations of the Free Army, advocate and encourage some traditional public order and good customs." Jiang Tian continued: "Then I will also allow the church to maintain the status quo and provide considerable convenience, but
It does not include looking back at things from the past.”
"Don't look back on the past and just maintain the status quo?" When the white-haired priest Stephen heard this, he seemed a little disappointed, but he had no unnecessary emotions: "Then can you please ask the chief to attend the holy election held at Notre Dame Church on Wednesday?
Ceremony, and as a witness..."
In the past, the Free Army fought in various places and never established a foothold in one place for a long time, so this problem was not obvious. However, after the Free Army settled down and established its base area and jurisdiction, it had to face the common problems of this era.
Issues of religion and belief.
In other words, it is something that most people in this era have to face to some extent. Although in this time and space, the churches in the Eastern and Western Continents have actually split into several camps and factions. The most influential among them are the North and West.
, the four major sects/camps in the middle and east.
These include the Northern Holy See (North Sea Sect), which spreads among the Norman countries and Germanic princes; the Roman Catholic Church (Universal Sect) with the Western Empire as its core; and the only Orthodox Church (Junior Sect) with the Eastern Empire as its basic base, as well as
Eastern Orthodoxy in Jerusalem (Al-Quds sect).
In addition to these four major church camps, there are several de facto independent factions: such as the Holy Kingdom of Britannia established with the armed military order--the Knights of the Holy Thorn as the core;
In addition, the founder Saint Laurent is also worshiped as the last apostle.
For example: the Armenian Presbyterian Church, which claims to be earlier than the Roman Empire and established Christianity as the state religion; for example: the Aksumite Order, which is claimed to be the oldest Christian sect; and the Colput Church in Upper Egypt; the long-term rule of the Arabian Dynasty
The Assyrian Church/Josephian sect.
Another example is the popular underground in North Africa and southern Italy, which advocates that Jesus is inferior to the Father and opposes the church's possession of a large amount of wealth; the heresy - Arianism, which was banned by both the Eastern and Western empires. It once launched an iconoclasm movement in Eastern Rome.
Poor People’s Church/Pauline…
This complex situation has allowed those ancient local pagan beliefs that had been suppressed and integrated to resurrect in the cracks; they even changed their appearance and continued to be active in some remote and remote areas under the cover of local churches or underground associations.
zone of opportunity.
However, although the church in this time and space did not gain an overwhelming advantage on the mainland because of the division, it did not monopolize the inheritance of knowledge and the right to secular interpretation; but it was also because of the long-term division of debates, debates, and competition for believers that it had a negative impact on the bottom.
The impact is more profound.
In other words, although the middle and upper classes lack awe to some extent and regard it as a tool to assist in rule, the influence and presence of ordinary people in the middle and lower classes has not diminished much. From the baptism at birth to the blessing of marriage
, daily worship, and then the last mass.
They are involved in almost every aspect of life, old age, illness and death, as well as every aspect of social production and life. Therefore, there are also priests, priests, deacons and other low-level priests who defected halfway in the Free Army; under the turbulence of the torrent of the times,
Nor can they survive alone.
Previously, the mainstream faith in the Kingdom of Sealand was the Universalist (Holy See) that also belonged to the Western Empire and the Holy Kingdom; then there were some Arian sects and other small localized sects with pagan traditions that remained in the local area.
And the royal family supported the mainstream suppression and ban.
This formed a pyramid structure of capital, province, county, city, township/diocese; the kingdom's clergy group was between 70,000 and 80,000, but among them there were only more than 600 high-level archbishops and bishops; almost all of them were from royal aristocrats.
The descendants and their affiliates have long-term monopoly and control.
The remaining tens of thousands of lower-level priests come from citizens, poor people, and rich peasant groups. Although you can obtain the lowest level of priesthood by serving monasteries and churches from childhood, and graduating from church schools. But they can almost only be the chief priests of towns and villages, or
They are the deacon class in the city.
However, all this was shattered by the series of events brought about by the May Storm. First, the liberals/Capital Commune, who forced the deposed king to abdicate, ordered the inspection and auction of a large number of church properties in various places in order to cope with the devaluation of the currency and the empty treasury.
And charged into the treasury of the new regime.
Then there was the Republican National Convention/Charter government; tens of thousands of clergy, including priests and nuns, were ordered across the country to swear allegiance to the country and people represented by the new government, rather than to the king/royal family and the kingdom it led.
.The result was a continued great schism.
Only a small number of the clergy among them re-swore an oath to the new government of the kingdom and broke away from the past. Most of the church's senior officials fled abroad and local places one after another, and even joined the ranks of the royalists; involved in the old
The nobles' counterattack on the capital was calculated.
Coupled with the invasion of foreign enemies, the clergy who refused to take the oath were once again divided. Therefore, the current church organization in the kingdom is also in a state of fragmentation. The weakening of secular influence has also made it easier for the Free Army to reorganize the situation.
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For example, many priests from villages and towns wherever the Free Army passed by turned to the defenders of order without any hindrance. Therefore, after the meeting, which was full of mutual testing, Jiang Tian immediately ordered: "Come on
Sir, please come over to Father Ratcha."
Among the lower-level priests, they are divided into white priests who serve the secular world and black priests who remain loyal to the Lord for life. Only black priests can be promoted to a higher class and hold the priesthood above the local bishop. Therefore, in the Free Army,
Priests are mainly white priests who can get married.
However, there are very few exceptions; that is, the lifelong patron, Father Latsa, was actually a sworn republican; he even raised a rebel army, broke into several noble manors, and hanged the servants.
Steward to all male members including the master.
In other words, because of certain encounters and experiences in his early years, he was exiled to a remote village in disguise and became one of the few outliers among the church's lower-level clergy who were relatively bitter and cynical, with a relatively radical style and behavior.
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Therefore, when he surrendered to the Free Army, Jiang Tian also gave him an extra choice. Either give up his oath-keeping black priest status, join the Free Army and become an officer or a local administrative official; or
is to continue to provide religious services as a priest.
Then, Father Lacha did not hesitate to choose the latter, and therefore became one of the few priests accompanying the army in the Free Army. He led a group of specially selected clergymen and at the same time traveled around the country to preach and preach.