It has to be said that the title of "a high priest from Jerusalem" is very easy to arouse the envy of the common people, and the village of Bijes can be said to be the bridgehead of the universal gate, and there are many people here like Kalujie, who were not originally devout to Orthodox Christianity, and came to the village of Bijes simply for the protection given by the empire.

Against this backdrop, most of the current villagers of Bijes are baptized by ordinary priests, and they can only go to the chapels on the outskirts of the city on holidays. Now there is a high priest who is willing to put down his body and share God's wisdom with them, which is a great consolation to the spiritual world of these common people.

"If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; For when you do this, you are heaping coals of fire on his head; Jehovah will reward you......"

Last night, the clergy had changed into more modest attire, no longer pressed by black robes, and the old priest in their mouths was preaching on a raised platform in the center of the colonnade, holding the holy scroll in one hand and the staff in the other. However, such a general preaching of the contents of the Old Testament makes people unable to grasp the handle at all. For no matter how the old priest expounds the deep and holy meaning, he can give the corresponding reasons.

And this preaching was undoubtedly more torture for John, who in some senses was less religious than Sophia, and the Orthodox Church was worthless in Sophia's eyes, and in his eyes it was only a tool for consolidating his rule. After the death of the third emperor, I am afraid that the consensus between him and the new patriarch will become less and less.

The only thing I listened to with relish was Kalujie. Although her mother was an Orthodox nun in Bohemia, she never formally taught the teachings of Calujie until she returned to the Lord's arms. Of the lies that Kalujie told last night, she was not baptized, which may be the only fact.

"These old guys are quite cautious, let him talk about it, I'm afraid there won't be any loopholes next year......"

Before John could finish speaking, the old priest's voice suddenly stopped again. He handed the scroll to the priest beside him, and then cleared his hoarse throat. The whole square fell silent.

"We are blessed by the Lord and blessed under the sun, and I have to preach and preach and solve my doubts. The Lord sent down My Word in a dream, and sent me to lead you to hear the will of the Lord. The old priest's words were complicated and tongue-twisting, and I am afraid that this passage was secretly practiced for a long time by himself during the break.

Immediately afterwards, he said in a loud voice: "Today, I will lead you to repent of your past sins and be baptized together in water." Before that, I will ask a friend who is willing to atone for his sins to receive the first path. The old priest's shrewd gaze swept across the crowd, as if searching for something, and soon he fixed his gaze on Kalujie.

"The girl with long hair and a long aqua blue dress stepped forward!"

The crowd quickly made way for Kalujie, and immediately a priest led Kalujie in front of everyone.

"Lady, will you be here to confess your past sins, and here to strengthen your faith and hear the Church of the Lord?"

Kalujie immediately sobered up from her momentary confusion, perhaps the old priest also intended to call her, maybe yesterday's out-of-tune hymn left some good impressions on the old priest. Or perhaps because Kalujie works in a tavern and is a public figure in the village of Bijes, it is more likely to inspire love and devotion to the Lord by having such a person as a representative.

"Of course I do!" Kalujie quickly made a flattered look, and then knelt in front of the old priest, "Please baptize me!" Most honorable priest! ”

The old priest smiled kindly, made a simple gesture, and the clergy behind him put their hands on their chests, closed their eyes slightly, and sang the well-known "Happy Day Anthem".

"Before baptism, the Lord needs to hear your repentance of past sins, no matter what kind of sin you have, after baptism, the Lord will not blame you, but after baptism, your words and deeds will be under the care of the Lord, and my Lord will be with you......"

"Sin?" After thinking about it for a while, Kalujie swore to make it up. As young as stealing a candy when she was three years old, to violating the laws of the empire as a traitor, and later, every word she said would cause whispers from the people in the audience.

"Can the Lord really forgive such sins?" John asked, covering his mouth.

"Then you'll have to ask the Lord Almighty." Sophia shook her head.

……

Kalujie's exuberant confession lasted for more than half an hour, and the seven deadly sins were arranged by her from top to bottom, and several priests sang so that their throats caught fire and did not stop Kalujie's chanting, even though the old priest kept glancing at Kalujie to make her stop, but Kalujie was as holy as an angel at this time, as if she was not in repentance, but in direct dialogue with God.

Finally, after the exhausted imagination of Kalujie could no longer make up any suitable charges, the old priest who stood with weak legs finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason why so many sins will happen to you is precisely because you have not listened to the Lord's counsel and have not received His grace. If my Lord will grant you wisdom, you will do your best to avoid creating more iniquity in the future, and we will all be children of the Lord and sisters in the future. The old priest took the "holy water" from a priest. For newborn babies, the Orthodox Church will more often choose baptism to complete the baptism, but in the case of Caruje, water immersion is obviously not appropriate.

"The Lord will give you new life in the baptism of holy water, my sister. But the Lord sent me new news...... The land beneath your feet has been tainted with uncleanness with the ruler who rules over him. I came from the Holy City, but the Lord was very disappointed in the believers in this land...... Therefore, our Lord demanded that the baptist must expound the three sins of the supreme ruler of this land, so that the holy water can completely wash away the sin. The old priest spoke impassionedly, as if God had really spoken to him and attacked the darkness of the Palaiologos, but in reality, the people of the feudal society were far from the court and knew very little about the direct influence that Valleorio had on them.

It might have been easier to let them speak out about the sins of the local consuls, and in order to be baptized as soon as possible, these people, who probably didn't know much about the Empire, could only make up a few trumped-up charges.

As soon as the rumors spread, the three of them became tigers, and in this way, the Palaiologos dynasty would soon become something that was spurned by the local people. Although the means were shoddy, and the turn was quite abrupt and swift, John had to admit that this method also had the effect of shaking Valleollio's rule.

"Let's do it, I thought this old guy was really here to do a good deed today......"

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