In the autumn of 1562, it began to drizzle in London, but it did not bring much cold, while the autumn wind was sweeping through the wide streets of London, causing endless difficulties for pedestrians and hawkers.

Even the patrolling chengguan and policemen wrapped their clothes tightly, let go of their usually unstellar short swords, and patrolled the streets tremblingly.

The chengguan are generally scattered in groups, walking in twos and threes, looking around from time to time to observe whether there are any businesses setting up stalls in violation of regulations, or residents dumping garbage or something.

The police, on the other hand, are generally in a team of three, and although they do not form any queues, their pace is very steady, and their eyes are like torches, giving people a sense of strictness and intimidation.

But both have a characteristic, no matter who they are, the pedestrians on the road quickly give way to let these masters walk quickly, as if they are avoiding some devil.

Instead, the chengguan and the police were triumphant, seeing it as their exclusive prerogative.

For in London, even the ministers of the Cabinet and the nobles of the House of Lords can punish without scruples, if they offend the law.

The nobles and ministers were not their immediate superiors and could not dispose of them, if only to make them look good.

Then, the only way to go is to go to the London Intermediate Court.

However, which nobles and ministers did not care about their face and sue a few policemen or chengguan?

"Hey, man, how many little thieves did you catch today?" The two chengguans, who were bored wandering around, couldn't help but ask out loud when they saw the police patrolling around with the same expressionless faces.

"Alas! What can there be? After a morning's work, I caught a thief, and the rest of the time I was on patrol, cold and boring! ”

One of the policemen, who was relatively short, pouted helplessly, shook his head, and said.

"Damn the weather, it's irritating!" The chengguan straightened their hats and cursed in disgust.

In the center of the wide road, only they chatted unscrupulously, and the crowd next to them cowered and looked at their backs, pointing and pointing.

looked around, exchanged heads and ears, but no one dared to stand up directly and pile up a sentence.

What's more, the carriages in the rear, intimidated by their might, could only cautiously move slowly from both sides of the road.

Violent law enforcement is so terrible.

At this time, suddenly the sound of local horses' hooves and the sound of cars crashing on the ground came from the ears of the group of chengguan and policemen, and it seemed that the speed was still unabated, and the momentum was full.

Hearing the sound, they quickly turned around, and saw an extremely wide and gorgeous carriage moving at a constant speed, as if they did not see their figures.

Around the carriage, several knightly men guarded the surroundings, helmets shrouded over the heads, leaving only the eyes out, only the deep eyes and the indomitable momentum could be seen.

When they saw the patterns and badges on the carriage, they immediately opened their mouths wide and showed a surprised expression on their faces.

Then, before the passers-by could react, they had quickly walked to the side of the road, bowed their heads, bent down, and had a respectful expression on their faces, which had the fearless expression they had just had.

Passers-by looked carefully at the coat of arms on the carriage and made sure that it was not the carriage of a nobleman or a minister, but who was in the carriage?

Some of the more knowledgeable ones made the same movement clearly and quickly, bowing their heads respectfully and making the movements of a devout believer.

The ground was rubbed against the uneven bricks, making a "cooing" sound, and the others followed with respectful movements, and people did not dare to look up at all.

"Bless you, St. Augustine! Bless you, Your Honorable Holy See ......"

As the carriage passed, prayers rang out on both sides of the road, the voices of the people who were pious.

But the carriage had no intention of stopping, and without looking at these respectful crowds, it passed directly and continued towards its destination.

"Your Excellency, it seems that the citizens of London are still devout to our lord, and do not care about the contents of the Council of Trento in Rome!"

Inside the carriage, a middle-aged priest in a black robe was sitting in the carriage and said happily to a middle-aged man in a purple robe with half-closed eyes.

The Catholic Church reconvened the Ecumenical Council in Trento, Northern Italy.

This council was the most important ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, and was prompted by Martin Luther's Reformation, and some have described it as a counter-Reformation program, as it represented the attitude of the Catholic Church towards the Reformation.

Pope Pius IV recently reconvened the Council of Trento, which had been interrupted for a long time, and declared that all Protestantism was heretical.

That is, the Catholic Church has nominally excommunicated these Protestants, and they are already heretics.

It is no wonder that the middle-aged priests around him attach so much importance to the attitude of the citizens of London, and the believers are the foundation of their Angligan sect.

Just like a few years ago, the Calvinists secretly developed Christian missions in England, which greatly shocked the Anglican leadership.

Catholicism is not terrible, because it is not liked by the king, but other Protestant churches will compete with them for more believers and power.

Fortunately, His Majesty the King was relieved by the lightning strike, the distribution of these Calvinists to Ireland in one fell swoop, and the re-enactment of laws emphasizing the legitimacy and uniqueness of the Anglican Sect.

After that, the Anglicans took immediate action, and in the places where Calvinism was active, they carried out large-scale Bible readings and interpretations, and held huge mass events, which saved many believers.

"Why don't you know that it's because the news didn't reach London? After all, the common people are different from us! ”

The current Archbishop of Canterbury, Matthew. Burke, on the other hand, said with a blank face, choking the priest to the point where he could not speak.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, also known as the Holy See of Canterbury, inherited the apostolic system of St. Augustus.

With the Reformation of Henry VIII, the King of England became the religious leader of the Anglicans, and the Archbishop of Canterbury was the de facto leader.

After the establishment of the United Kingdom, the Anglicanism became the state religion and the only legal religion of the United Kingdom, and the Archbishop of Canterbury also became the second-in-command and de facto leader of the religious community in the United Kingdom.

Under the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York of England, the Archbishop of Edinburgh of Scotland, the Archbishop of Wales (Wales is the Duchy), and the Archbishop of Dublin of Ireland, who are all deputies, cooperate with the Archbishop of Canterbury to administer the Anglican Sect throughout the United Kingdom.

"I don't know what His Majesty has planned!" His Excellency the Archbishop received news that not only him, but several other archbishops had also arrived in London to be received by the king.

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