Chapter 0807. Release the Pope's dove
82_82988 Hundreds of years later in the history of Christianity, many church scholars are writing this passage with great excitement as they record this moment. I'll tell you that the fastest update of the novel is the eye. Hurry?
God's omnipotence was fully demonstrated and inspired by God, so much so that the pagan King Min was the first to call His Majesty the Pope, the servant of Jesus Christ on earth.
However, the records of the Min Kingdom and even its successors are not so good, and many people grit their teeth and record it like this.
Amazed at the rudeness and barbarism of this barbarian when he met for the first time, His Majesty the King of Min personally sarcastically mocked him whether he regarded himself as an emperor.
Historians of the two arguments have debated for centuries, but neither has restored the real scene that happened on that day at the Min court.
Looking at the next shriveled old man wearing a patched priest's robe and holding an old cross staff, Li Jie was really surprised, the bishop of Rome, the provincial capital of Rome, the patriarch of the West, the successor of Peter's Apostlecy, the supreme patriarch of Catholicism, even if Li Jie is general in Western history, most of his knowledge is known in games, and he is still familiar with this title.
Only the Vatican's pope has such a long title.
In the impression of later generations of Europe, in addition to the developed economy, Gothic churches, pious clergy, quaint squares, crosses erected everywhere, and people singing the Bible, there has never been a religion that has had such a profound impact on the lives and political forms of such a large area, so many people, and so many people as Christianity.
Especially on TV, you can only see the gold-rimmed silk brocade and the glamorous pope, every time it appears, it can attract thousands of believers to go crazy.
The Pope, which has almost become a symbol of European civilization, has issued an order, two hundred years of crusades in Europe, millions of people have been killed in the Middle East, and millions of people have been killed and wounded and displaced.
Such a legendary-level figure suddenly stood in front of him, and even Li Jie couldn't help but jump up in a gaffe, but then he realized how inappropriate his words were, and couldn't help but withdraw his hand in embarrassment.
It was the seventh century, not the time when the Holy See was dominant, and in this era, the bishop of Rome was not yet a pope, but only a small role.
Fortunately, just when Li Jie was embarrassed, Pope Eugene I of Rome, who had just looked like God had mercy on the world, also made an unexpected move, his old head twisted, his white beard curled, and he said a series of Latin words to Romulo, a big Roman merchant who was lying on the ground.
Although no one present understood Latin, it could be seen from his demeanor that Eugene I was asking Li Jie what he said, and a large stream of fluent Tang language just now was deliberately recited.
Old Xiao Sheng glared at him fiercely, and his Mediterranean head had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth.
Seeing that the translator he found was dumbfounded, at this moment, it was the turn of Eugene I, who had just looked calm, to become anxious, and he was excited like an old horse monkey, holding a silver cross cane and dancing towards Romulo, and the big white beard that was so long that it covered several patches on his chest was curled.
At this moment, Li Jie also recovered his composure from the surprise of seeing the Pope, and easily waved his hand to wave away the nervous palace guards such as Zanpo, and then nodded at the Mediterranean head with great interest.
"Don't be afraid, lonely and don't eat people, translate, what did His Majesty Eugene I say?"
Seeing Li Jie's smiling face, the trembling Mediterranean hairstyle finally recovered a little from the frightened, and he still kowtowed to the ground tremblingly, and said in an unstandard Guanzhong tone sadly.
"Emperor Min, Bishop Eugene said, didn't you send someone to Rome to invite us?"
That voice, how aggrieved and aggrieved.
Although the later generations of the Holy See have achieved so much glory and achievements, the world's largest religion, dominating the souls of two billion people, but Christianity did not play very brilliantly at the beginning, Jesus Christ was born from Judaism, but for the small religion of the Jews, Rome was not interested in it at first, so that Jesus was crucifixed for the crime of rebellion against Rome in the collusion of Jewish sacrifices and Roman governors.
After Jesus' ascension to heaven, his twelve disciples went to various places, among them, St. Peter, also called St. Peter, went to the heart of the Roman Empire, the city of Rome, where he became the first bishop of Rome, which was the beginning of the Western Holy See, and even later generations of the Holy See called themselves St. Peter's legacy.
The reigning Roman emperor at that time, the tyrant Nero was very disgusted with Christianity, and with his support, the Roman Empire suppressed Christianity several times, almost killing Christians, arresting Christians everywhere, and all Christians who were arrested could not escape death.
The most common is the torture of crucifixion, nailing people's hands and feet, and letting them hang in the wilderness due to exhaustion and suffocation, the first Roman bishop Peter himself was crucified and executed, but before his execution, Peter did not think that he was worthy to die in the same way as Christ, and let the execution soldiers hang him on the crucifixion.
Since then, St. Peter's upside-down presence on the cross has become a symbol of Christianity.
After St. Peter's full 300 years, Christianity has always been a secret sect at the bottom, in the brutal suppression also made these believers more and more resolute, spread farther, suffering continued until the third century AD, 313 AD, seeing the great role of Christianity in stabilizing society and preventing the division of the Roman Empire, the founder of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantine the Great, promulgated the "Edict of Milan" in Milan that affected the European political pattern for more than 1,000 years, which made Christianity turn over from the suppressed church of the lower suffering.
After that, Christianity spread throughout the Roman world, and the Holy See became richer, at this time the bishop of Rome was only one of the branches subordinate to the government of the Roman Empire, and the Pope's orders were under the full control of the Roman Emperor, and if the Pope did not meet the emperor's wishes, he would be imprisoned or exiled to death.
At this time, it is estimated that the Holy See did not expect that it would be able to develop into a situation where it would control the world hundreds of years later.
In 427 AD, the Roman Empire, the main protector of the Holy See, was crumbling under the waves of barbarian invasions, especially the rise of Attila the Hun Emperor in the north, which gave the old empire a fatal blow, and Western Rome collapsed, exposing the Holy See to the Ostrogothic and other barbarians.
For the first time, history has put the choice in the hands of the Holy See.
In those turbulent days, the Holy See took the initiative for the first time, and expelled the clergy to all of Western Europe, Frankish, Prussian, German, and as far as the Anglo-Saxon Isles, Ireland, surrounded by barbarians, and Christianity spread extraordinarily far.
The first freedom also made the bishopric of the Holy See wild, and even when the second Eastern Roman Empire Justinian the Great regained control of the Italian Peninsula and the city of Rome, the emperor's control hit again, making the Holy See very uncomfortable.
The relationship between the Holy See and Constantinople was no longer as cordial as it once was, but in general, it was the Roman Emperor who protected the Holy See, and it was not until the last decade or so that the rise of the Arabs made Constantinople's control of Rome decline again.
Eugene's predecessor, Martin I, was exiled for refusing to carry out the orders of the Roman emperor and died on the way to northern Europe, and for more than 100 years, the Holy See dreamed of breaking away from the control of Constantinople, but at this time, the Lombards invaded the Italian peninsula on a large scale.
Constantine IV was about to be beaten by the Arabs to pee his pants, where did he have the energy to provide military assistance to the Holy See, seeing that the Lombard barbarian army was fighting fiercely in the Roman front line in the Viceroyalty of Ravenna, and it seemed that it was about to hit the city of Rome at any time, a group of sub-papal archbishops were so anxious that they frowned.
It took almost a year for Liu Renliang to contact Rome, and after a long discussion, the Holy See decided to let the Pope personally go to Fujian to meet Li Jie.
In Christendom, the coronation of the Pope or the Patriarch of Constantinople is still quite influential, so when it comes to it, the dignified Pope Eugene has taken the trouble to learn such a long Tang language to curry favor with Li Jie.
It's no wonder that Eugene and Romulo are both depressed.
After two or three years, it was also blamed that Rome was too slow to react, and Li Jie himself forgot all about his order, until Eugene presented the recital handed over by Liu Renliang, which made Li Jie suddenly realize.
It can be explained clearly, Eugene I's old face was full of wrinkles, more like a shepherd than a pope, and finally a relaxed smile bloomed, and he asked eagerly in Latin.
"When will His Majesty the King of Min be ready to be baptized, the priest should go and prepare early."
"This ......" After listening to the unlucky merchant Romulo's translation in Tang, Li Jie suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth, and shook his head under the more expectant gaze of Eugene I.
"Lone doesn't believe in Christianity, so he doesn't need the coronation of the Pope, okay, Lone is tired today, Xiao Qing, entertain the two Holy See dignitaries, Lone goes to rest first."
After speaking, under the surprised gaze of Pope Eugene, Li Jieshi Shiran tidied up his sleeves, turned around and walked towards the harem, and followed him.
"How can this be!"
Looking at the empty dragon chair, Eugene I couldn't help but raise his hands in the air at Xiao Sheng, who was also confused, and shouted depressedly......