Grigory shook his head slightly, his eyes deep.

"Claude, you are too impulsive, our church has always adhered to the principle of tolerance for more than 1,600 years, so that leniency for sinners has become a recognized moral principle for all believers and even the whole society, and it does not matter whether a certain person's behavior is in fact correct or not, the key is whether it conforms to the principle of moral correctness, as long as it is morally correct, it will win the understanding of the public; On the other hand, to question this 'moral correctness' is to provoke criticism such as narrow-mindedness, calculatingness, meanness, and malice, and it is unfortunate that our churches and nations are so incurably infected with this incurable vanity that it is impossible to openly criticize hypocritical moral correctness. ”

"Throne, do you mean that Philip has won the sympathy of the vanity by putting himself in a position of moral correctness through that show just now?" Bishop Claude frowned.

Gregory nodded, his indifferent tone unable to hide the anger hidden in his heart.

"Winning the sympathy of the vanity, or pretending to be sympathy, whether or not people are laughing at Philip's exaggerated showmanship, but on the surface you must pretend to be moved by him, otherwise you will appear to be unsociable and lack empathy."

"It is true that the power of the Church is so weak compared to this hypocritical and selfish atmosphere that the degenerate social climate poisons people's faith all the time, and there is no way back from compromise to compromise." Bishop Claude gritted his teeth in grief and clenched his fists.

"It is not terrible to compromise with the depraved atmosphere in society, but it is terrible to deceive oneself and others, to glorify compromise as tolerance."

Gregory looked at the sky with his hands in his hands, the autumn sun was obscured by clouds, and the daylight tried to shine through the clouds, trying to cast more light and heat on the earth, and he felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

"Claude, we are always too tolerant of sinners, even if a person commits a heinous sin, as long as he sincerely repents, the past sins can be written off, as if all the people he has hurt no longer exist, if someone refuses to forgive the sinner and insists on holding him accountable, he will be out of step with the crowd and will be criticized by the public."

"Tolerance of sin is tantamount to being willing to be an accomplice of the wicked to harm the good, and this is the most serious disease of our time, and a few people see the cause but are helpless."

"For example, you and I, knowing that Philip's show is hypocritical, dare to risk disappointing millions of people in the city to expose it publicly? If we do that, Claude, it will not only expose Philip's hypocrisy, but also the hypocritical moral superiority of millions of people, and millions of people will be so angry that a spit will be enough to drown us in one spit. ”

"This is all because the hypocrites have the right to speak, replacing the truth with hypocrisy, replacing the truth with moral correctness, and the so-called 'tolerant reform' promoted by the hypocrites has contributed to the spread of vanity and hypocrisy in society, so I have always insisted on excommunicating these hypocrites from the church. Claude was heartbroken.

"Yet we are in the minority, and our ideas are ridiculed by the masses, labeled 'fundamentalists,' and contemptuously called self-contained conservatives." A wry smile appeared on Gregory's lips, "In fact, 'reform' is also a morally correct slogan, and if we want to get back on the right track and win the support of the masses, we should stop using conservative words, and we should learn from our enemies and adopt the rhetoric of reformists." ”

"Reform?" Claude's eyes widened, and he was astonished that Patriarch Gregory uttered this abominable word coined by the devil in a praising tone.

"Don't be imprisoned by appearances, Claude, reform itself has no value orientation, it is just a slogan for action, Frank They use 'tolerance' as the banner of reform, promote the program of money supremacy and mercenary, we can also put up another banner of reform to fight against it, such as 'justice'."

"Throne, are you going to put forward a program for reforming the evils of the times?" Claude asked excitedly.

Gregory nodded, "I do have such thoughts, but I am not mature enough, I used to be a little hesitant, worried that this is not the right way to the kingdom of God, but the farce I witnessed today has strengthened my convictions." In this era of fading faith, the vast majority of people will be led by the nose consciously or unconsciously by a few, only believing what others want them to believe, but too lazy to think about the truth behind it, it is impossible for this rabble to spontaneously sprout a conscience and revive the church, and the very few sober elites in the church must stand up and lead the masses and compete with cunning enemies for the right to speak, and there is no other way to do this, for which I have to thank Philip for teaching us a valuable lesson. ”

Grigori crossed his hands on his heart and stretched out his fingers to imitate the rays of the sun's rays, ending his confession with this prayer gesture characteristic of the Church of Pero.

"My Lord is above! Thank you for sending down the Revelation in this unusual way, lighting a lamp in the darkness of the night to show your followers the way forward. ”

"Praise be to my lord!" Bishop Claude followed the example of Patriarch Gregory, pressing his fingers crossed on his chest and praying in prayer to the sun in the sky, which had broken free from the shackles of the dark clouds.

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With a permanent population of nearly three million, the Holy City of Assan, the imperial capital, is the world's number one bustling metropolis in Vares. In this historic metropolis, from day to night, from the nobles to the peddlers, they are all keen on two things: one is to spread gossip, and the other is to chase fashion.

Philip Wallenstein, the outgoing Archbishop of the Far East, was well aware of the fetishes of the inhabitants of the Holy City, and on his first day back in the Holy City, he put on a show on the streets, causing a sensation throughout the city and becoming a news figure that people rushed to talk about after dinner.

In the holy city of Yasan, all sins can be forgiven, but mediocrity cannot be forgiven; People can ignore all truths, but they can't ignore people and things that are different.

Philip managed to establish himself as a focal point in society, and in the days that followed, people talked about his life story, sympathized with his past three years in prison, and used his imagination to complete his escape from the rebel prison and escort the idol back to the Holy City, full of thrilling details and obvious heroism, and the scene when Philip walked into the city gate with the statue held aloft is undoubtedly a happy end to his saga, like a living Acts of the Apostles.

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