Chapter 449: Faith Collapses

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Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in China.

A group of archbishops dressed in white robes listened silently to the words of the Sage Suleiman.

"And the Pope will be the Lord's human carrier, recorded in the New Testament, immortal."

The Pope kept his head down, his gaze as calm as water, and he did not have the slightest difficulty accepting his impending death.

In fact, even fanatical believers, in the face of death, their faith will be shaken, especially the sacrifice of oneself for the Lord, which will also be shaken, and only saints will not waver.

However, although the saints are good, they are very rare, so rare that they are far more than Chen Xu expected, without using divine power to transform, there is not even a saint born naturally, which is simply a slap in the face of Chen Xu and the Protestants.

And because Chen Xu did not open up the relationship between the kingdom of God, nor did he use a lot of divine power to transform his believers and turn them into saints, in this way, he didn't even have a saint under his seat, and he wanted to laugh off the big teeth of the gods.

Saints are not simple.

The saints themselves are not very powerful, about the equivalent of the 'epic' realm among mortals, but since the saints are called the extension of God's will, they naturally have their own special features.

The most important characteristic of saints is that they can take the place of the Lord and hold the authority of the Lord, and they can accept the divine power of God as the basis for the coming of the gods.

Everywhere the saints went, there was the kingdom of God.

Even gods and saints can fight.

Seraphs like Michael are actually saints, but the Lord has given them a godhead and caused them to fall from the state of saints.

"Well, the time is almost up, and we should also prepare for the Lord's coming." Sage Suleiman presided over the overall situation, and he turned the ring in his hand and poured many materials down.

This ring was given to him by Chen Xu.

After Chen Xu became a god, it didn't have much effect, so he asked Nuwa Niangniang to hand it over to him, and there were many materials that Chen Xu got from the main god.

These materials were used to construct the passage through which Chen Xu descended.

In fact, the arrival of the gods does not need to be too troublesome, he can hold a blood sacrifice, kill some powerful creatures, use the flesh and blood souls of these creatures to dedicate to the rules of the underworld, and then help Chen Xu to come, but this method is too bloody, contrary to the teachings of Protestantism, once it is preached, it will cause an uproar, and if it is not good, it will lead to the betrayal of the faith.

You must know that in this era of scientific and technological prosperity, although Protestantism frequently shows miracles, there are still many pan-believers, and these pan-believers worship God when they see it, regardless of whether you are Zeus or the Jade Emperor, as long as it is a god, he worships.

If placed in some other more conservative planes, these pan-believers are heretics and will be burned at the stake.

"Yes."

Many archbishops acted together to set up the altar.

They don't need to do it themselves, they just need to use their own minds to indulge in the materials.

All of a sudden, the holy light was flooded, the materials were flying, and a delicate and small altar was formed in the blink of an eye.

Above the altar, a wooden cross is erected on it, with a strong smell of sacrifice.

"It's a sacrificial cross." Suleiman said softly: "When the Pope stands on the cross, you will give and sacrifice yourself, and your devotion and sacrifice will serve as the basis for the coming of the Lord. ”

"Of course, your sacrifice is not meaningless, because your sacrifice will bring the glory of the Lord to the believers of this world."

Suleiman spoke eloquently about the important surnames of the Pope's sacrifice.

"I understand." The Pope's voice was flat, and he couldn't hear any emotion in it.

"Well, then ask the Pope to sacrifice on the cross!"

Suleiman didn't talk much either.

Although this pope was chosen by him, he could also be sacrificed for the advent of Chen Xu, and sacrificing for Chen Xu was originally the glory of these believers, because after they died, they would go to the kingdom of God to share immortality with the gods.

Of course, Suleiman didn't know that Chen Xu had not yet opened up the kingdom of God, and in his knowledge, every true god had a kingdom of God, and this was naturally wrong.

Without hesitation, the Pope walked on the sacrificial cross, his arms outstretched, and a sense of greatness emanating from his arms for all beings.

At the moment when he walked up, the sacrificial cross was activated, and a rich holy light emerged, and there were faint angels singing in the holy light.

Suleiman looked at the Pope and nodded with satisfaction, "Let's get started." ”

"And the Lord said: Within seven I have made a firm covenant with many. And in the seventh and a half he shall cease the sacrifices and offerings. ”

The incantation, adapted from the Book of Daniel, spat out from the mouths of Suleiman and the archbishops, and with a thick light, fell on the sacrificial cross, urging the sacrificial cross with all his might.

The song of the angel, which was originally faintly visible, became excited, and a faint fragrance appeared in the air, and the rules in the dark were touched, connecting Chen Xu among the main gods.

Protestantism and Catholicism are originally plagiarized relations, not only scripture plagiarized Catholicism, but even holy art copied Catholicism, especially Suleiman, who analyzed a lot of holy light to spread, so to speak, he is the one who founded Protestantism, and he is called a saint.

At the beginning, Chen Xu felt that the power of Catholicism had merit, so he acquiesced in the practice of Protestantism copying Catholicism, and also gave some help.

Anyway, his original intention was to replace the faith of the Lord.

The Pope snuggled up to the sacrificial cross, his will began to blur, as a 'legendary' realm, he naturally understood what the symptoms were, he knew that he was going to die.

Once upon a time, he said that he was not afraid of death, and once upon a time, he said that he could give everything for the Lord, but when death came, his heart was far from being as open-minded as it appeared on the surface.

He watched the people below singing hymns to welcome the Lord's coming, and for some reason, he suddenly felt like crying.

Boom!

The devil came, and it appeared before the Pope's eyes with a hideous face.

"You're afraid."

"I have no fear."

The Pope struggled and refused to give in to the devil, "I gave myself to the Lord willingly. ”

He knew that this devil had come to seduce him again, and since he learned that he was going to be a sacrifice for Chen Xu's arrival, he had met the devil.

The devil kept harassing him, speaking ill of the Lord and shaking his faith.

At first, he rebuked the devil and shouted at the devil to kill, but although the time of sacrifice was approaching, his faith was shaken, and now, although he is still scolding the devil, he is already weak.

"Why does your Lord want you to give, and who is he? In the East, the saints are immortal and the thieves are not stopped, while in the West, the gods are immortal and the thieves are not stopped. ”

"Actually, the gods are thieves, they steal the authority of heaven and earth, they take away the faith of all beings, and then they play with all beings in turn, they are simply thieves, no, they are a thousand times more hateful than thieves, ten thousand times more hateful."

"Ordinary thieves only want money and life, but gods want your body and soul and everything you have."

"It is necessary to know that freedom of mind is the foundation of a person, whether it is God or the devil, they are essentially fanatics who harvest the soul, and religion is a tool that restricts the mind and makes the mind unfree."

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"Therefore, one should break the faith, make the mind free, and then draw strength from the freedom, strengthen oneself, and finally become enlightened."

The devil in Mephisto talks about the theory of freedom of the mind, in a vain attempt to dismantle the foundation of God and destroy all the faith of all beings.

Anyway, he's a devil, not a god, he doesn't need faith, all he has is violence.

"Freedom of mind?" The Pope was confused, he felt that the devil's words were correct, but he had been so exposed to it that he did not dare to juxtapose God and the devil.

"Do you feel like you're not able to do anything on your spiritual path?"

The devil asked, and the sound shook the Pope's heart, and made him much more sober.

"Yes." The Pope replied honestly that he had wavered in Chen Xu's faith, this is the temptation of the devil, no matter how firm the believer is, once he is tempted by the devil, he will not escape his clutches, including the saints.

"Do you feel weak in your heart?" The devil asks again.

"Yes."

"Do you feel like you're in the dark ahead?"

"Yes."

"Do you feel like you're being watched?"

"Yes."

One question and one answer, the devil's sharpness is all displayed in it, "That's it, the reason for all this is that your mind is not free." ”

"In fact, looking at many planes, there are very few popes who can live past a hundred years old, most of them often only have a few decades of life, while ordinary mages can easily live for more than a hundred years, this is the gap."

"Why didn't the ancient mages believe in God, because they wanted freedom of mind, because they understood that freedom of mind is king, and it was a fool's choice to give their hearts to God and the devil."

The Pope's faith collapsed, and under the dual effects of death and the devil, his faith in Chen Xu faltered.

Like Jesus Christ, his faith collapsed at the moment of his death.

This is the magic of death, any firm faith, poignant love, brilliant friendship, is overshadowed in the face of pale death.

At the moment of the collapse of the Pope's faith, the light of the sacrificial cross dimmed.

"What's going on?" Suleiman looked at the bleak sacrifice cross and was furious, "Pope, what the hell are you doing? ”

All of this was the Pope's heart-to-heart conversation with the devil, and Suleiman naturally couldn't see it, but when he saw the dimming of the holy light on the sacrificial cross, he vaguely understood what was going on.

"Isn't your faith in the Lord strong? You keep saying that you are willing to sacrifice for the Lord, but when you can sacrifice for the Lord, you hesitate, could it be that what you said before was a lie? ”

The other archbishops were also shocked and angry.

I was shocked that the glory of the sacrifice cross dimmed, and I was angry that the Pope was not firm in his faith in the Lord.

The vast majority of them were followers of the Lord, and they were immediately outraged when they saw that the shepherds in the scepter had turned their backs on the glory of the Lord.

"I have not been unwavering in my faith in the Lord." The Pope spoke suddenly, and all of a sudden, the light of the sacrifice of the cross was revived, and the light was even stronger. (To be continued.) )