Chapter 29: Conflict (Part 3)
As the closest strategic center of the Church, the Kingdom of Holm has gathered four legends, seven or eight Golden Knights, and is much stronger than the Principality of Valorit, a parish that traditionally opposes the Northern Church, so even if it is stationed in the ashram in rotation, there are three cardinals.
A night watchman was heard knocking on the door with the prescribed code, and the three cardinals looked up at the same time, but one of them had already gotten up and walked towards the door.
"Is it intelligence from within the Magic Council?" the cardinal's face was devoid of any excess fat, and his blue eyes looked pure, but they were deep and bottomless.
The Night's Watch took out a letter and saluted respectfully, "Yes, Lord Andrade. ”
Receiving the sealed letter, Andrade drew a cross on his chest: "The Lord will bless you." ”
"But the truth endures!" replied the night watchman solemnly, and turned to leave.
"Andrade, what level of information is it about, and does it need to be reported to His Excellency the Cardinal?" asked another cardinal with concern.
Hearing this, Andrade looked at the back of the envelope, where there was a secret note to write the key words of the good information - after the previous incidents, the Church has asked the spies to write the key words of the information briefly on the back of the envelope when passing on the information, and if it involves the content of shaking doctrine and theological theory, it must be indicated, so that the cardinal and cardinal can be mentally prepared before reading the information, lest even the leader of the ascetics, Valenhill, be affected and injured like last time.
"Holy Spirit class, new particles, shaking, atomism. ”
Four key words caught Andrade's deep eyes.
The first is the level of intelligence, indicating that it is the third level of important intelligence after the archangel level and the angel level. It cannot be viewed privately, and must be submitted to the cardinal immediately.
Andrade's dark blue eyes narrowed slightly, and he replied calmly, "Pious disciple level, regular information of the Magic Council." ”
"You read it, take notes, and distribute it to the bishops. The other cardinal had no doubt that Andrade would lie about such a thing.
If a cardinal is no longer religious, and has taken refuge in the Council of Magic, the only thing that awaits him is that he will be devoured by the Light, and there is no other way.
In the ashram, the three desks were facing each other in a triangular shape, so Andrade sat down in his place. Not worried about the prying eyes of other cardinals. He looked at the letter in his hand as if he were reading ordinary information, and then wrote on the reading log: "Within the Magical Council, due to the contradiction between the periodic law and the atomic theory, many high-level arcanists have begun to reflect on and discuss the atomic theory. However, no valuable results have emerged for the time being. It is information that needs to be tracked for subsequent developments. ”
After some time. From time to time, information comes in. Each of the three cardinals read a section, put it away in a group, and recorded the general contents of the information.
Near ten o'clock, a bishop who was in charge of distributing information knocked on the door and entered. Retrieve the stacks of rubbings placed in the upper left corner of each cardinal's desk, and they will be communicated to the Bishop, Night's Watch, Priest, and Probationary Priest according to their ranks.
The bishop with a thick stack of information came to the room of the Divine Array dedicated to rubbing documents, and began to rub according to the number of people of different levels.
Due to the abundance of information, he did not read it carefully as usual, intending to wait until it was distributed before looking at the ones that belonged to him.
At 10:30, information was passed through different people to different places.
In the retreat room, which was much calmer, the three cardinals exchanged "reading notes" with each other to obtain information, and began to compile them for submission to Cardinal Philippel and the magnate of the Inquisition, such as Bahá'u'lláh.
"Is the Council of Magic beginning to doubt atomism?, does His Holiness need to hurry up and revise the content of the theology?" said one of the cardinals, smiling slightly sarcastically.
Andrade narrowed his eyes, his gaze dark, and smiled without saying a word.
The Holy Book is a doctrine, a truth spoken by the gods, a gospel that teaches believers, while theology is the study and doctrine of the Holy Scripture, including the improvement of theology, the in-depth interpretation of doctrine, and the discussion of various inexplicable issues, and is a teaching material for teaching priests.
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Abidal was the bishop in charge of the monastery and had a prostrate attitude towards the improved theology of the Pope, because he knew very well that without these improvements, with his own talent and understanding of the doctrine, it would be difficult to become a bishop of the fifth rank in his thirties, in charge of one of the largest monasteries in the entire diocese.
This is the Lord's gift to us devout believers, the truth expounded by the Divine Advocate under the Crown. Abidal prayed a prayer of thanksgiving every day, saying, "Greed and weakness can blind our hearts and make us forget to give thanks to the Lord for His gifts...... Gratitude is the most beautiful morality of human beings, and I hope that your way will walk on the earth as if it were walking in your country......"
After the prayer, Abidal drew a cross on his chest and whispered, "Only the truth endures!"
Opening his eyes, Abidal saw that the priest who served him was already waiting at the door with several pieces of information, so he nodded and signaled that he could come in.
"What's the important information today?" Abidal asked casually, taking the paper.
The young priest replied respectfully, "Your Excellency, it's all routine information. ”
"Yes. Abidar bowed his head lightly and began to read, this is the normal world realm, how can there be important information often.
Since it was regular information, Abidal read it quickly, and it didn't take long to see the penultimate copy.
He usually taught theology seriously and had a stern attitude, which often frightened the probationary pastor, secretly calling him "the devil's angel", but now, his face, which could make the probationary pastor suddenly quiet, appeared with an indescribable expression of horror, as if he had fallen into hell and found himself the most evil and terrifying devil duke.
"About one in two thousand......" Abidal said in a hoarse, low voice as if from his chest.
"The sanctity of the atom...... Foundations of Theology...... Has it been destroyed by the Lord's own hands?"
The young priest did not dare to leave after receiving the information, because he had to wait for Bishop Abidal to read the information and tell him.
Waited quietly for a while. Suddenly, he felt the whole room become hot and heavy, and heard an inaudible voice from the mouth of Bishop Abidal.
The young pastor, who was in a hurry, no longer disregarded etiquette and humility, and looked directly into Abidal's face.
Then, he saw a shocking scene that he will never forget:
Bishop Abidal's face was filled with great fear, anger, and confusion, and then a pure and holy light erupted irrepressibly from his body, engulfing the strange expression that had been solidified.
A little light splashed, and the young priest was completely stunned.
Under the fierce sunlight of the near noon, this pure holy light seemed to be dyed a little golden red.
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In the diocese of Holm, several bishops who were convinced of theology were swallowed by the light under the onslaught of the Church - this is the information that the Church has verified and distributed. They subconsciously did not doubt the authenticity of the experiment.
Other than that. Although more than 20 bishops survived, they developed a strong sense of distrust in theology and doctrine, and it was difficult for them to be promoted to cardinals in the future.
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Around noon. Inside the Radiant Cathedral.
Philippel was preparing to perform a prayer as per his custom. Outside the door came the sound of the cardinal's messy and panicked steps.
"What's going on?" said Philipelle, a Holy Spirit pastor with a strong premonition of danger and bad situations. Without waiting for the cardinal to speak, he asked bluntly.
The cardinal who came to report was still in a trance, and his voice replied in a slightly dazed voice: "Your Excellency Philippe, there are six bishops who have been swallowed by the Holy Light. Twenty-three bishops were badly wounded in their faith, and one cardinal, Willy, was also badly wounded. ”
"Devoured by the light?'s faith badly wounded?What the hell did they read??Aren't there clergy guarding the newspaper?'" Philippel asked in a solemn tone.
"It's not a newspaper, it's information that has been publicly conveyed to bishops and clergy, information about experiments to discover new particles, and the internal structure of atoms. The cardinal also seemed to be shocked, and his speech was somewhat slurred.
"Such information will be conveyed directly to the clergy at the episcopal level?" said Filipbel, who was about to break out of his rage.
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It didn't take long for the court magnate Bahá'u'lláh to lock up Andrade and bring him to the court's interrogation room, who had no intention of escaping at all.
Legends such as Felibel and Valenhill watched the trial from the outside.
"When did you take refuge in the Magic Council?" Bahá'u'lláh struggled to suppress his anger, but at the same time wondered what he could still do if he joined the Magic Council.
Andrade looked at the cardinal robe on his body, and his smile was plain and pure: "I have nothing to do with the Magic Council, and the Pope who borrows the arcane theory of the Magic Council to transform theology is the biggest heretic, the blasphemer!"
"His transformation has defiled the holiness of divine art, desecrated the majesty of the Lord, and allowed the clergy to be toyed with again and again by the Council of Magic!
Outside the interrogation room, Wallenhill squinted at Philippe and said, "When did this radical conservative retro school appear in the diocese of Holm?"
"Confronted with the Council of Magic, and subjected to one shock after another, there will always be people who begin to doubt the necessity of theological reform. Philippel looked back at Valenchil calmly.
In the interrogation room, Bahá'u'lláh shouted, "What does that have to do with other bishops?
"All those who have been severely injured by this experiment are heretics who have already believed in blasphemy, and it is the greatest piety to inflict on them and kill them!" said Andras without fear, "Burn me, Lord Bahá'u'lláh, and I will ascend to the heavenly mountain in flames!"
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Parliamentary Headquarters.
"Cursed Eye" Atlante Forman smiled at Douglas, "It's true that we can't control the clergy from doing things that go against their beliefs and fundamental ideals, but what if it's a seed that has sprouted in their hearts?"
"Finding the loopholes in their minds, and then giving reinforcements and hints, is the deepest application of illusion. Atlante opened his eyes, and there seemed to be countless figures in his black pupils, which was extremely strange.
"As long as you can think, you will be affected by illusion!" (To be continued......)
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