After Paul Ho entered the Catholic courtyard, he found that this courtyard was really not very big.

But after contacting the people inside, I found that the specifications of this place are really high.

In addition to the priests of the church, there are also the bishops of the entire diocese of Johor, the bishops of Malacca, and the archbishops of the entire Nanyang region of the Ming Dynasty.

He was led to visit these "brothers" in turn.

Most of these bishops were Ming people, and most of them and the priests and nuns around them did not wear priestly clothing, but directly wore ordinary Ming clothing.

He also did not wear any overt religious accessories.

The reason can hardly be guessed without asking, so that it is easy to leave the church when necessary.

Paul Ho had the privilege of meeting directly with the chief bishop of the Nanyang region, whose name was Qu John, an old man in his seventies who was in the Ming Dynasty.

At the meeting, Qu Ruowang asked Paul Ho how he came here, and also asked him what he thought in his heart.

After listening to the explanation, Qu Ruowang said with a smile:

"It seems that there are really bad people in the Holy See in Rome."

He Baolu was suddenly a little panicked:

"What are you talking about......"

Qu Ruowang said directly without hesitation:

"Brother Paul, you don't know much about the religious customs of the Ming Dynasty, so you were sent directly to the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

"Apparently the Paul brothers have accidentally offended some powerful brothers."

He Baolu didn't think too much about it, but as soon as the other party said this, he instantly had some thoughts in his heart.

Then Qu Ruowang, who seemed to be very able to talk, continued to analyze with He He Paul and said:

"You just said that you were hesitant to come up with the theory of original sin and discuss it with the people in the religious administration.

"It's a good thing you didn't say it directly, otherwise the worst consequence could be a lifetime of re-education through labor.

"Da Ming's brothers have no original sin, you don't even know this basic common sense."

He Paul was obviously stunned:

"My lord? Da Ming's brother has no original sin? ”

Qu Ruowang explained as a matter of course:

"Haven't you ever learned about the Renwu Lesson Plan? This is a major event that affects the whole world.

"Even if you weren't originally a priest who was assigned to Daming, you should know about this, right?"

He Paul reacted instantly:

"I remembered......"

There was an incident in the last years of Renwu.

Before retiring, Emperor Shizu of the Ming Dynasty went to the church to watch a religious event.

When he returned, he issued an order to close all the churches in Yingtianfu and Shuntianfu, and all the churches in the north and south were directly subordinated, and all the clergy were arrested.

Not only Catholicism, but also Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism, the same series is all served in one pot.

A public trial, later known as the Original Sin Trial, was then initiated.

The internal logic is actually very simple, since you claim that mankind has original sin, then you have to show evidence.

Otherwise, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, false accusations will be reversed.

All church personnel are born guilty and should be sentenced to hard labor for life.

His Majesty the Emperor asked Yahweh, Yahweh, Jehovah, Thyss, Satan, or any other being to testify in court.

Of course, these people can't come.

The Catholic Pope, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, the Protestant elders, and the King of England sent in the name of agents.

Of course, the other party did not come to participate in this so-called trial, but only hoped to negotiate with the Ming Emperor to resolve the religious issue.

Emperor Shizu first asked them to issue a power of attorney, a power of attorney signed by Jehovah.

Otherwise, they are not recognized as having the right to express any opinion on behalf of Jehovah.

After a long period of controversy and strife, the Pope, the Patriarch, the Elders, and the King of England signed several documents.

Here's what it looks like:

First, none of them had a direct mandate or approval from Jehovah.

In fact, they are only the heads of self-organized societies organized by followers of Jehovah and others.

The Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, and the Protestant Church in England are all societies of this nature.

The scope of management and services of his own community is and will never include Daming.

Then, all believers in Jehovah and others in the Ming Dynasty should unconditionally accept any administration by the Ming Emperor and the imperial court.

All church clergy in the Ming Dynasty needed to be appointed by the Ming Emperor and the imperial court before they could take up their posts.

In the end, they admit that the original sin of the Ming people is a mistake in propaganda and understanding.

Their doctrine of original sin would have applied only to the Tessians.

In the future, all clergy are not allowed to use the theory of original sin in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

This document is equivalent to admitting that the Ming people have no original sin.

At the same time, the Ming Emperor was given complete management of the church within the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Emperor was given a higher status than the King of England.

The King of England is the head of the English Church, and the Ming Emperor is the ruler above the Church.

The most important thing is that the status of each church has been demoted directly from the official governing body, and it has just been demoted to the official fan association.

Because Jehovah cannot issue a power of attorney, they can only be unofficial.

Since it is an unofficial institution, the institution itself and its members belong to whichever country they belong to, which country should be managed by the imperial court of that country.

Since then, most of the high-level churches in the Ming Dynasty have been occupied by the Ming people.

Moreover, the doctrines propagated by the churches in the Ming Dynasty also began to rapidly detach from the original main body.

The clergy and believers of the church also seem to be becoming less and less religious.

The organizational model of the church in the Ming Dynasty is getting closer and closer to the original Buddhist and Taoist models of the Ming Dynasty.

The church has also completely removed all the Taixi brand, and is built directly according to the Taoist temples and gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, it was built directly on a hill, not in the middle of a city, and it was not allowed to organize frequent worship services.

This incident indirectly led to a second round of the Reformation in Tessie.

The royal families of the Taixi countries have learned the same from the methods of the Ming Emperor and want to completely break away from the control of the church.

It's just that the environment they are in is different from that of Da Ming.

The power of the various churches in the Ming Dynasty can be called weak, but in the Taixi countries it is universal.

The influence of the original church is completely different from that of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, although the Taixi countries have achieved certain results, they still have not reached the same level as the Ming Dynasty.

The churches of the Tessie countries still have a far greater influence in the secular world than in the Ming Dynasty.

Paul Ho knew this history, but it was like the history he learned in class, and it was not immediately linked to life.

After Qu Ruowang's reminder, Paul Ho suddenly corresponded to his own experience.

Qu Ruowang looked at Paul Ho's reaction, and continued to give him a final question:

"You have apparently been exiled by those who have offended in the old church.

"After coming to the Ming Dynasty, the theory was completely out of the control of the Holy See in Rome.

"However, as a Taixi person, you may not have the opportunity to stay in Daming.

"I may have to run all over the world in the future......"

Paul Ho suddenly became worried:

"Your Excellency the Chief Bishop, what should I do?"

Qu Ruowang stroked his beard and thought about it for a while:

"Don't worry too much, my brother.

"Although it is difficult for you to stay in the Ming Dynasty, it is not too difficult to go to the more distant Daming vassal country.

"For example, in the Dongyi Kingdom of Yinzhou, the main local population is still the Taixi people.

"In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been migrating to the local French-speaking population, which is predominantly Catholic.

"In the past few years in Daming, you have worked hard to learn and adapt to the rules of the Daming Church.

"It's better if you can stay in Nanyang and even Daming proper, if not, try to apply to go to Dongyi."

He was immediately surprised:

"What, I can go to Dongyi Country...... To go to a teaching position? The priests of the Holy See can't go! ”

Over the years, Dongyi's reputation in Taixi has become more and more resounding.

The Ming feudal state, which was dominated by the Taixi people, held imperial examinations on a regular basis and issued the title of imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty.

If there was a predominantly Protestant defect in the past, now it is rapidly disappearing with the French-speaking population.

There is no way to immigrate to the Taixi elite of the Ming Dynasty and the pure Ming feudal country, and it is a very good choice to immigrate to the Dongyi country.

It's just that the difficulty of immigrating to Dongyi is still not small, but it is lower than immigrating to the Ming Dynasty and the pure Ming feudal country.

Qu Ruowang nodded with a smile and said:

"Of course, the people of the Holy See in Rome can't go, and they don't come to the Daming Church for training.

"Let the people of the Holy See of Rome go directly to the Dongyi Kingdom, and then the churches of the Dongyi Kingdom will still be under the control of the Ming Dynasty?

"Of course, even if you receive training from the Daming Church, you may not really be able to go.

"The key is to see if you can really integrate into Daming, you must first pass the Daming General Education Exam.

"The Taixi people who have not lived in the Ming Dynasty or the pure Ming feudal kingdom will not be able to pass that exam."

He felt that he vaguely understood.

The appointment of the Ming Church is completely controlled by the Ming Emperor and the imperial court, and the high-level officials of the Taixi Church will not get the corresponding status when they come to the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty does not trust them, so they will not rush over.

When ordinary priests come to Daming, they must also receive a complete "Minghua" education before they can be regarded as their own by the Daming Church.

However, this kind of education is not 100% successful, because Daming has to take exams for everything.

If you pass the assessment, it is easy to say, then you will truly integrate into the Ming Church, and you will not consider returning to Taixi.

But once he failed the assessment, he couldn't integrate into the Daming Church, and he had completely separated from the Taixi Church.

Even if you return to Tessie again, you have to start from the bottom, and you may be guarded against as a spy by the Tessie Church.

Therefore, even if many priests have their hearts set on Daming, they do not dare to rashly break away from the original church organization and come to Daming to take risks.

But He Baolu has no choice now, so he can only adjust his mentality and try to integrate into the Ming Church.

Paul Ho bowed to Qu John very seriously:

"Thank you for your teachings, I will work hard to learn and adapt to the Daming Church."

After Paul Ho thanked Qu Ruowang, the meeting was basically over.

Under the guidance of the priest here, Paul Ho went to the guest room he had arranged.

I rested for a night in a complicated mood, and the next day I was ready to go to a whole set of pure clothes.

As a result, when I first arrived at the restaurant for breakfast, I heard a lot of discussions, as if something big had happened.

Paul Ho was very surprised, what would be surprising about the "church" in the mountains more than ten kilometers away from the city?

"I really want to hear that it was the Jinyi Guard of Johor Province, and a large group of people went to the courtyard of the Tianfang Sect."

"New news has come out, and the prefect has asked them all to move to a place called absolute freedom."

"Absolute freedom? What's going on? ”

"It is said that they will be completely free when they get there, and the Ming government will no longer interfere in anything with them."

"I don't care about it at all, it's really horrible."

"It seems that there are also Jinyi guards who have come to ask our bishop, our bishop means not to go, will the people of the Heavenly Fang Sect go?"

"They don't have a choice, they have to go."

"It seems that the imperial court is completely tired of those guys from the Heavenly Sect."

"Toast without eating and drinking......"

He was a little confused when he heard this, so he found a place to sit down and asked a Ming priest beside him:

"My brother, is it bad to be in a place of absolute freedom? Why do people think it's scary......"

A priest in his twenties opposite smiled and said:

"If you think about it, absolute freedom is not absolute freedom for yourself.

"Absolute freedom for all.

"Extreme fundamentalists are also free...... But it's actually a small thing.

"Theft, robbery, murder, no one cares about it.

"Everybody is absolutely free.

"No one interferes with what you do, as long as you can do it, then you can do everything.

"No one will come out to arrest and punish you.

"The point is, this so-called place of absolute freedom is certainly not a good place.

"Either the desert Gobi, or the barren mountains and mountains, or the miasma land.

"Since the Ming Dynasty doesn't care about it at all, it naturally doesn't have any cities and infrastructure.

"You have to find your own way for water and food, electricity...... and all kinds of machines, you should be able to think about it at all.

"To put it bluntly, it is to return to the primitive society, and then it can be absolutely only.

"Will you accept this freedom, my brother?"

Paul Ho finally understood:

"This ...... Actually, it's exile......"

The priest on the opposite side nodded slightly:

"It's about the same, so our bishop directly said that he would not go, and that he would obey the management of the government......

"But we are originally Daming's own church, so we have the opportunity to choose for ourselves.

"The Heavenly Sect doesn't seem to have a choice......

After eating, Paul asked the priest how he had returned to the city and how he needed to buy some goods.

The answer is that if you are not in a hurry, you will wait for the church to come to the city to purchase.

If you are in a hurry, you go to the gate to keep guard, and when you see another visitor coming to the mountain, you go back to the carriage they are sitting in.

Anyway, the cost is not low, and it is very uncontrollable.

It's inside the valley after all.

Centralized procurement is made four times a month, and subconsciously after three days.

After He hesitated, he finally decided not to be in a hurry and waited for the centralized procurement in three days.

In the next few days, I began to read all kinds of Ming classics in the church, and tried to understand and learn the various traditions, knowledge and rules of the Ming Church.

Strive to become a qualified Daming priest as soon as possible.

Use the old hardware at home to build a backup machine and use it first.