"God, how can we be Catholics? We excommunicated Roman Catholicism a thousand years ago, and we are true Orthodox Christians! Plato was a little emotional, as if he was insulting them by saying that they were Catholics.

Hearing Plato's words, Chen Xi was a little confused, why did they excommunicate the Catholics? Were Orthodox Christianity and Catholicism once together? He really didn't know about this, when he was in China, he only knew that the first religion in the West was Christianity, and after living abroad for a long time, he realized that it should actually be Catholicism.

"I'm sorry, can you help me explain what exactly is Orthodox Christianity and what is the difference between Orthodox Christianity and Catholicism?" Chen Xi didn't hide his ignorance, and asked directly, if he didn't ask this clearly, he was afraid that there would be a mess, maybe the blood clan couldn't figure out their relationship because of this.

Plato looked at Chen Xi in surprise, and after a while, he remembered that he was Chinese, and it was understandable that he did not understand Christendom. "Our Orthodox Christianity, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is the purest believer in Christianity, and Catholicism is split from Christianity, and they have changed their doctrine and are no longer pure Christians!"

Listening to Plato's words, Chen Xi was even more confused.

American Catholicism is the enemy of the St. Ann race, so Shellis has learned about the history of Catholicism since she was a child, she didn't expect Chen Xi to understand it at all, and now she sees that this Plato has obvious subjective colors, and she can't say it clearly, so she has to explain to Chen Xi in a low voice.

It turns out that Orthodox Christianity is the result of the division of the Roman Empire into the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, and is a branch of Christianity that developed in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Orthodoxy, and is listed as one of the three major denominations of Christianity along with Catholicism and Protestantism (Protestantism).

In the fourth century AD, Christianity, which had been persecuted by the Roman Empire, developed into the state religion of Rome. The Roman Empire was so large that it was divided into two parts, east and west, which were run by two emperors, the emperor in the west in Rome and the emperor in the east in Greece. In 330 AD, Constantine the Great moved into the newly built Constantinople, and the empire in the east was historically called the Byzantine Empire, that is, the Eastern Roman Empire. At the same time there were two Holy Sees, the Holy See of Constantine and the Holy See.

The situation of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires was different, with the Western Roman Empire being conquered several times and finally destroyed by the Goths in 476 AD, while the Eastern Roman Empire lasted until 1453, with the Macedonian Golden Age between the 9th and 11th centuries in between. The fall of the Western Roman Empire did not affect the Holy See, and it is still there today. The two Holy Sees were at odds with each other, and in the 10th century, the Holy See's request to remove Vodios from the position of head was flatly rejected, and the two sides became even more hostile.

The Holy See of Constantine called itself Eastern Orthodox Christianity, emphasizing that it was the orthodox Christianity directly founded by the disciples of Jesus, and in 1054 the two churches formally severed relations and excommunicated each other.

Catholicism and Orthodoxy, plus later Protestantism, constitute the majority of Christendom. All three religions believe in God, Jehovah, also called God and God, but their doctrines are different. The Vatican Catholic Church dominates, and Protestantism (also known as Christianity) also has a great influence in some countries in Europe and the United States, but Protestantism focuses on the communication between individuals and God, and the clergy do not have a great role and strength, while the influence of the Orthodox Church is mainly in Russia, Ukraine, Greece and other places in Eastern Europe.

Catholicism emphasizes universality, and its headquarters is in the Vatican City, the Vatican Church, so Catholicism is also called Roman Catholicism. The pope (i.e., the Pope) is the head of the global Catholic Church, elected by the College of Cardinals, and holds office for life unless committed in dereliction of duty or heresy.

The Orthodox Church is characterized by mystical, orthodox, and conservative, and does not have a unified global body of heads of churches. Nominally the Patriarch of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) was at the head of the Patriarchate, but in reality the Patriarch of Moscow, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria were not controlled by him, and their influence on non-native Orthodox jurisdictions was limited.

"So you're really a family!" Chen Xi finally figured out their complicated relationship.

Plato shook his head, "They were expelled by us a thousand years ago, how can they be a family?" Miss Shellis is only talking about a general history. In fact, for more than a thousand years, we have clashed with Catholicism, including the most famous Crusades. In the 11th century, the Eastern Roman Empire appealed to Western Europe for help against the Turks, triggering the Crusades, which were religious wars, and the crusaders were called rescues, but in fact, they could not forget that our Holy See had excommunicated them, and they were trying to conquer the Byzantine Empire. Of the four crusades before and after, the most damaging to the empire was the fourth crusade led by the Venetians, which conquered Constantinople in 1204! ”

Chen Xi saw the hatred and dissatisfaction in his eyes when he spoke, thinking that until now, the Orthodox Church was completely submerged in the majesty of Catholicism, no wonder they felt unhappy.

"Hehe, let's not talk about these uninteresting things, we should take a moment now to talk about our cooperation, our future!" Plato regained his expression and said lightly.

"Well, I'm sure you're Orthodox, but what can I do with you? I don't want to provoke the Holy See, I'm asking for trouble! Chen Xi looked at Plato suspiciously.

Plato didn't have a dissatisfied expression, "We want to cooperate with Mr., so we have done enough work." You don't want to provoke the Vatican, do you think they'll let you go? Have you forgotten that you killed a cardinal and two disciples of the pope? Do you think the Vatican Pope will really be that magnanimous? ”

Without his reminder, Chen Xi also knew that he had killed important people in the Holy See, and it was precisely because of this that he had some scruples about the Holy See, as long as they didn't come to find trouble for him, he didn't want to go to the Holy See.

"By the way, speaking of which, I still have a little question, last time I killed two bishops, who are said to be disciples of the Pope, and they put on holy armor, how can they deal with a dozen vampire dukes? You must know that the last time the Blood Clan invaded China, I heard that a total of nearly 300 dukes were dispatched, and the Pope only had seven disciples, and the strength of the two sides was very different, how could the Holy See suppress the Blood Clan? It's not that Chen Xi wants to change the topic, he does have such a question.

Plato laughed: "You're asking the right person, I can tell you this top-secret information." The last time the vampire sent three hundred dukes, he was actually almost all the dukes of the main dozen families. The Pope's so-called seven disciples are just a few well-known bishops, in fact, who knows how many disciples he has? The last time I went to New York, it was only the two weakest of the seven, do you think that the old fox could send his own pillar for a place so far away? Besides, the Seven Apostles in the Vatican Holy See can't be regarded as masters in the first column! ”

Chen Xi was a little surprised when he heard this, could it be that there were more powerful masters in the Holy See? There is really a need for more powerful masters, otherwise how can they suppress more than a dozen blood princes and hundreds of dukes, not to mention other forces.

"And what kind of broken armor, they also have ranks, and those two guys brought it, I'm afraid it's the lowest level. Wearing the highest level of sacred armor, he should be able to compete with the prince of the blood clan. Plato spoke eloquently, and it seemed that their work of gathering intelligence was not in vain.

Shellise interjected, "What about you? They have so many great masters and so many weapons. What about you Orthodox Christians? What is there to compete with them? ”

It may be that Shellis asked too directly and sharply, and Plato is not sure how to answer at once.

Chen Xi echoed and said: "Yes, you have a thick foundation, you should also have a lot of treasures, right?" You want to deal with the Catholics, and you want to deal with the Bloods, and if you don't have a little preparation, you can't achieve your goals by cooperating with an outsider like me, who has very limited abilities. ”

Plato laughed, "That's right, the two of you have a reasonable guess, of course we are also prepared, if we work together, we will naturally inform a few of them." ”

Chen Xi was relieved to see that he had sold Guanzi, after all, if he wasn't his ally, how could he reveal his details?

Suddenly, Chen Xi felt a little strange movement around him, it was Amut! His body immediately flashed rapidly, and he quickly hit Amut.

Amut's moving body was hit by Chen Xi and immediately stopped. He said dissatisfiedly, "What for? You're so bored, and they say they're going to invite us to dinner, and I'm just trying to find something to eat! ”

Hearing his words, Chen Xi was relieved, he found that when Amut wanted to leave the main hall, he was afraid that he would get into trouble, so he hurriedly crashed in front of him to stop him, it turned out that he just wanted to find food.

Hearing Amut's straightforward words, Plato quickly laughed and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I'm so happy to see Mr. Chen Xi that I forgot to greet a few distinguished guests." Rest assured, dinner is ready and we can eat right away! ”

Chen Xi laughed, "This friend of mine is very good at eating, I don't know if he can eat enough of the food in your monastery." "It's hard for him to say that this Amut only eats meat, and maybe the diet is different from that of these hermits.

Plato greeted the other pastors with a few loud greetings, telling the other priests to prepare their meals and open the table immediately. Then take Chen Xi and them to the living room and dining room.

Walking on the road, Chen Xi asked in a low voice behind him, "Pastor, can you tell me first, who hired those killers?" ”