Emperors and Popes
This is still a boring and boring era, and war is still the eternal theme of mankind.
It was also a time of extreme expansion of religious power. In order to maintain the expenses of the large Holy See and the Congregation, the people of all the countries of the Light Doctrine must pay the Holy See a tenth of their income, known as the tithe. The Knights of Light formed by the Holy See are the most privileged armies in the world, and they are also the most powerful knights, they owe only to the Pope and maintain the privileges of religious forces.
With the continuous expansion of the power of the Holy See, the power of the Holy See has gradually penetrated into all aspects of human life, including people's daily life, politics, and economy - all kings must be officially canonized and crowned by the Pope before they can be officially recognized, "Hey, may the God of Light bless you forever!" has become the etiquette for everyone to meet, and the Pope has become the supreme ruler of the entire human world, second only to the God of Light, who is almost god-like.
With the advancement of science and technology, the increasing development of transportation, making it possible for the king to rule farther afield, gradually a number of large states appeared, and there was reason to believe that an empire that would unify the entire continent would also emerge in the near future.
And so it is. After more than 1,800 years of endless and chaotic warfare, in the year 2838 of the Star Stream Era, a great empire, the Rus' Empire, stood proudly on the continent of Atlantus, completely unifying all human beings on this continent and becoming the first empire in human history.
The powerful and unified empire lasted for two hundred years, and during this period of humanity, living in an age of pride and abundance, all other races, including those of other intelligent races who peered into human territory during the period of human civil strife, had to submit to the power of humanity, and humanity truly dominated the world.
But this short golden age of humanity came to an end after two hundred years. The origin of the end of the era, how to say, the newly enthroned emperor, he can no longer stand the attitude of the Holy See towards his empire. He could not tolerate the need for the crowning of the Pope to be recognized by others, he could not tolerate the unauthorized collection of taxes by the Holy See in his empire, he could not tolerate the Holy See's dictation of the domestic and foreign policies of the Empire, he could not tolerate the fact that the Catholics who had nothing to do all day spent the food produced by his people, he could not tolerate it......
Emperor or Pope, who is the supreme ruler of mankind in this world?
The emperor can only have one.
The Emperor of the Empire began to gradually weaken the power of the Holy See, which was absolutely unacceptable to the Holy See, and the Pope was so angry that someone dared to flout and challenge the power of the Holy See, to challenge the authority of God, and they decided to find a new agent to defend their interests.
The rebellion of another royal family secretly supported by the Holy See failed, the truth was revealed, the skin between the emperor and the pope has been torn apart, there is no room for recovery, and now the only way to solve the problem is to use **** naked war. The emperor of the empire ordered the confiscation of the property of the papacy, the expulsion of all the faithful, and the arrest and trial of the pope who tried to overthrow his throne, and the pope declared the emperor a heretic and called on the believers of the world to rise up and overthrow the tyrant.
The power of the Holy See is incomparably strong, but so is the power of the same loyalty to the Emperor, and the Pope and the Emperor's armies are fighting everywhere, while the people are at a loss. Their lives owe allegiance to the Emperor, but their spirit owes allegiance to the Pope, is it time to strip their bodies and souls apart?
The outcome of the war...... No one can say whether it was the emperor who won or the Pope who triumphed. As a result of the war, the Pope and the Emperor were killed, the empire collapsed completely, and the Holy See was divided - the two cardinals fought for the new pope, they had their own supporters, and the human world was once again plunged into disorderly chaos.
Religion, when it is involved in politics, becomes as dirty as politics.