Chapter 138: Wash your feet with the blood of the wicked!
Archos, an Orthodox priest, originally belonged to the Orthodox Church of Cyprus.
As an ancient church, it has been separated from the Patriarchate of Antioch since 441 AD.
Like Catholicism, Orthodoxy also has seven sacraments, but what is different from Catholicism is that Orthodoxy is composed of a large number of "autonomous churches" or "autonomous churches."
If there is only one Holy See in the Catholic Church, then there are many Holy Sees in the Orthodox Church.
Although the Orthodox Church fully recognizes Patriarch Constantine as the Ecumenical Patriarch, at the time of the Ecumenical Council, apart from serving as chairman and spokesperson for the entire Orthodox Church, his power was not higher than that of the other pastors present. head.
This has resulted in the Orthodox Church being in a situation of unity in name but division in reality.
And these large numbers of independent churches have essentially become appendages of the secular power of each country.
That's why Archos said that his boss's boss was the Emperor of Cyprus. After all, his boss was the Archbishop of Cyprus, and the Archbishop's boss was the Emperor of Cyprus.
After offending the "Emperor", Archos felt that his future in Cyprus was not bright, so it was not surprising that he was driven to Antioch.
But I never thought that within a few days of arriving in Antioch, I would become a prisoner of the Turkic uncle.
And now, I saw a scene that I had never imagined in my life. There were actually Muslims coming to pray to a Frank!
ah?
Isn't this... a bit? Is it not in line with Islamic rites, or is it not in line with Latin rites or Greek rites?
With such a shock, Aljos finished his dinner, but forgot what he had for dinner, and was then arranged to check in at the hotel. He was also in a daze, and he also forgot what he had dreamed about at night.
He didn't come back to his senses until the next day, when he was pulled into Garris's office and Garris handed him a handwritten note.
Aljos opened the handwritten note with the smiling expression of the young man in front of him.
At the first glance of the first page of this note, Aljos opened his mouth completely, raised his head and looked straight at Garris.
Garris, who was sitting behind his desk, looked calm.
"You are the first priest to see this book. What do you want to say now?"
"Well, I have a little bit, sir, please let me slow down..."
Archos did want to slow down, and Garris allowed it.
To be honest, Aljos's appearance was purely an unexpected surprise. He never thought that Zaid could help him get an Orthodox priest.
Hello Orthodox priest! I won’t hit the younger one before the older one comes.
After all, there is no shortage of Islamic imams in his territory, but there is a real shortage of Christian priests.
It will take some time to cultivate them by yourself. If you try to poach Catholics, it will actually be very troublesome.
For example, he poached a priest, but the priest was a subordinate of the bishop. If the bishop wanted to investigate on a whim.
Then Gareth will go to fool the bishop, or simply poach the bishop.
But the bishop accepts the guidance of the archbishop. In the end, Garris has to deal with the archbishop's problem. There is also a patriarch above the archbishop...
After he settled those churches, the Kingdom of Jerusalem was gone.
This kind of church system, which exists parallel to the feudal lord system, is quite troublesome to deal with, and it can cause problems if you are not careful.
But Archos, the Orthodox priest, is different. His hometown is in Cyprus, which is 400 kilometers away from Galis. Even if Archos is dissatisfied with Galis, he goes out to find other churches and says that Galis wants the whole thing. .
The Catholic Church does not believe in him as an Orthodox priest!
As for the Orthodox Church, they have no deterrent effect. As an independent church, they have become an appendage of secular power and have no control over Garis.
And the best part is that many of the ritual sacraments of the Catholic and Orthodox churches these days are actually the same.
Even when the Crusaders reached Palestine, they were also influenced by the Orthodox Christian tradition here, so that many places became "Hellenized".
Finally, Aljos calmed down enough to open the page again and read it carefully.
There were actually not many words on that page, only a few lines, but for the Christian church in this era, it was almost subversive.
[Human beings are created in the image and likeness of God. The voice of the poor who want to live is the voice of God. God is not the God who lives in the kingdom of heaven, but the Lord of life who can hear the voices of God’s people. 】
[The church of the priests is but a walking corpse, the church is nothing more than a pile of stones, the true church is the church of the human heart. 】
[It is the tragedy of the church that the church does not suffer where the poor suffer. If the pillars of truth stand with the mighty in this world, the door of salvation will become the door of damnation. 】
[The kingdom of heaven is the kingdom of life and is incompatible with the kingdom of tyrants who oppress and kill people in this world. 】
After reading these few lines, Aljos felt his scalp numb.
Heretic? In fact, it is not very heretical, because these remarks do not affect the Trinity. In his eyes, these words are just trying to dig up the roots of the church.
Because in this era, the church is a tool of the ruler and a subsidiary of the tyrant's country. It is the suffering of the poor that can be exchanged for the glory and wealth of the priests. Looking at Archos's expression, Garris knew that the Orthodox priest had indeed read and thought about it seriously.
So Garris said slowly: "You see, in this land of ours, suffering and poverty are a constant companion for the people. The poor people have to dig out the soil for water and bread every day, and they have to fight endlessly. ”
"The day they don't find bread, the poor will die."
"Every day, the poor have to experience a duel between life and death. Do you think this is God's will?"
Archos was a little hard to answer. He couldn't answer yes or no because he was not qualified to make judgments for God.
"We all know that the church is not the kingdom of heaven, let alone the embodiment of perfect order. If the church exists only to maintain its own operation, then it is meaningless. It is just a corpse with only appearance."
"The church is to witness grace and the approach of the kingdom of heaven in the end of this world."
"Only by capturing the word of God from the mouths of all nations can the church become a true church, a pillar of truth and grace, rather than a appendage of the power of this world."
Listening to Garris's words, Aljos thought that the young man in front of him might be crazy, but he listened very seriously.
Unlike many priests, Archos was not the second son of a noble family. He was an orphan who only lived to adulthood because he was adopted by the church.
The first half of his life was definitely not about good food and clothing. Instead, he was fighting against hunger day after day.
Archos was raised by the church, but he was raised by the poor. It was the food given by the poor that allowed him to live until now.
On the one hand, he is truly grateful to the church, but on the other hand, he knows that without the believers, the church is nothing.
But at the same time, the church he relied on was useless in the face of the tyranny of the Emperor of Cyprus except to help him.
Since the day of the emperor's coronation, Cyprus, a beautiful island, has become a victim of rapists.
The Emperor of Cyprus and his mercenaries plundered the island wantonly, raping women, defiling virgins, and torturing anyone who offended them.
Even the Emperor of Cyprus's own teacher had his legs chopped off by that tyrant beast.
One time, Archos was holding a mass in his church. The mercenaries under the emperor rushed into the church and robbed the believers in his parish in front of him and attacked the young women.
At that time, Arthos, wearing gorgeous sacrificial robes, walked up and gave an admonishment to the soldiers.
"In the name of Heavenly Father, I beg you, I beg you, I command you! Don't do this!"
Of course, it was useless, because those mercenaries were not Christians at all.
The abode of God has thus become a paradise for perpetrators, and the girl’s screams and cries have become the tragedy of the beautiful island of Cyprus.
Archos himself received a severe beating.
The next day, before he even got out of bed, he received an order to go to Antioch.
At that time, he was thinking: Why is the Lord’s Day of Judgment not coming for so long?
Until then, he, Alchos, will wash his feet with the blood of the wicked!
[Their misfortune is before they are aware of the bush fire. May the raging wind blow them all away! The righteous will rejoice when he sees that great vengeance has been avenged; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked]
——"Psalm" 58:11
However, that is just a fantasy after all. In Aljos's lifetime, he will not see this scene, or he will have to wait until his resurrection in the next life to do it, but that will take a long, long time.
Tired, destroy it...
With this mentality, he left Cyprus and set foot on the mainland.
But by chance, I seemed to have met an incredible guy.
If we say that the previous quotations only made Aljos admire Garris's knowledge and literary talent.
So, what Garris said now gave him a hint of madness in his eyes.
Unlike everyone else, Arthos had never witnessed the miracles performed by Gareth, but he was tempted simply because of the power of words and words.
Because these words and words do contain the revelation of the Holy Spirit.
[The priest is in the world but not of the world. A priest should weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice. The priest should assume all responsibility for the cause of his flock, fulfilling the word of the Lord made flesh. 】
—— Camilo Torres
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