Chapter 186 Tabor’s Three Commandments (Two in One)
Mount Tabor, referred to as Mount Tabor, has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times.
In 1799, during Napoleon's expedition to Syria, he also fought with the Ottomans.
At the Battle of Mount Tabor, Napoleon deployed a total of 3,500 troops to defeat 35,000 Ottomans.
With 62 casualties, the formation killed 6,000 Ottomans.
A well-timed surprise attack and fierce fire coverage can destroy the enemy's morale in the shortest possible time and force the enemy to flee.
Then when the Ottomans fled eastward, the banks of the Jordan River were muddy due to recent rainfall, making it difficult to cross the river quickly.
The massacre begins...
On December 25, 1187, the winter rain in Palestine came again as scheduled.
The sky was drooping, and the heavy dark clouds made it almost suffocating.
The lightning suddenly split the clouds, briefly illuminating the sky and the earth, and then the thunder rolled past like a roar deep in the distant mountains, no different from the previous roar of artillery fire.
At first, a few drops of cold rain gently hit the face, like some kind of whispering omen.
Then thin strands of rain poured down from the sky, like curtains woven with countless silver threads.
A moment later, huge raindrops fell like drums, hitting the horses' cheeks and the soldiers' armor hard, making a crisp sound.
Those Turkic people who fled eastward were embarrassed and disordered in this endless rain. They encountered a similar situation to the descendants of Turks in another timeline.
The water in the river rose rapidly due to the winter rain, and the originally solid river banks became muddy.
My steps were caught in it and dragged by the earth, making my steps difficult. The rain continued to wash away the ground, and the mud was like an invisible swamp, pulling in the escapees.
The scene in front of Batur was desperate: the rapidly rising river water and the slippery and muddy ground prevented his team from forming an effective formation.
He could no longer tell whether the sound of thunder was the words of the Lord between heaven and earth, or the sound of a carriage on the shore not far away.
Despite the pouring rain, Balian's men still methodically retied the traction ropes to the pack horses, pulled up the chariots loaded with artillery and shooters, and pursued the Turks wantonly under the escort of infantry.
Although the rain is not suitable for the ignition and firing of artillery, it can still occasionally sound a few times, bringing the panic of death.
The Turks tried to fight back, but it was not systematic.
The waters of the Jordan River were stained with blood again and again.
The river swelled rapidly in the rain, and the mud and blood were mixed. Every stream of water flowing to the Jordan River was dyed with a bright red color.
Another bolt of lightning struck, reflecting the figures of the Turkic soldiers struggling desperately in the river.
They were chased and scattered in all directions. Many abandoned their armor and desperately tried to cross the fast-flowing river, or threw themselves into the river and allowed the icy current to take them away.
Amidst the thunder, the shouts of soldiers and the sound of water merged together. It was not until slogans of "Surrender without killing!" rang out from all directions that someone chose to lay down their weapons and surrender in this muddy and desperate purgatory.
【At that time, in the presence of God on Mount Sinai;】
【In the presence of the God of Israel;】
[The earth shook and rain fell from the heavens. 】
"O God, you send down heavy rains to scatter his enemies, causing those who hate him to flee from his presence. 】
[They are driven out, like smoke blown away by the wind; the wicked are destroyed when they see the face of God, like wax melted by fire. 】
——Excerpt from Psalm 68
The rain was pouring down, while Balian and the others were cleaning up the battlefield.
Garris also led some people to climb Mount Tabor in the freezing winter rain.
Mount Tabor, with a height of 575 meters and a height difference of 450 meters. As the miraculous place where Brother Tian showed his holy face, Mount Tabor has a unique status in Christianity and can be said to be a holy mountain.
Whether it is the Light of Tabor, or the Taborites who were Hussite followers in the subsequent Hussite Wars.
Its name comes from the place name of Mount Tabor.
Many of Guerris's theological ideas actually came from the Taborites.
There are several thoughts of the Taborites:
【Establish a free and equal church commune without privileged classes;】
[Confiscate the lands of nobles, knights and landowners, and cancel the feudal obligations of serfs;]
【Abolish the feudal hierarchy and establish a republic of national autonomy;】
[Significantly simplify the mass and sacred rites, except for the Holy Communion, retaining only infant baptism;]
【Promote a simple Christian life and oppose entertainment;】
[Oppose the theory of transubstantiation and purgatory, and oppose the worship of saints and saints’ relics;]
【Promote clergy and lay believers to receive the Holy Grail together;】
[Belief in the Millennium and the Second Coming of Christ, etc. 】
In the Catholic Mass ceremony, ordinary believers usually can only eat the Eucharist, that is, they can only eat bread.
The Taborites require drinking the holy blood together, which means drinking together, which is the so-called "receiving the Holy Grail together".
However, the Holy Grail faction in the Hussite Wars was actually another faction, also known as the Utraqua faction.
Compared with the radical Taborites, the Holy Grail sect advocates moderate religious reforms, especially allowing ordinary believers to enjoy the Holy Grail, and tends to reach some kind of compromise with the Catholic Church and pursue relative peace.
The outcome of the Hussite War can be said to be another history repeating itself.
The wind brought raindrops to our faces, and even though Garris and others were holding umbrellas, they were still soaked by the rain.
However, Garris remained silent. Behind him, the Paladins and Father Archos also remained silent and just followed Garris closely.
Palestine is sacred land, and Mount Tabor is a sacred mountain.
This is a pilgrimage and a part of the [Prophet's] mission.
After the rain began to subside, Garris said: "Arjos, do you think some of us would want to compromise with the Pope in Rome?"
Garris's words came out of the blue. In fact, they were just his own emotion.
Aljos, who suddenly heard this question, was speechless for a moment.
As the person who personally organized the theological thoughts of Guerris, Arthos was different from ordinary believers.
It should be said that today's Gallis theology is actually mixed with his thoughts.
Therefore, he did not blindly follow and worship Garris, but rather he was a fellow traveler on the same road.
Even more because of this, Archos knew how frustrated the Holy See would be when the cult grew and grew, and when the cult's ideas spread.
When he thought of that scene, Aljos couldn't help but grin.
"Some people may think so, but we will win in the end."
Listening to Archos' confident words, Garris couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Then, listen to Garris say: "I am going to issue a few commandments here, please listen."
"The religious order is a religious order, and the country is a country. After the country is destroyed, the religious order must still exist, because the mission of the religious order will never end until the kingdom of heaven comes."
"The order is the order, the church is the church, the church of priests is not holy, because they are greedy for money, and the gold, silver and jewelry become their shackles."
"Everyone, one day everyone will become a priest because of me, and all lay people will enter a spiritual life, because our mission cannot be accomplished by just the people in the church."
"The gates of the kingdom of heaven must be pushed open by the poor who speak the word of God."
While climbing the mountain, Gareth gave some commandments, which are another legacy he left to the world.
If we say that the Ten Commandments of Moses established Jewish morality, then established Christian morality, and then established European and American morality, which in turn affected the formulation of laws.
So the three mountain climbing commandments of Garris are to clearly establish what the sect is.
A country is not a religious order, so the rise and fall of a country should not be the rise and fall of a religious order.
The church is not a religious order, so the glory, wealth, gold, silver and jewelry of the priests are just shackles.
In fact, among all the priests in the Taiping Order, they have no clear superior-subordinate relationship.
Priests of the Order who have been trained by Garis and Archos will be awarded graduation certificates and degree certificates.
These new priests are not directly sent to serve in various churches. There is a relatively complicated process during this period.
Roughly speaking, it is similar to having a teacher qualification certificate. It does not mean that you will definitely become a teacher. It depends on whether there is a school recruiting teachers and whether you can pass the entry assessment...
Different churches have different ownership rights, so their standards for recruiting priests are also different. It can be said that it is a compromise between the interests of many parties.
Priests who are recognized by the "local" laity do not have a superior-subordinate relationship with the center of the order in a bureaucratic manner, nor are they subordinate to a specific bishop.
The influence of the central church on local priests mainly lies in two aspects, one is the assessment and review every three years or so, and the other is the purely ideological call.
Priests who fail to pass the assessment will face the possibility of being deprived of their degree certificate, indirectly vetoing the sanctity of the other party, thereby requiring the other party to be strict with themselves.
The "locality" also has the right to dismiss priests on its own, thereby establishing the priest's status as a server.
At the same time, local priests formed committees on their own and were qualified to elect central members of the order.
This means that the entire power logic of the Order is actually an inversion.
The "local" laity hired priests from graduates of theological academies, and the priests who were hired, as well as those who were not hired, formed a large number of cross-regional committees.
From these committees, the central committee of the religious order was elected, thus operating the central organs and taking on the responsibility of training new clergy through the theological and philosophical schools.
However, although the central church has an honorable status, it has no right to abolish the status of local priests
Because the priest's identity is that of the "local" laity, appointed by the word of God.
As for the Paladins, they are a special group in the Order.
[One day all people will become priests because of me, and all lay people will enter a spiritual life. 】
Jesus Christ is the eternal high priest, and Garris is naturally the eternal high priest.
Strictly speaking in Catholicism, only Brother Christ Himself is the real priest, and other priests and bishops are only His servants. In Catholic theory, it is Jesus Christ who shares his priestly authority so that priests, that is, priests, can resemble their head and thus exercise priestly authority.
Then Garris wants to spread the priest's authority again until everyone in the world becomes a priest because of him.
Before that time, the laity also had the power to ordain priests because of Gelis.
"Arjos, did you know? In the future, there will be two kinds of secularization."
"A kind of secularization is that the laity can no longer tolerate the lies of the priests, and they can no longer tolerate the priests who are colluding with Caesar."
"Once they rose up, they knocked the church to the ground, declared that God did not exist, and then started their own generation with great force."
"People at that time denied the existence of the Creator, and nature was no longer the cradle of mankind, but became an object of rule and transformation."
"People at that time will no longer care about the issue of creation or uncreation. God will leave the world and become a "hidden God", which means 'God is dead'."
"They will become perfect laity."
When Garris said this, he was not depressed.
In fact, it sounded to Aljos that when Garris said this in the rain, he was quite excited and seemed to have a lot of expectations.
"But that is not necessarily a good thing, because the entire world can become an object of possession, and people can also be possessed and enslaved by others."
"This kind of secularization may be taken advantage of by fetishism, and then be replaced by a false name and become the pseudonym of fetishism."
Garris was speaking words that Archos couldn't understand for a while.
The rain was getting lighter and lighter, and the top of the mountain was almost there. Garris then said:
"There is also a kind of secularization, which is another matter."
"The laity are eager for spiritual life, but the church has closed its door, shutting out the laity, and exploiting the laity wantonly."
“Therefore, the laity demanded the simplification of the sacraments and the break of the priests’ monopoly on the sacraments.”
"They are not ungrateful, on the contrary, it is because they are too sacred and too pious. So much so that the priests are so precious to themselves. How will they deal with themselves if their authority is taken away by the laity?"
"But in the end, the word of God comes from the mouths of the laity, from the mouths of the poor."
"Educated laity, as lay believers they started their own churches."
"Their lives were sanctified and they became their own kings."
“When all the laity become a part of the church, the church becomes the church of the laity.”
"Religion has become secularized."
[Anyone who can restrain his body, control his soul, and prevent himself from indulging in selfish desires and preferences is his own master. He can be called a king because he can discipline himself! He is free and independent and does not allow himself to be bound by sinful slavery! 】
——Excerpt from the first volume of "The Words of Garris".
Many Chinese people of later generations have never considered one question: Where did the European and American legal spirit come from?
Apart from the legal traditions of ancient Greece and Rome, an important source of European and American legal spirit is Christian doctrine and canon law.
Christian doctrine: Christianity combines the concept of natural law with divine law and proposes the idea that law originates from the will of God.
Theologians such as St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas developed natural law theory, which held that human laws should reflect God's moral law and that God's will was superior to all human laws.
It can be said that natural law thought profoundly influenced later Western legal philosophy, especially in aspects such as ethics, justice, and rights.
Canon Law: During the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church had strong religious and political influence in Europe.
Canon law developed a complex legal system to deal with religious matters and some secular matters, and became the blueprint for the laws of many European countries, especially in areas such as marriage, inheritance, and moral issues.
It can also be said that canon law provided an early form of authority and due process in the spirit of modern European rule of law.
The Ten Commandments of Christianity have become the basis for many legislations and the source of ideas.
1. Worship the One God who is above all.
2. Do not make false oaths by calling God’s holy name.
3. Observe the feast day.
4. Honor your parents.
5. Do not kill.
6. Do not engage in sexual immorality.
7. Don’t steal.
8. Do not prove falsely.
9. Don’t want another person’s wife.
10. Don’t be greedy for other people’s property.
It can be said that in many cases, it is the law that clarifies the details of religious commandments, and it is the laity who enters areas that were not originally involved, and wrests the power to answer the questions from the priests.
In this process, Christian teachings, as one of the elements, formed the modern secular laws of Europe and the United States, and through the strength of European and American countries, their ideas spread throughout the world.
So the so-called modernization must include part of Westernization and part of Christian thought.
Diversification of the world is inevitable, but in this process, who takes precedence and who takes second place?
Garris couldn't answer that question. He only knew that this pilgrimage to climb the mountain was almost at its end.
At this time, he once again said to Aljos beside him: "Those two kinds of secularization are not incompatible. In fact, they will happen at the same time, and they will blend with each other, and finally all kinds of strange things will be born. Results.”
The raindrops in the sky finally stopped, and the dark clouds gradually split, as if they were being gently moved by a pair of invisible hands.
Looking back at the plain below the mountain, you can see light leaking from the broken clouds. Golden light pillars penetrate the sky and fall straight to the earth, illuminating the wilderness! It also illuminated the battlefield on the Jordan River.
Every ray of light seems to be able to wash away the dust on the earth and the sins of the world.
In front of Garris, one of the pillars of light, as bright as a revelation from heaven, fell on the monastery in front of Garris and the others.
This stone building looks particularly solemn under the sunlight.
The water droplets after the rain hang on the arched windows and eaves of the monastery, crystal clear. The tears shed by these angels shine with thousands of flowing brilliance in the light pillars.
It can be said that after all the hardships, the weather has cleared up, and even Garris has become a lot more cheerful.
Along the path of Mount Tabor, through the misty slopes, the monastery is built on the top of this broad cliff.
This Santa Marcovia Monastery has tall walls and watchtowers, and there are even people patrolling the walls.
It is said to be a monastery, but it is clearly a castle that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
It's no wonder that the two thousand Turkic troops at the foot of the mountain have not launched a strong attack on the monastery for so long.
The main reason is that it is obviously difficult to deploy an army on such a hillside, and the Turkic army is mainly composed of nomadic light cavalry and lacks enough armored heavy infantry, so it is naturally difficult to attack the city.
However, the number of people in the monastery did not seem to be many.
The people on the watch tower next to the monastery gate seemed to have sounded some kind of warning bell after seeing the arrival of Garris and his party.
Then not long after, the door of the monastery creaked open, and several monks in gray robes walked out tremblingly.
After seeing Garris and others, they didn't dare to look up and take a closer look. They all bowed their heads and bowed. The rosary beads in their hands had long been thrown aside, replaced by nervous smiling faces.
The leading monk, Mishka, had sweat mixed with rain sliding down his face, looking miserable.
He clutched the white turban on his head tightly, and while thinking about Garis, he bowed slightly and shouted in a loud voice: "Laila Hailala! Raila Hailala!"
"Laila al-Illalah, Mohammad Niresuululah!"
"Insalad! Insalad!"
Listening to the inaccurate pronunciation of "Arabic" with a shaky and unclear ending, Garris's face turned dark.
Then, not only Mishka, but the monks and priests behind him also followed suit, hurriedly chanting the same prayers as if they had been rehearsed many times, with chaotic voices and in time with each other.
Some monks even seemed too excited and immediately fell to their knees on the ground, kowtowing as hard as pounding garlic.
Gareth could hear him saying: "Allahu Abdul Muhammad!"
At this time, Garris's face turned completely dark. He knew Arabic.
【Layilahailala! Raila Hailala! 】This sentence means "There is no god except Allah."
[Laila Heilalah, Mohammad Nire Surulah! 】This sentence is "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God."
【Indian Salad! Indian salad! 】The translation is "May Allah's will be realized! May Allah's will be realized!"
Then, the last guy read [Allahu Abdul Muhammad! ], translated as "Allah is the servant of Muhammad."
Forget it for others, this person who says "Allah is the servant of Muhammad" is really too much.
Garris couldn't hold back, walked up to the monk who was kneeling on the ground, kowtowing violently, and then kicked him.
He didn't use any force intentionally, but he just kicked the opponent onto his back.
Archos couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, while the other Paladins put their hands on the hilts of their swords, making a gesture of drawing out their swords.
Then I heard Archos, who was not too concerned about watching the excitement, pointing at Garris and saying loudly:
"Ashehedu'alailahewaashe!Heduana nagaris Abduhuwaresuluhu!"
Aljos's Arabic wasn't much better, and most of the people present didn't quite understand him for a while.
The monk who really understood, that is, the one who took the lead, Mishka, felt that something was wrong for a while.
Because the words of Arthos, if forced to be translated, are actually: "I bear witness that there is no god but God. And I bear witness that Qaris is the servant and messenger of God!"
Qaris is the servant and messenger of God?
No, do the Saracens disrespect the Prophet Muhammad so much today?
No, Mishka noticed a problem.
But before he could think of the problem, his body subconsciously knelt down on the ground, clumsily imitating the Muslim prayer posture.
His body was as stiff as a puppet, trying to express the greatest degree of piety in every movement. However, his knees almost lost their balance because they were not used to the posture of worship.
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(End of chapter)