Chapter 242 The Beginning of Everything in Cyprus
In this era of the 12th century, Garris was lonely.
There are too many things that cannot be explained to ordinary people, and those who really understand what Garris wants to do are often far apart.
Simon, who first followed Garris, became the de facto leader of the cult. Russell, the original recruit, was also assisting Lance in running the side in Antioch.
The former Bishop of Karak Church, Amedeh, is now cultivating new blood of the Order in Alhadi Town.
As for Father Arjos, one of the founders of Gehry's theology, he shined in Cyprus.
In the past two and a half years, without realizing it, several waves of people have come and gone around Garris.
Even with Isabella, there was less gathering and more separation.
It’s no wonder that the other party was a little angry when he learned that he came to Tire City and didn’t go to see her first.
However, fortunately, I have settled down now.
You can return to your desk and carry out your work step by step. By the way, Tier has officially begun to establish a sub-group organization.
Gerris had already made it clear before leaving Transjordan regarding the issue of religious order organization.
There is no doubt that the center of the order is Transjordan.
Simon and Amedee, one leads the training of Paladin, and the other leads the training of priests.
In essence, Paladin is a militarized religious organization with a clear concept of superiors and subordinates. Although it will be awarded a divine seal, which is equivalent to the grade of a priest.
However, he only dabbled in theological attainments, and focused more on learning various knowledge, cultivating them as comprehensive talents, and sending them to various positions to shine.
As for the clergy group, that is, the priests within the Taiping Order, there is no superior-subordinate relationship between them.
More energy is invested in theological philosophy. In addition to studying theory, more is learning how to get along with believers, how to deal with the spiritual needs of the people, and leading the believers who have accepted them to unite. .
Since the positions of the priest group do not come directly from the appointment of the religious order, it is in Gellis's imagination.
These priests chosen by the believers must also better safeguard the interests of the believers in order to be able to serve for a long time.
In a sense, Paladins were essentially civil servants in government, while priests were elected members of the religious hierarchy.
Without Paladin, there would be no order of action, and it would not be able to carry out Garris's will and operate efficiently with more advanced professional knowledge.
And if there are no priests who are integrated with the believers, then sooner or later the religious order will break away from the believers and evolve in the direction of another Roman Catholic Church.
As for the branch organization, it is to integrate the Paladins and priests in the Tire area to build a self-coordinating center.
Similar things actually happened in Cyprus.
In the external system, the existence of the Cyprus Church has helped all members of the Taiping Order endorse their identities.
This allows Garris to call himself the head of Cyprus, and also allows other Paladins or priests to declare themselves to be genuine Orthodox members.
In the internal system, the Cyprus Church has also obtained pre-qualifications for branch groups and can cultivate groups of Paladins and priests on its own.
As Aljos, whose theological attainments are second only to Galis himself in the entire sect, he is also quite busy these days. On the one hand, he received a letter from Garris some time ago. Many of the opinions in the letter were a bit too explosive.
So much so that Archos even pinched his temples and repeatedly checked whether the letter was a forgery.
On the other hand, there is the Cyprus Liberation Front.
The Front for Liberation of Cyprus did not disband directly because of Gairis's departure, nor did it directly merge with the Church of Cyprus because of its control over the entire island.
But as an independent political organization, it began to exist on the island of Cyprus for a long time.
The FSLN has its own political program, and has repeatedly raised the banner that its political program comes from Gairis, demanding political reforms in Cyprus.
The core of the political program of the Cypriot Front is almost: "Restore Roman rule and carry out citizen governance!"
Requires the formal establishment of a Cyprus state with a "Roman" system, with the Citizens' Assembly as the highest authority of the Cyprus state.
Considering that the organization actually comes from Garris, this matter is not non-negotiable, but it is still quite troublesome.
The last aspect is that the "Red Beard" Frederick I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, King of Germany, King of Italy, and Imperial Prince of the Frankish Kingdom, has led his most elite crusaders in history. , landed in Cyprus!
That is an army of at least fifteen thousand people! There are as many as three thousand knights!
When these three things came together, Archos felt like his head was going to explode.
No, he still has various daily tasks to deal with!
At this juncture, his teacher and adoptive father Anthony, the Archbishop of Cyprus on the surface, expressed that he was helpless.
"Teacher, this, at least Barbarossa, you have to help me deal with it!"
Arjos was already begging for help, and Anthony patted him. His shoulder, he finally nodded.
After turning down part of the work, Aljos began to think slowly.
Put the letter from Gareth first.
In that letter, Garris put forward some very powerful opinions, so much so that even Archos felt that he needed to slow down.
And this matter is not suitable to be discussed with others. Wouldn’t it be quite unsightly to turn others into heretics?
Indeed, many of the views in Garris's letter, even within the Taiping Order, can be classified as heretical speech.
But considering that it was Gallis himself who said the heretical words, this is very, very annoying.
After thinking for a long time, Aljos picked up the pen and prepared to reply.
“Holy One, after reading your letter, I don’t know whether it was inspired by the Holy Spirit.”
“If it is indeed inspired by the Holy Spirit, it is The LORD has written with your hand, So I can only lament my past ignorance.”
“If the original ‘apostle’ Paul proposed ‘justification by faith’, then you have attributed it to ‘justification by poverty’. .”
"In your letter, our heavenly Father, the Lord of hosts, is indeed present in a form that we have never imagined."
"Indeed, if [Unite as One] One is to be God, and to be scattered and live in all directions is to be a son] Then each of us will enjoy the status of God's 'adopted son'..."
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