Chapter 237 If you pray too much, you will doubt the scriptures
“What we want to pursue is the origin. This matter is also recorded in "The First Cause of Creation". When a mother gives birth to a child, we can say that she created Did you have a child?”
“Then what’s the point of pursuing the existence of Messiah and the Holy Tree?”
“Isn’t this a denial of the Holy Trinity? In denying the Holy Trinity, as the patriarch said, the Holy Trinity is a dynamic process. In the process of tracing upwards, our world must come from nothing at some point..."
Sitting on the chair against the wall, Mitterni thought he was going to hear some magical heresies, but unexpectedly it was a formal theological debate.
Although these words have clear ideas, they are difficult to be accepted by the older generation of bishops.
But even Miterny, a person from a serious seminary, couldn’t find much fault.
"Your Excellency Mitnich, I am not from a seminary. This seems to be doubtful."
Martial lowered his voice and said in a very thin voice.
After hearing Martial's question, Mitny did not answer immediately, but listened for a while before blinking.
It’s really doubtful.
The so-called doubtful scriptures, also called doubtful apocryphal scriptures, are to correct and explain the missing or wrong parts of the Gospel Commentary based on the textual research and comparison of ancient books.
This kind of "suspicious scripture" arose around 1066 in the Imperial Calendar. The soldiers of the Xizi Army who returned from the Western Expedition of the Royal Court brought back a large number of lost technologies and books.
But after comparison, the church was surprised to find that the church’s understanding of the scriptures actually deviated from the understanding of the early saints, even to the extent of being completely opposite.
On the one hand, the scriptures were indeed distorted during the dissemination, and on the other hand, the books brought back by the returned soldiers of the Xizi Army contained a large number of heretical apocrypha and fake books.
It was the millennium of the empire, but it was a period when the influence of the church was at its weakest. Lords could depose popes and rob churches at will.
The entire empire is full of bandits, robbers and plagues.
The priests believed that the Holy Father was punishing them for preaching the wrong gospel, so they began a vigorous "questioning" activity.
They will verify each other based on ancient books to explore and prove whether the annotations are correct, and write an understanding that is more consistent with the "truth".
However, according to the investigation of some scholars of the Salin Scholars Society, the priests at that time would selectively select ancient books that suited their ideas.
In order to satisfy their political views, a small number of monks would quote heretical scriptures or even take them out of context to modify correct and infallible teachings.
In the fifty-four years since Suspicion flourished, a total of five ecumenical councils were held to clarify doctrinal disputes.
The church and orthodox doctrines that Horn and the others currently face were basically formed in these five ecumenical councils.
Only the recent Ecumenical Council in 1270 decided that all suicidal activities are "discouraged".
Mitney knows this relatively well.
The so-called "not encouraged" means that only theological institutions affiliated with the Pope and a few seminaries still enjoy the "right to question scripture freely."
The rest of the priests who dared to question the scriptures were careful to be sentenced for heresy.
"Your Excellency Mittern, have you heard of the "Origin of Antithesis" they are discussing?"
Martial turned his head and asked Mittern in a low voice.
Mitnair naturally shook his head: "No, the original location here was the town of Guair. I guess they found some well-preserved ancient books."
Just at this time, Horn knocked on the table with his scepter, signaling everyone who was still arguing to stop.
"...This issue has been argued about enough. The debate is too fierce to clarify the ideas."
Standing up and stopping the debate, Horn said to them : "Each of you, write down your opinions. I will go to the minaret library to see if there are corresponding books that can resolve the dispute."
"Yes, dean."
Standing at the long table In front of him, Horn winked at Armand and walked out of the conference hall.
Armand, who was following Mitigny, quickly opened the door at the back of the conference room and made a gesture of invitation, asking Mitigny and others to follow. Following Armand, at the end of the corridor, Mittern finally saw Horn, who was waiting with a smile.
"Nice to meet you, His Majesty the Holy Sun."
"You must be Lord Mitney, please call me Horn."
Horn, Mittern, Martial and others exchanged pleasantries, and then walked to his study under the guidance of the guards.
Before taking two steps out, Martial couldn't help but stop: "Your Highness Horn, can I ask what the book "The Origin of Antithesis" is?"
"Oh, It is an ancient book from the Qiqiu Kingdom period, and is a counter-argument to "On the Origin". "What kind of book is this?" Martial stood at a loss. Why have I never heard of it?”
“Haha, the original commander of the Ayr Army in this military camp was a nobleman who loved to collect books. Later, there was a wizard who loved to read. There were originally a lot of ancient books. Of Ayr books..."
"Really? Can you let me see it?" As an orthodox revivalist scholar, Marshall is very interested in books from the ancient Ayr period.
"...But he was burned by a group of demon hunters." After completing the last half of the sentence with a smile, Horn looked at the disappointed Martial, "We have a... wizard with extraordinary memory, she memorized Most of the books, and a small part of them, have been transcribed into books.”
Due to various considerations, Horn still did not reveal the identity of Witch Shilov to them.
"Then, then, can I..." Martial stammered. In this era, books are valuable items and are rarely given to outsiders for free viewing.
Horn stepped forward friendly, patted Martial on the shoulder and said: "If you want to read it, let Armand take you to the library. However, no lending or copying is allowed. You can only read it in the library. "Look in the library."
"Yes, yes." Martial nodded repeatedly and rubbed his hands in excitement.
"Armand, please take our guest to the library, Your Excellency Mitigny, we will go to the study to discuss in detail."
Farewell to Mittern, Martial followed Armand and headed towards the library Go to the room.
He followed Armand closely. If he didn't need to lead the way, he could not wait to run in front of Armand.
Pushing open the door of the library, Martial rushed in like a hungry tiger pouncing on food, and tiptoed to stop in front of the bookshelf.
On the bookshelf, there are about thirty books scattered according to categories.
"Be careful, many of these are unique copies." Armand reminded him hurriedly, seeing Martial looking like he was about to drool.
Taking out his gloves, Martial showed them to Armand: "I have a lot of orphan books when I read them, and I know how to deal with them."
Going around twice in front of the bookshelf, Martial couldn't help but admired that there were ancient books recorded in other books on the bookshelf, and there were also many that were not recorded.
Martial carefully opened a book and read it intently.
The "Biography of Uculus" in his hand was just a thin biography, and he read it quickly.
This biography corresponds exactly to the time points of Ukulus' experience in "A Brief History of El". This book fills in all the blank experiences that are not recorded in "A Brief History".
“What are you going to read next?” Closing the book with satisfaction, Martial looked around the books, but he soon saw a familiar title.
"Rossay's "On Law."" Martial gently pulled out the book. There were fragments of this book in the library of his teacher's house. He didn't expect to see it here. .
Putting the thick book on the copy table, Martial pulled up a chair and sat down.
As soon as he opened the book, he frowned, because this Ancient El book was actually full of French letters.
Looking at it carefully, I saw on the title page that it read "On the Laws, written by Rothesi and translated by Montesquieu."
It turned out to be the product of translation. No wonder it is such a thick book.
I just don’t know how good this priest named Montesquieu is at translating.
Faced with such a tome, Martial devoted himself wholeheartedly to it and began to read it word for word.
(End of this chapter)