The Original Vampire

The importance of the Holy Scriptures in the glorious church is similar to that of the Bible in Ji and Du.

The Duke of St. Chapman's promotion of the Holy Codex and its elevation to supreme authority seems to be helping the Church to spread the Gospel, but in fact, if you think about it a little more, it is actually Weakening the status of the church, and even competing for the church's right to speak.

If the people of the Empire can listen to the Gospel from the interpreter appointed by the lord, why should they go to the priest?

If the Lord of Radiance's way of redemption is written in the Holy Codex, why go to church to pray for confession?

If the Holy Codex is the supreme authority, does it need to be followed when the Pope's decree goes against it?

Invisibly, the influence of the church in the spiritual realm of the people has been continuously weakened.

Although the Duke of St. Chapman did not add private goods in the process of promoting "The Holy Codex", he can do so at any time as the lords have more right to speak and control the people.

The Holy Codex is a dead book after all, but its interpretation can be flexible.

Originally, the Church monopolized the interpretation of the Holy Codex, but now, this power is in danger of being seized by the nobles.

Moreover, the church can only watch the lords and nobles continue to stretch their tentacles into the realm of belief that only belongs to them, but they cannot stop them openly.

Because they can't find an excuse.

It is beyond reproach to proclaim the Holy Codex, to spread the Gospel of the Lord of Radiance.

The plan of the Duke of St. Chapman is a complete conspiracy!

Mrs. Grace looked at Colin's changing face and smiled, "Do you want to understand what's going on?"

"Well, the Duke of St. Chapman is indeed a good trick!" Colin couldn't help but exclaim, "If you push the "Bright Codex" to the supremacy, the status of the church will naturally decline. Moreover, in this process, The nobles also took part of the right to speak from the church.

Even better, the church could not stop the nobles from doing so, otherwise they would be attacked by nobles who say they are blocking the spread of our Lord's gospel. "

"That's right." Lady Grace showed admiration, obviously not expecting Colin to react so quickly to Duke St. Chapman's true intentions.

You must know that the Church finally realized that something was wrong two or three years after the Duke of St. Chapman implemented this policy.

Colin immediately wondered: "If the Duke of St. Chapman is just using this method to slowly weaken the church's status and authority, then the church can't find an excuse to deal with him, right? Is the Pope really so reckless that he doesn't need any justification? The reason, you can directly exterminate a paladin family?"

Mrs. Grace sighed and said, "No, if the church doesn't want to become an enemy of the empire, it will never dare to do so. However, a series of events that happened later gave the church an excuse to deal with the Duke of St. Chapman."

Colin's heart moved, and he said, "Could it be that the Duke of St. Chapman asked the nobles to carry private goods in the process of spreading the Holy Code of Glory?"

"No. How could the Duke of St. Chapman be so foresight to do something in such a hurry. However, you are not entirely wrong.

Because the Church's final judgment against the Duke of St. Chapman is to deliberately distort the "Splendid Codex"! "

Colin immediately understood and said, "It seems that some lecturers assigned by nobles were bought by the church, so they made arrogant claims and made distorted explanations in the process of disseminating the Holy Code of Glory."

"That's right." Grace nodded and said, "With the passage of time, there have been many instances of interpreters assigned by nobles distorting and explaining the contents of the Holy Codex. Of course, the Duke of St. Chapman had expected this for a long time. , defended that this was the personal behavior of the docent, and also punished the local lords and asked them to manage them strictly.

However, this phenomenon has been repeatedly banned, and in order to blame the Duke of St. Chapman, the church has even gone so far as to let some deliberately misinterpreted contents of the Holy Codex spread widely.

"

Colin sneered and said, "Is the church already so shameless? But that won't make them push the St. Chapman family to the court, right?"

"It's not really. But until one day, a member of the St. Chapman family was found to have also promoted some misinterpretations of the "Bright Codex" in public!

This incident also sounded the death knell for the St. Chapman family. "

Colin couldn't help but exclaimed: "The church can actually instigate the members of the St. Chapman family to betray their own family? Doesn't that person know that his behavior is suicide?"

Mrs. Grace smiled mockingly and said, "Who knows? This incident has long been unrecorded, and the identity and deeds of the St. Chapman family were deliberately concealed.

However, perhaps there are always some foolish people in this world who cannot use common sense to speculate.

Later, the St. Chapman family was judged, exterminated, and even wiped out all traces of them.

At the same time, the promotion policy of the Holy Codex formulated by the Duke of St. Chapman during his lifetime was also abolished by the church using this excuse. Today, the Holy Codex can only be preached and explained by priests, and no one else is allowed to possess, copy, or disseminate it. .

The nobles were shocked by the church's ruthless will and resolute means. By the time they reacted, the church had already exterminated the St. Chapman family.

The Dark Emperor, to whom the Duke of St. Chapman was loyal, hated the church so much that he cried out madly, "The gods are dead", in an attempt to reveal the biggest secret that the church had tried so hard to cover up.

You should know what happened after that.

Duke St. Theon the Judge killed the Dark Emperor with a sword, and the Pope also used the oracle to help the Duke of St. Theon's betrayal whitewash.

Of course, the royal family and nobles were not reconciled to being bullied by the church in this way, and the Saint Theon family also paid a heavy price for it later. "

After Colin listened silently, he felt infinite sigh.

A Zongjiao reform that died in the middle of the way actually caused the two paladin families to withdraw from the political arena of the empire.

Could it be that this is the forbidden area that Radiance Empire cannot touch?

Colin stared at Mrs. Grace and asked, "Mrs. Grace, what do you mean by telling me this?"

Mrs. Grace said solemnly:

"Count Angele, I just want to remind you, don't underestimate the church. And don't touch their bottom line easily, because once they retaliate, they are really crazy."

Colin frowned and said, "You mean my act of inciting the lord of the East to intercept the tithe?"

"Yes."

Colin didn't doubt Mrs Grace's motives. Now the Morrison family and him are both pros and cons. The old lady reminded herself that it was also out of good intentions.

And to be honest, Colin also realized that his behavior was a bit reckless at the time.

Although doing so can force the nobles of the Eastern Realm to get rid of the church's control, at the same time, Colin himself has become a thorn in the eyes of the church.

Originally, Colin didn't think the Church was a big threat. After all, he had just conquered the Eastern Territory and was in high spirits, but now he calmed down and realized that he really underestimated the Church.

"Mrs. Grace, how do you think I should make up for the relationship with the church?"

"You don't need to make up your relationship with the church." Mrs. Grace smiled and said, "Just keep a distance from the royal family, and even deliberately create some gaps."

Colin immediately understood what Mrs. Grace meant and clapped his hands in praise:

"Mrs. Grace, you are really a master!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, like two foxes, one old and one small, who had stolen the grapes.