Holy City of Reims, Great Hall of Light.
Except for "Divine Radiance" Beria, "Four-Winged Knight" Stone, and "Angel of Light" Philipbel, who were stationed in the fortress and could not leave, the rest of the cardinal order members gathered. Many legends exuded a substantial depression, filling the magnificent hall with a solidified atmosphere.
"Your Majesty, the Magic Council has gone further and further in spying on the realm of God, and we can no longer hesitate to be cowardly and fearful, and must completely destroy them before they truly grow." Another giant of the Court, "Guardian of Light" Ezalo, broke the extremely quiet scene and once again expressed his strong desire for war on the Magic Council.
Pope Benedict II held the scepter and listened quietly to his request, and then saw Cardinal Salde of the Diocese of Vaorit stand up.
"Under the Pope, the discovery of new particles is only a subversion of the theological atomic problem, and has nothing to do with the doctrine of the Holy Scriptures, and for this, there have been many theological conferences in fact, and it has not had a serious impact on believers, low-level priests, and most bishops and cardinals.
Salde's whole person was as quiet as a lake, seemingly clear but deep and difficult to see, his voice was plain, unhurried, giving people the feeling of a spring breeze.
"Your Majesty, Salde is very reasonable, hasn't several popes been adjusting and modifying theology according to the results of the magical council's exploration of the world? This has happened many times before, and most clergy have become accustomed to our slow approach to the Lord, so why do we have to go to war recklessly and without being prepared for anything this time? Is it because of the losses caused by our own internal radical conservatives?" Another cardinal, "Angel of the Wind" Estella, followed Sald to express his opinion.
Regarding the speeches of the two of them, many cardinals secretly cursed in their hearts, the two old foxes!
Indeed, several popes have been adapting and reforming theology according to the latest theories of the arcane, and subversive discoveries like new particles have been faced every few decades in the first two or three hundred years, and the impact is not too great.
However, the gradual decline of the Pope's authority among the clergy is due to the repeated transformation of theology!
The discovery of new particles did not damage the glory of the gods, but it was a great blow to the image of the pope. Isn't it possible to communicate the Lord and convey the Lord's will? Why is wrong doctrine explained over and over again?
Faced with the performance of Sald and Estilla opening their eyes and talking nonsense, many cardinals bowed their heads without refutation, and there was no one more stupid than anyone who could stand in the Hall of Light, and what they said depended only on what position they were on, what they wanted to get, not what it actually was.
To whom will the weakening of the papal majestic divine image benefit the most? Without a doubt, members of the College of Cardinals! Just like the Church of the North!
However, there were also many members of the cardinal conference who sided with the pope, so they all stood up and said that the reason why they did not start a full-scale war before was because the focus was on the Northern Church, which made the magic council swell, and now they can no longer make the mistakes of the past.
When the dispute reached a peak, the pope raised his scepter and said majestically: "Things have happened, what needs to be done now is to adjust the theological content as soon as possible, so that the vast majority of clergy will not be troubled by this, and at the same time, strengthen the oppression of the Magic Council, speed up the shift of the center of gravity, and wait for the right opportunity to give them a heavy blow."
Neither blindly going to war nor spitting on his face, the pope compromised the opinions of both sides.
However, this also surprised the pope's supporters, in the history of the church, there are not many real wars to defend the glory of the Lord, but the pope's conquests to maintain his authority abound, such as the centuries-old North-South Church War. Under the crown of Benedict II, he was able to endure it?
After announcing the decision, the Pope had a faint smile on his lips and glanced deeply at Salde and Estella.
"Your Majesty, we cannot do nothing until the right opportunity comes out, so that devout believers cannot feel our maintenance of the glory of the Lord. "Guardian of Light" Aizalo suggested.
Pope Benedict II nodded slightly: "This matter will be left to Filipe and the others to complete."
Salde, who was slightly narrowed by the Pope's glance just now, stood up again: "Your Majesty, we must pay close attention to the situation of the clergy in the Kingdom of Holm. The emergence of Andrade's radical retro faction is by no means accidental, and it fully shows that similar trends of thought have emerged within the clergy of the Diocese of Holm, and if not dealt with in time, it may have serious consequences."
"This matter is for Valenhill and Bahá'u'lláh to resolve, both of whom are members of the College of Cardinals and have the ability to handle it with pious faith." Benedict II was so calm that it was doubtful that he would never have anger, anxiety, etc.
Valenhill was one of the leaders of the ascetics, the representative of the most devout believers, and Bahá'u'lláh was the giant of the inquisitor, known as the "Judge", and they were all natural candidates to deal with similar incidents, and even if they were not in the diocese of Holm, they would be dispatched.
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Kingdom of Holm, the Cathedral of the Radiant.
Philibel received orders from the holy city of Reims and the revised theology.
"The section on atomic holiness was deleted, and the content of the Lord's creation of many elementary particles to form the world was added, emphasizing that the Lord is the first cause and the first mover, and that after creating the world, humans and all things, he does not directly affect the operation of the world, but guides the world to develop and eliminate evil through miracles and judgments." Philippe Bell calmly read the revised theological content to the three members of the Cardinal Conference: Bahá'u'lláh, Valenhill, and Stone.
Valenhill maintained the ascetic's miserable face: "Has the Lord's authority been degraded to this point?"
The church did not blindly respond to the aggressiveness of the Magic Council, but discussed the direction of theological revision through various theological conferences.
Since these theological contents themselves were proposed by saints, cardinals, cardinals, and bishops and priests with theological potential, they were easily accepted by the clergy, and if mistakes occurred in the future, the pope could also get rid of the relationship to the greatest extent.
The content of this revision was proposed at the previous theological conferences, and the members of the cardinal conference were well aware that Valenhill was quite opposed to it, believing that it would weaken the authority of the Lord a lot, and that he would have to watch it become part of formal theology in the end.
——This doctrine believes that everything is full of causal connections, and the initial cause is the Lord, called the first cause, and at the same time, the various laws of the world are explored to the end, there will always be a beginning, an initial driving force, and the Lord is the first promoter.
After reading the document, "Four-Winged Knight" Stone said with a slight disappointment and anger: "Continue to wait for the opportunity? Aren't we going to do something? We have to endure the provocations of the Magic Council again and again, are we still the Lord's guard?"
Even if they now believe that radical conservatives have caused this serious loss, it has nothing to do with the subjective will of the Magic Council, nor does it prevent them from believing that the discovery of the new particles is a provocation.
Phil Bell showed a smile: "This information is due to an accidental leak that damaged our clergy, which in turn shows that the Magic Council is not ready and should still be in the stage of transforming the atomist position of magicians, so since the cardinals and bishops who cannot accept this fact at all within us have either been swallowed by the holy light, or their trust in doctrine and theology has been shaken, and it is difficult to move forward, then why don't we directly spread the experiment of new particles, you know, many middle and high-level magicians have a much firmer stance on atomism than our bishops."
Trainee pastors, ordinary pastors, etc. are still in the stage of studying theology, and they are not greatly affected.
"Well, we won't lose more anyway, and it's a very good thing to deal a serious blow to the Magic Council." Bahá'u'lláh agreed with Philipper's opinion.
It's just that priests and bishops "spread" new arcane theories to magicians, isn't it too weird, weird, and funny?
Is something upside down?
"Rentat has the headquarters of elemental will, and most elemental magicians must believe in atomism, so let's start with Rentat." Valenhill proposed the object of action.
Stone nodded: "Good plan. But we still have to find out who the discoverer of the new particle is, and we must purify it!"
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A hidden place around the Royal Magic Tower in Holm.
A pastor loudly preached a new "theological theory" to the coachman while secretly looking at the gate of the Magic Tower not far away: "The Lord first created all kinds of particles, atoms and elementary particles smaller than atoms, and then used them to form the ...... of the world"
The coachman was dizzy and could only repeat repeatedly: "The Lord is holy and great, He created the world."
After talking for a long time, without seeing the magician coming and going or stopping to listen, the young pastor asked a little confusedly: "Why is this tower so deserted?"
"Mr. Pastor, I heard that they have been doing some 'closed training' in recent days. I can understand every word, but I can't understand their meaning when they are connected." The coachman replied with a simple smile.
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The report of the failure of the operation soon appeared in front of Philippe.
"The Magic Council has been prepared for a long time, which shows that Andrade's matter is not accidental." Philip Bell's tone was a little heavy.
Bahá'u'lláh was in charge of investigating the matter, and at this time he offered his own opinion: "Andrade's thoughts have always been like this, but he happened to be on duty in the ashram when the information was delivered, and it was a coincidence. I suspect that the high-ranking spy has either betrayed us or has been discovered by the Magic Council and used by him, and at the same time, Andrade's thinking is too radical, and I suspect that he has been guided and strengthened by his thinking. Genjutsu is the most difficult magic to guard against, and it is difficult to identify such enhancements......"
The study became very quiet, and the high-level spy who had finally developed was gone?
I didn't use him in many previous operations, just let him pass on some information that didn't involve danger, and was very protective of him, but there was a problem!
Thinking of this, several members of the cardinal conference became depressed.
Suddenly, Philippe Bell seemed to remember something, and quickly took out the original information and interpreted the hints that might be hidden in the text according to the most confidential agreement.
In less than a minute, Philippe Bell got a short message from the high-ranking spy:
"Gain trust."
modified.
Also, when I looked at the monthly pass list, it actually ranked third in the overall list, I was surprised, happy and excited, and continued to ask for the support of the monthly pass!
(End of this chapter)