Chapter 890 God's Partner

In addition to praying, the Benedictines also have assigned personal work. Some people have great strength, so they dig the ground and grow vegetables. Some people have certain crafts and skills, so they do some manual work. Everyone takes turns to work in the kitchen.

The life of the group is given an order, and each person has a fixed time for performing the liturgy, reciting the Holy Book, and working. This is also the way of life expressed by the Christians of the early church, and it has been so for 1,500 years.

When they found the retired priest, he was picking tomatoes in the greenhouse in the backyard. There was a chicken shed next to the greenhouse, and a younger monk was picking eggs.

At first glance, the white-haired old man was nothing special, but when he noticed someone and turned his gaze, she was still taken aback.

She subconsciously hid behind Severus, and then felt that she was too old to hide behind people younger than herself, so she bravely stood beside him. The old priest kept staring at him with a twitch With a smile, she felt that she was being laughed at.

"Father Stein..."

"I'm no longer a priest." The old man interrupted the Secretary-General. "I'm just an ordinary monk now."

"I need your help." The Secretary-General said, "A young man went to Poveglia Island and encountered a strange thing. Someone threw powder at his face, which made him hallucinate."

"He went to the hospital?" said Brother Stein.

"Yes."

"Did the doctor in the hospital collect evidence?"

The Secretary-General did not answer.

"The purpose of doctors is to save people. They usually don't check all the traces on the corpse to find clues like forensic doctors." The old monk continued to pick tomatoes. "I don't think I can help you."

"Even if you know someone is doing evil?" Severus asked. "I thought monks liked to save lost lambs."

"If God planted a good tendency deep in man's heart, then the devil planted an evil tendency deep in man's heart. In the eyes of some people, bread is bread, and wine is wine, but in others In the eyes of people, the Eucharist is the flesh and blood of people, and even baptism cannot wash away their original sin." The old monk picked off a tomato and threw it into the basket, "They followed the call of nature, they were hunters. , I am neither a lost lamb nor need to be rescued, let alone I have already retired."

"The priest your age is still working."

"I am different from them. There are very few people who are really possessed. Most people just feel that they need to be exorcised. This will help them regain their confidence. If a person has a problem with his mood, it is a terrible thing. "

"You think those priests are going through the motions?" Pomona asked.

"No, the exorcism ceremony is just an aid. To resist the devil, you still have to rely on the believer himself. He doesn't believe there is any way?" The old monk smiled coldly and helplessly, "People in our time are too deeply influenced by 'nature' .”

"How did you end up where you are?" Severus asked.

"Who are you?" asked the old monk.

"A wizard," Severus said. "How about we have an honest chat?"

The old monk said, "People outside still say that this monastery is like a lunatic asylum."

"I'm someone else's godfather." Severus grinned viciously. "It's part of the tradition that kids have godparents."

"It's just a temporary cooperation." The Secretary-General explained helplessly and embarrassingly.

"I believe that the creator is the person closest to God." Severus said, "Creativity is not bestowed by God, it must be cultivated by people themselves, and constantly tap their potential. How about we create a little miracle?"

"It's like a partner." Pomona said, "We don't need to trust and love each other, but we can feel the connection with God in the process of creation. God said let there be light. The brightest angel may fall. But angels are always bright."

"Although the villain looks loyal, he must still have his true colors." The old monk continued, "You are British."

"You don't have to be British if you can recite Shakespeare's famous lines." Severus said with a smirk.

"Americans can't speak with an accent like yours." The old monk also said with a smile, "I was possessed by the devil before, and it prompted me to commit terrible crimes. Although other priests exorcised the devil for me, I know it still exists." If you don't leave, I can't help you."

A free person with a good background, a good education, and association with good people will naturally accumulate virtue and do good, and stay away from bad habits, but is this really the case?

"Do you believe in helping yourself first?" Pomona asked.

"I just do what I can. The devil in my heart still affects me. I don't want to cause trouble for you."

"What did you do?" Severus asked.

"I ran naked." The old monk shrugged. "Obviously not everyone wants to see that scene."

Pomona didn't know what to say.

Everyone came into this world naked, whoever was born wearing clothes must be a freak, Jia Baoyu was considered a rare thing even holding a piece of jade in his hand.

Some people take to the streets naked, usually to promote public welfare ideas, such as not using oil, protecting the environment, and returning to nature.

So, what the hell is "nature" anyway?

If the Protestants were the first to storm the palace in the Prague Throwing that sparked Germany's Thirty Years' War, none of them would have survived had they landed on the gravel road. Fortunately, the sanitation of the city was so bad at that time that even around the castle there was a lot of rubbish. The officials who were thrown out of the window all ended up in the rubbish, and apart from being frightened and shocked, only one broke his leg.

"Prague throws the window" for two reasons, Bohemia retained a great deal of autonomy after being reintegrated into the territory of the Holy Roman Empire. The Congress and the Protestant Church continued to play an important role, and the Bohemians quarreled with the Habsburgs on matters of religion and state. Simia practiced Protestantism freely, however Rudolf's ambitious brother Marcosia Miriam saw this as a weakness and he managed to expel Rudolf in 1612 and began a strict Counter-Reformation in all provinces of Austria.

The Habsburgs were Catholics, and they used the Inquisition to force Protestants to believe in Catholicism. After the Reformation in the 1630s, a political revolution took place in the holy city where Calvin lived. At that time, there was an atmosphere of terror, and people generally Believe that the plague was a conspiracy spread by hidden poisoners.

Later, these poisoners became wizards, and the content of the so-called religious trials changed from climate magic to black magic that cursed people to get sick.

After the founding of the Protestant state, it continued to expand, and Geneva became Protestant Rome, and Calvin was called "the Pope of Geneva".

In order to prevent the activities of the separatist forces, it is understandable for the Habsburg family to do so, but the common people at the bottom don't think so. They feel that this is a persecution, and the Habsburg dynasty is eliminating the nobles of Bohemian blood.

In Münster, the Archduke Maximilian, loathed by the Protestants of Prague, was loved, and died of a sudden, unexplained death in 1618.

Nowadays, Western countries do not easily establish a state religion. Even if almost all the presidents of the United States are Protestants, Protestantism is still not the state religion.

The British Protestantism was established by the king as the state religion. In 1534, the "Supreme Law" of "King Supremacy" was passed, declaring that King Henry VIII of England was "the defender and sole supreme head of the Church and priests of England". All subjects must take an oath of allegiance to the Supreme when necessary, recognize Henry VIII and deny the Pope's religious leadership.

In other words, Britain does not recognize Rome.

Calvin's pre-determined thesis proposes that God, since the creation of the world, divides people into those who are chosen and those who should be discarded. Some people get rich not because of virtue, wisdom or hard work, but because they are chosen by God long ago. As for those who are poor and needy, they should obey the irresistible will of God.

This is inconsistent with what Erasmus said "I hope that fate will grant me the same degree of freedom as nature has given me".

In other words, you were born poor, that is God's arrangement, stop struggling, and obey the rich.

It's different for the rich bourgeoisie. They have the task of wresting the world from the corrupt old religion.

The earliest predestination was preached by St. Augustine in the fourth century. God created all things and caused all things to run because of God’s will. Before the creation of the world, he had chosen saints in eternity. He is not It was decided when the first man was created, but it was decided in eternity before the creation of the world and the sea. But God's will already includes his will to allow free will for creatures. Precisely because God still fully retains the independent will of the creatures, so although God has sovereignty, man has responsibility. Predestination refers to whether people are saved or not, and has nothing to do with poverty, wealth or honor. God not only predestined the matter of salvation, but also predestined everything else, but man cannot understand it.

Protestant preconceptions deprived people of their "free will", which was in the interests of the bourgeoisie. The early church personnel were in control of everything, prohibiting dancing, games, singing, and even wearing beautiful clothes. Anyone who violates the regulations, is lazy, or gluttonous will be handed over to the court for trial and punishment.

When discussing the relationship between man and God, he wrote "The Essentials of Christ" and mentioned: Because of our natural pride, we always think that we are just, innocent, holy and wise, unless we have conclusive evidence to understand our own. Unrighteousness, wickedness, stupidity, and vileness, we cannot have such judgments when we focus only on ourselves and not on the Lord.

Natural justice is an ancient concept of justice. In some people's eyes, no matter how you look at it, it is unjust for the illegitimate son of Rudolph II to kill his mistress, dismember her and throw it out of the window, and then the officials act as if nothing happened. Yes, the Protestants threw those officials out, and they didn't kill them. They are luckier than the girl who died tragically. Scum should stay with the garbage. This is the second reason for the Prague window incident .

Even a girl who is greedy for vanity should not be chopped into pieces in front of everyone, and then thrown on the street like garbage.

Justice should not be linked to interests, let alone manipulated by rhetoric. In 1553, the famous Spanish scientist Mikael Servetus came to Geneva by chance. The scientist discovered the small circulation of blood between the heart and the lungs, which was very prestigious at the time. Calvin had Servetus arrested and sentenced to death for having criticized his teachings in a book and for his connections with the Anabaptists. This atrocity aroused widespread dissatisfaction among the intelligentsia, and Calvin had to publish a special treatise to justify himself.

The organizational form of the Calvinist Church is more conducive to the rule of the bourgeoisie, and scientists need funds to do research, and the incident was finally brought to a close.

On the hillside where Sergei was executed stood a stone tablet, which was erected by those who followed Calvin many years later, with this text inscribed in French: "We are the faithful and grateful descendants of Calvin the Reformer, and we especially criticize This mistake of his, it was the fault of the age. But we believe in freedom of conscience above all else, in the light of the Reformation and the true meaning of the Gospel."

Plato believed that human beings have three attributes: reason, ambition, and desire. When rationality dominates ambition and desire, this person acquires the virtue of justice. Plato emphasized that the law is an external authority whose power comes from the inner good of man.

Rousseau believed that conscience was the voice of God, the command of the moral supreme commander.

Confucius believed that benevolence is what one does not want one's own, and one should not do it to others.

Zhuangzi believes that the freedom of conscience, or the freedom of mind, is a sign of the thought of inaction.

So it's nonsense to ask capitalists whether their conscience will hurt. They don't know the concept of inaction.

After experiencing the eight hundred years of wars in the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States, and the Chinese Han and Tang Empires after the Five Husbands, they all used Taoist thought.

Since the Middle Ages, there has been a legend that there is a savior in the East named Elder John, who will defeat the pagans and save the entire Christian world.

How much Taoism do Chinese people remember? I don't remember. We all finished together.

Human beings have only one earth, and everyone on this planet is a community of destiny. In other words, they are on the same boat. If the boat sinks, no one can escape.

Live or die, money or life?

Gambling on national luck is so "exciting". If you choose the right one, you will win the championship, but if you choose the wrong one, you will lose the whole game.

Women can't afford this, anyway, she thinks she doesn't have the guts, only men have that kind of gamble, but unfortunately she was born a woman, this was decided before she was born, perhaps it is because of this that she yearns for this injustice The world can be a little more fair.

The reason why human beings do not accept inequality is because they are the oppressed party. If they become oppressors, for example, Muggles can use money and let wizards work for them, then they will not feel that they are discriminated against.

The problem is that wizards don't take orders from Muggles for "paper money".

Pomona glanced at Severus fearfully, afraid that he would take out his wand and cast the Imperius Curse on the stubborn old man, ruining the chance of reconciliation that he had finally found.

"We're here to stay, you can figure it out." Severus shook off his burden with ease, pulled his robe and turned to leave.

"Are you leaving?" Pomona said, looking at the Secretary-General.

He glanced at the old monk, hesitated for a moment or followed.

After all, the bishop is not here now, and he is alone responsible for the affairs of the diocese.

Come on, Long Aotian