Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 133 The Roman Church

Zhang Patriarch believes that the so-called three here mean Sanqing.Westerners don't understand the scriptures, and they can't understand the words, which leads to self-contradictory teachings, and they are forced to make a trinity setting to make it better, and they still can't get it right.Now, more than half of the heresies in the church are caused by this troublesome problem.

Originally, this could have been avoided, but because of an inexplicable setting, it caused a series of splits.This is definitely not the original intention of the Heavenly Father. There must be problems in the recording and dissemination of the scriptures, so it is necessary to trace the source and find a solution.

Zhang Mushou pointed out that it is difficult to verify the specific time when Lao Tzu went west to transform the Hu, but with Confucius as a reference, the approximate time can be determined—that happened to be the beginning of Rome’s sudden rise from an unknown small city-state.

The ancients said that the Great Qin Kingdom is similar to the Central Plains, and this similarity is not only in appearance, but more importantly, in spirit.It is precisely because of Lao Tzu's on-demand broadcast that Daqin was able to stand out and reach the realm of Xi Rong, which is the closest to the Central Plains.

And later, why was the church able to defeat a series of competitors, rise from the common people, and become the state religion of Rome from a small sect?

Zhang Patriarch carefully studied the archives of the year, and believed that the most important thing was the organization.

Unlike the churches of many gods at that time, the church came from the grassroots of society, and it attached great importance to maintaining a close organization from the beginning.At that time, the beliefs of many gods were still regional, but the church has always insisted on "universal", breaking the barriers between different city-states.This makes it not only strong in action, strong in organization and scheduling, but also very good adaptability, and the resulting strong communication ability.

Zhang Patriarch felt very familiar with this characteristic.

Because in that era, it was also the time when early Taoism emerged.Whether it is the establishment of an organization and activities at the grassroots level, or the ability to act and take the initiative to fight against cults and sacrifices, they are all quite similar.Even the essence of their beliefs is similar on both sides—they both have a supreme belief that transcends regions and is used to unite the congregation.

Later, some branches of Taoism reached a higher level.If Zhang Jiao's 36 squares are replaced by 36 parishes, Fang's commander-in-chief is replaced by a bishop, the armed believers are replaced by a military congregation, Huang Tian is replaced by a heavenly father, and the yellow scarf warrior is replaced by an angel, there will not be much sense of disobedience—— The biggest difference is probably that Taipingdao's organizational ability is much higher, making the church envious.

Even, the philosophies of the two sides and the relationship with the government are not too different.

Taipingdao opposed the corruption of the Han Dynasty, and believed that a heaven on earth should be established, and this heaven on earth was actually an idealized Han Dynasty.Although it was suppressed and slaughtered by the Han Dynasty, until now, Taoism has retained many elements of the Han Dynasty, and even the heavenly court and talismans were borrowed from the Han Dynasty.

The church opposes the corruption of Rome, and believes that a heaven on earth should be established, and this heaven on earth is actually an idealized Rome.Although it was suppressed and slaughtered by Rome, until now, the church has retained many Roman elements, and even the kingdom of heaven and the organization of the church have been borrowed from Rome.

Zhang Patriarch thought that if it was said that the two of them had nothing to do with each other, he would not believe it anyway.The only possibility is that the early church was originally related to Taoism.

After Laozi traveled westward, the disciples who studied with him in Xirongli also had more outstanding ones, who could learn a lot of his wisdom.These people have been passed down from generation to generation, and they are the prophets who have been deified in the past.Brother Tian himself actually regarded himself as a disciple of Lao Tzu, but people at that time did not distinguish between disciples and sons, and passed on the disciples of Daode Tianzun as the sons of the Emperor of Heaven.

Brother Tian and his disciples are sacred because they are most likely the heirs of Lao Tzu's knowledge in the West.

With these understandings, Zhang Mushou began to adapt and annotate the scriptures.

Although he has never announced his background to the public, according to the Guo family's ancestry, he is actually of a "serious" background, not the wild way he claims to be, but has received a high level of religious knowledge training, just because of personality problems , I couldn't get along with other people, so I ran away in a fit of anger.

He had organized the Tianfang sect himself, and had been in touch with some Nestorian priests, and he was also very good at studying and studying.Therefore, although there are no learned theologians here who can communicate and discuss with him, he still has a lot of contact with and a deep understanding of many concepts.

He found a copy of the "Father's Scripture" in Greek, researched, revised, and penned it, trying to remove the attachments and those places that obviously did not conform to the righteousness of the Heavenly Father.

After thousands of years of circulation, there are obviously many flaws and mistakes in the scriptures, some of which are even wrong, and I don't know where they came from.

According to the books, the Father loves the world.As the highest divine being, the love of the Heavenly Father should be that the most loving is not benevolent, and the people are like dogs.Because what He loves is the entire human race, all peoples are treated equally by Him, without the slightest partiality, and there is no personal affection at all.

Therefore, even if the son Tian brother wants to make sacrifices, the heavenly father will not stop or protect him, because this is the embodiment of "great love".When it is necessary, even if it is a close relative who suffers, the Heavenly Father will not hesitate at all.

But in some scripture passages, the Heavenly Father is like a grumpy village old man, saying all day long that he is particularly partial to certain people and has chosen certain people, and he does not allow believers to question fairness.For those who don't like it, believers will be killed at every turn, or even end themselves.

These behaviors, even for an ordinary king, are very cheap.As the supreme and holy existence, a God who has great love for the world is too abrupt.

Zhang Patriarch believes that this must have been added indiscriminately by some low-level people in the process of spreading after Lao Tzu left.Considering that the church has been active at the grassroots level for a long time, this possibility is not low.

Although it is justifiable, this kind of behavior is undoubtedly not worth advocating, and it should be corrected and criticized in time to let the congregation realize its absurdity.Therefore, he removed similar plots from the scriptures to get to the bottom of it.They also screened out particularly typical examples and denounced them as "the fallacies of Rong Di's wild old man" and asked everyone to take them as a warning.

Under the guidance of this concept, Patriarch Zhang finally edited the first "Heavenly Father's Manual" of the Zizhang state religion.Because the core of the doctrine is to worship the Emperor of Heaven, the official name is "Worshiping God".

With his efforts, the Purple Tent Church was gradually established, and with the help of Guo Gai and others, a large number of priests were trained.The Purple Horde pays great attention to culture and education, and has high requirements for organizations, but there has been a shortage of educated people, so these people often participate in daily work and replace the original positions of rural priests.

(End of this chapter)