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Chapter 566: Messiah Prophecy
Verdo has become an old man.

Only a few decades had passed since the God of Lies and Trickery left the "town after death", but Verdo felt that hundreds of years had passed so quickly.

“I don’t know if the world has aged a few hundred years, or if it has grown a few hundred years.”

Verdo said to himself as if no one else was watching.

"Father, it's time to chant."

A monk reminded in a low voice.

"Oh no…"

Verdo came back to his senses, glanced at the dozens of believers behind him, and recited scriptures loudly:
"My Lord, you ascend the hill of death..."

After so many years, Verdo was no longer a monk. More than 20 years ago, he was appointed by Patriarch Deschanel and became a priest.

He once traveled with the Order to preach in the dwarf countries. After the priest of the Order passed away, he became an acting priest and continued to lead the Order in preaching. Ten years later, he went to the Deschanel Empire and accepted a formal appointment. .

Time flies, and now he bids farewell to that order and becomes the priest of a church. He has completely settled down and is enjoying his old age.

Over the years, he has witnessed great changes in the dwarf kingdom of Karrond.

After the assassination of the late king, Prince Mulla ascended the throne and served as a puppet for nearly ten years. Originally, he would always be treated as a puppet, but who would have thought that several dwarf nobles who had participated in the assassination of the late king would unexpectedly die one after another.

Naturally, King Mulla regained power. He continued his father's policy and vigorously developed steam technology. However, in the first ten years of his puppet career, steam technology and the craftsmen who mastered steam technology were severely curbed and suppressed. of.

The gears of the era that were originally stagnant turned again because of lubricants, and steam technology began to develop rapidly.

During this process, what struck Verdo most was that there were fewer and fewer people selling candles in the market.

Now, a novel lamp - kerosene lamp has become the mainstream lighting in the royal capital.

If it were just the changes in the steam technology of the dwarves, it would not make Verdo feel that the world was changing too fast.

In this world, not only the dwarves are ushering in changes, but other races are also setting off the wind of change.

A strange power has arisen all over the world, and it is called the Path of Divine Creation.

Verdo saw this power on the way to Deschanel, and also saw the drastic changes this power brought to Deschanel.

Various alchemy guilds began to appear in Deschanel. Alchemists were no longer scorned by others. Instead, they were treated as guests of the nobles. Various witchcraft books and alchemy manuals began to be openly sold on the market, almost as fast as Theological books are equally divided.

People began to spontaneously understand the path of divine creation, and in a short period of time, various factions and master-disciple successions were formed. Even the church began to systematically study, make plans, and implement the path of divine creation. After the Ecumenical Council, new changes were made, and groups of monks were established who specialized in studying the path of divine creation.

Everything is changing. Wizards who were originally only active in the countryside now seem to be everywhere in the streets.

Verdo is not very adaptable to this change.

He has little enthusiasm for the path of divine creation, and has few ancient sayings he has mastered. In his ideas, the power in scriptures is far greater than any power in the world.

But the reality was not what he wanted.

Therefore, Verdo had to silently accept the changes in the world.

After finishing all the rituals for the day, Verdo touched his pale beard and sat on the church bench. He lowered his head as if falling asleep.

"Father, here is a letter."

After a while, a monk interrupted his sleep. Verdo quickly raised his head, took the letter, and opened it.

This is an invitation to the Council.

"Another ecumenical council is about to be held. More ecumenical councils have been held in the past few decades than in the previous hundreds of years combined."

Verdo sighed and said,

"But it seems logical that people are not ready to receive God's grace."

The young monk replied:
"If we wait for people to be ready, I'm afraid God's grace will never come."

After hearing this, Verdo couldn't help but nodded.

Even though many people who were enlightened before will become stubborn when they reach old age, Verdo is obviously not such a person.

He had seen miracles.

Now that he is old, he has almost forgotten what his godfather looked like, but he still remembers the scenes of the journey and his godfather's words.

"Help me pack my luggage and leave the day after tomorrow."

Verdo said.

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After more than 20 years, Verdot once again embarked on a journey to Deschanel.

If he were a human, he would not be suitable for traveling far at this age. The journey would take half of the old man's life, but the bones of a dwarf's body are much harder than that of a human. Apart from the occasional motion sickness on the carriage, Verdo felt nothing. .

“Blessings be upon you, you who have seen the prophet.”

As soon as he arrived at Deschanel, the local bishop warmly received Verdo.

Decades have passed, and Xilan's return to the world is no longer a little-known secret. No matter how those venerable hermits live in seclusion, even if they hide in the deep mountains and forests and pay no attention to worldly affairs all day long, history will still record their stories. name, not to mention that Xilan traveled among various countries and performed many miracles, and his deeds spread accordingly.

And Verdo was probably the first person in the world to see a miracle in Zealand, so even among Deschanels, this dwarf was quite respected.

"Blessings to you too."

After blessing each other, Verdo asked about the issues of this ecumenical council.

"This time, we are going to discuss the path of divine creation again? What exactly are we going to discuss?"

The local bishop said without any secret:
"What you said is right. We need to discuss His grace under the witness of the Lord.

I heard some rumors that the Patriarch seems to want to build a teaching institution for the path of divine creation, just like a seminary, but it focuses more on the path of divine creation than theology.

And this time, His Majesty the Emperor will be present throughout the event. "

After hearing this, Verdo sighed:
"His Majesty the Emperor wants to attend the entire event? This is extraordinary!"

Ruling the largest empire in the world, the emperor of the Deschanel Empire enjoys extremely high authority in the secular world. Therefore, he has many times as many government affairs to deal with as other countries. Diligent people often have many things to do and do not have much free time. Therefore, Whenever an ecumenical council is held, the emperor often only attends the first three days and the last three days. During the remaining time, only the emperor's representatives are present.It is very rare for an emperor to attend the entire ecumenical meeting.

"With the blessing of the Lord, I guess that the emperor will use the educational institution mentioned by the patriarch to create a new group of nobles."

The local bishop lowered his voice and said:
"It is said that that teaching institution will be under the joint jurisdiction of the emperor and the patriarch. I estimate that those who graduate from that teaching institution will be entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, or directly granted fiefs, promoted to nobles, or even given Seat in the Senate.”

Having been to Deschanel once, Verdo also had a certain understanding of the politics of the empire. When he heard the words of the local bishop, he sighed repeatedly.

But after sighing, that's all. It's just a sigh.

Verdo is already old. No matter how the world changes in the future, it will not be his turn to witness it.

Soon after, Verdo arrived in Deschanel's capital. He and a group of bishops were received by the Patriarch Deschanel and kissed the back of the latter's hand.

After meeting the Patriarch, Verdo stayed at the cathedral in the capital.

In the dead of night, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"Who?"

Verdo asked through the door.

"It's me, Bud."

Patriarch Bard of Lorendo?Why did he come to me privately?
Verdo was confused for a while.

The church does not only have one patriarch. In fact, in every important city in the world of true religion, the church has a corresponding patriarch. The patriarch is the highest religious leader in the surrounding area, and the patriarch and the patriarch are equal to each other. There is no distinction between high and low.

The Patriarch of Lorendo is Bard.

Verdo opened the door and saw Bud hurriedly blessing and walked in without any explanation.

"Bless you, may the Lord bless you, and for God's sake, I hope you will vote no on this issue,"

Bud lowered his voice and spoke urgently.

"What issue?"

Verdo didn't know what was going on.

"This, this is about raising the status of Patriarch Deschanel."

Bud held a piece of paper in his hand, and he pointed a place to Verdo.

"Patriarch Deschanel should enjoy the status and honor of a disciple of the Prophet, because the Empire is the greatest defender of the true religion..."

After a quick glance, Verdo opened his mouth in surprise.

In this not-so-brief issue, it only mentions strengthening the status of Patriarch Deschanel, but not the strengthening of the status of other patriarchs. This means that after the adoption of this issue, Patriarch Deschanel will will enjoy a transcendent status far beyond that of other Patriarchs.

"Do you understand? For the sake of God, we must not pass this..."

After saying that, Bud said goodbye to Verdo, turned around and went out. It seemed that he was looking for a lot of people tonight.

Verdo slowly sat back on the bed. He clenched his fists, but after thinking about it, he slowly loosened his fists.

"Whatever, just abstain from voting."

The old dwarf said to himself.

He felt that his time was running out and he had no intention of getting involved in too many disputes. Slaier's words still remained in his heart. Life was short and not worth sacrificing for something important.

Verdo's idea is very simple. He is just an ordinary person who has seen miracles. He should live, grow old, and die like ordinary people.

As for whether what we are doing now is right or wrong, who can say for sure?

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Many meetings are often dull and boring, even the ecumenical councils, which are sacred and solemn in the eyes of the laity.

There were a large number of people attending the Ecumenical Council, nearly 2000 people, which included almost all the prominent figures in the world of Christianity today. The two emperors and two queens of the empire came to the scene one after another, following the guidance of Patriarch Deschanel. Singing hymns together, the two emperors wore a purple robe and a red robe. Their identities were distinguished by color. The purple robe was undoubtedly the highest authority in the empire - Constantine VI.

Verdo looked up at the ruler of the secular empire from bottom to top. He was so gorgeous and luxurious, like a winding and colorful snake under the sun.

After various ceremonies, the Ecumenical Council was officially convened, and the issues on the first day were often related to heresy rulings.

Since the time of the Second Prophet in Zealand, the Council has existed to seek consensus. Because of this, people will judge ideas that violate the consensus as heresy or pagan ideas, and first order repentance. If they persist, they will Excommunication will be given.

In cases where heresy or pagan ideas are adjudicated, there are often false accusations and unjust accusations, and there is also solid evidence. You must know that in history, there are very few cases where heresy or pagan ideas have caused catastrophe. For this reason, this kind of ruling is necessary.

The issue of adjudicating heresy or heresy is relatively stringent, and requires a two-thirds vote of the entire body to be passed and take effect. Therefore, the situation is often that there are many suspected heresies or heresy, but those who are actually adjudicated are not. It's a minority.

At today's Ecumenical Council, Verdo discovered that there were dozens of issues to decide on heresy or pagan ideas, and there were even cases where the issue could not be decided.

"What's going on here?"

Verdo quickly asked the priest next to him. As a dwarf from Carlond, he was far away from the center of the True Religion world and was not clear about many situations.

“It’s because of God’s new grace—the way.

When new grace comes, it is like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake. There are so many thoughts surrounding the path. "

The bishop explained to Verdo.

The reason why there are so many issues of ruling on heresy or pagan ideas today is, ultimately, because with the arrival of the divinely created path, people have different views on it, and various ideas have arisen. With more ideas, heresy Or there are too many pagan ideas.

The original church was like a tight gear that had been almost stationary for thousands of years. Today, the path of divine creation is like a terrible lubricant, forcing it to rotate rapidly.

Suddenly, the council was filled with saliva. Verdo watched the priests stand up and sit down one by one, and listened to the sounds coming from the east and then to the west. As an old man, he couldn't help but feel dazzled and dizzy. , he pressed his forehead and recited a few verses to calm himself down.

The noise of this ecumenical meeting was much louder than that of the meeting decades ago. At that time, everyone was elegant, easy-going and polite, but now, everyone is blushing.

Suddenly, he heard a sentence that seemed to come from a priest who was defending suspected heresy or pagan ideas.
"I heard a prophecy that the world will eventually come to an end, and God will return. He will be the redeemer of everything, and He will have his savior."

The voice was very high, so high that it seemed to suppress all the opponents present. It was also very solemn, so solemn that no one was allowed to question it.

(End of this chapter)