Chapter 174 Private Belief
God is in everyone's heart!
Faith is a private matter. This truth that even elementary school students know in later generations is an unimaginable transcendence in thinking in this era.
Before the Reformation, the church completely held the right to interpret religion. Priests and priests were like spokesmen of God on earth. All the words spoken by God were conveyed to believers and explained them.
It can be said that they both play the role of God's servant and God.
It is hard to say how many of them are true believers, and how many are false believers who deceive the world and steal their reputations.
As for ordinary believers, they are like lambs that are grazed. While being kept, they will also be taken away from all valuable things such as goat milk, wool, flesh, bones, etc. In the end, the despicable deceivers plunder wealth in the name of God, while the poor ordinary believers lose everything, even their own souls.
Before this, it is hard to say which party Priest Luther belongs to. He appears ignorant because of his ignorance, and becomes an accomplice of sin because of his ignorance, and commits unforgivable crimes.
Knowing that Eugen's few words finally awakened him completely today.
God is true and good, and the real sin is the evildoers who cheat in the name of God.
The most powerful weapon in the hands of these evil men is the indulgences! These things that are no different from waste paper once they lose the divine halo, are the property of the believers who deceive the believers again and again, using irresponsible lies as a cover-up to deceive the believers who might have survived into the quagmire of death.
After that, the poor believer will be stigmatized to continue to maintain the sacredness of indulgences.
It is conceivable how much he hated the indulgence itself and the people who made and sold indulgences after he understood this.
This hatred was so strong that it almost burned his eyes red. It was supported by this strong hatred that Luther made his determination in his heart to spend his whole life destroying the indulgences. He wanted to completely erase the source of sin that was attached to God's name from this world.
This is not a simple thing. To do this, it is equivalent to being an enemy of all the churches in the world today, including the current pope, and Father Luther’s former teachers, colleagues, friends...
There may be many knowledgeable people among these people who can understand Luther's approach, but more of them are the enemies of Father Luther.
Once the Priest Luther touches their interests, those people will definitely hate the Priest Luther. As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents.
Such a deep hatred will inevitably lead to an unimaginable strong backlash.
But the power behind him is also very strong. It can be said that all the poor believers who have been deceived and all those who suffer because of indulgences are the source of power of Father Luther.
And it can be imagined that even if you encounter some difficulties temporarily, the future will eventually attract light, because what they represent is the truth.
Besides, Father Luther knew that he had the greatest help, that was the Earl Eugen in front of him.
At this moment, he looked at Eugen with an excited expression, his eyes filled with tears. At this time, he naturally understood all Eugen's previous actions.
Everything Eugen did was undoubtedly to make him understand these principles, which means that Eugen had already thought about these things clearly.
"Count Eugen...you are so kind to me..." At this point, Father Luther was sobbing that he couldn't speak. Out of respect for Eugen, he unconsciously used the respectful title, and he had already regarded Eugen as a teacher in his heart.
While crying, Priest Luther acted as he kneeled before Eugen and expressed his gratitude to him.
Seeing this, Eugen hurriedly supported Father Luther's body, and did not let him kneel on the ground. He also said, "You don't have to do this. Father Luther, I didn't do anything. Instead, it was because of my negligence that you accidentally fell into danger."
Priest Luther's eyes were filled with tears and an extremely angry expression appeared on his face. He remembered what he saw along the way. I don't know how many poor people lost their lives because of indulgences.
The faces of those people lingered in front of Father Luther's eyes, like sharp knives tearing bloody wounds in his heart.
"That damn indulgence, those damn people, they are shameful liars! They have used God and used the Holy, and they are Judas! They should be burned by the fireworks of hell for a thousand years!!!"
Father Luther roared angrily. It was hard to imagine that his thin body could make such a powerful and fierce roar, just like the roar of a wounded lion. The most courageous person would shivering when he heard it.
Seeing the appearance of Priest Luther, Eugen nodded in understanding, and then sighed and said, "Oh, yes, Priest Luther, you are right. The sins of those people are really infuriating."
"However, you still have to restrain your emotions." Eugen first agreed with Father Luther's statement, and then changed his sentence and began to persuade Father Luther: "The most important thing for you now is to calm down first and restore your mind and body to your best state!"
Priest Luther could naturally understand the truth in Eugen's words, but he was so angry that the feeling of being deceived burned violently like a fire. If possible, he really wanted to tie all those people to the stolen rack and fall asleep every day as he listened to the tragic wailing of the sinners.
"Earl Eugen! Please, give me a team of soldiers, I will arrest all the bastards! I will tie them to the stolen rack and burn them all to death!"
Father Luther suppressed his voice and let out a silent roar at Eugen. The young man had lost his mind and was almost crazy.
"Luther!" Eugen suddenly shouted, shocking the crazy Father Luther. Then he held Father Luther's shoulders tightly and spoke with a serious expression: "Father Luther! You must understand that this is a war! A war of faith that belongs to us, God and all believers! It is not me, nor can you continue alone. It requires us to mobilize more people's strength to let everyone participate!"
Eugen said this passionately, like an oath before the war. This passage can be regarded as a declaration of war against the Holy See. Once it is heard by those who are interested and informed by the Pope, it will inevitably cause unimaginable serious consequences.
The Pope could tolerate Eugen to kill a nobleman, or even tolerate Eugen to kill a bishop, but he could never tolerate Eugen saying these words.
Chapter completed!