I can smash this place to pieces.

Damn bastard. Sarah cursed in her heart. He was right. In fact, this is a period of weakness for the Catholic Church. Apart from himself, the red archbishop, there is only the Pope in the entire Vatican. But if the Pope can come out so easily, why?

Can we say that he is the emperor? Now the masters in the Holy See have gone to a place where they can improve themselves to a lot of levels. These Orthodox guys chose this time to come, and it seems that their masters are not at home either.

Now our side has the advantage in numbers, but it suffers from the geographical advantage. No matter who wins in the end, this place will be destroyed.

These new people in green clothes are actually a branch of Christianity. Not only are there fights outside, there are also quite a lot of fights within the Christian church. Christianity uses the Old and New Testaments as its Bible and believes that human beings have

Original sin, a monotheistic religion that believes that Jesus is the Son of God and was crucified to wash away mankind's original sin and save mankind. Christianity originated from Judaism, and is also known as the three major religions in the world along with Buddhism and Islam. It is estimated that there are currently 1.5 billion to 2.1 billion people in the world.

People believe in Christianity, accounting for 25%-30% of the world's total population. The earliest Christianity had only one church, but in the historical process of Christianity it divided into many sects, mainly including the Catholic Church (also translated as Roman Catholic Church), the Orthodox Church,

There are three major sects of Protestantism (also often called Christianity in Chinese), as well as some other sects with less influence. They are popular among rural women in China. Now the ones who occupy Rome are the Catholics, and those in green clothes are the Orthodox. In

Among the three major factions, Catholicism is the most powerful and orthodox, while the other two major factions usually unite to fight against Catholicism. Otherwise, their survival will be more difficult. They all know what Li Cong has in his hands.

It's just that the Catholic Church started earlier.

Christianity originated from the Jewish society in the Jerusalem area of ​​Palestine (formerly known as the Land of Canaan) in the 1st century AD, and inherited the Hebrew Bible as the Christian Bible Old Testament (Greek: Πaλai? Δiaθ?kη, Latin: vetus testamentum).

Jesus, the founder of Christianity ("The founder of Christianity is Jesus") (Hebrew: Greek: Latin: jesus). Born in Bethlehem, Judea, his mother's name was Mary. Christianity originated in Palestine in the 1st century

The life and belief environment of the Jews. Christianity was founded from the 1st to the 5th century and spread from Israel to the Greco-Roman cultural area. In 313, Emperor Constantine (.) promulgated the Edict of Milan (edictum mediolanensium), and Christianity became a religion allowed by the Roman Empire.

In 391, Roman Emperor Theodosius I declared it the state religion. According to Christian classics, the founder of Christianity was Jesus, who began preaching in Palestine when he was about 30 years old (in the 1930s AD).

Jesus declared that his coming was not to replace the Jewish laws recorded in the Old Testament, but to fulfill them. The center of Jesus’ thoughts were “love God with all your heart, soul, and strength” and “love your neighbor as yourself”. Jesus

He came out to preach, preach the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and persuade people to repent and turn away from their evil deeds. His teachings and miracles received a great response from the people. This greatly affected the Jewish priesthood under the Roman Empire.

He deeply felt that his position was insecure, so he wanted to get rid of him quickly. Later, because his disciple Judas reported it, Pontius Pilatus, the governor of the Roman Empire in Judea, arrested Jesus. Jesus was beaten, scolded, and humiliated, and was finally crucified.

died on the cross.

But Jesus’ intention was to atone for the sins of the world, and he willingly shed his own blood. According to the testimony of his disciples, Jesus resurrected from the grotto on the third day after his death. His tomb was empty, and he resurrected many times

Appeared to the doubtful disciples. They gradually became convinced that Jesus was really resurrected and was the savior who had overcome death. After Jesus ascended to heaven and transcended the time and space of this world, his disciples rose up to zealously preach Jesus' teachings and declared that he

He is the Lord who resurrected and defeated death. Believers form a group that loves each other and worships God in the name of Christ, which is the Christian church.

The day when Jesus was resurrected became Easter (Greek: Π?σxa, Latin: pascha) (the first Sunday after the spring equinox and the full moon every year). The Pope at that time established 12 Easter festivals based on the birthday of the sun god.

Christmas (Latin: christi natalis, Greek: xpiσto?γeννa) is the birthday of Jesus (the exact day of Jesus’ birth is no longer known). The year Jesus was born was designated by later generations as the first year of the Christian era.

(However, due to calculation errors, the actual year of Jesus' birth should be 6 or 4 BC).

At that time, Christianity was used by kings as a tool to rule slaves. In order to control the spirits of slaves, Europe at that time was unified by the merits of Christianity and divided into three countries: Germany, France, and Italy. The three brothers split due to disagreements.

Some non-Christian historians believe that the teachings conveyed by Jesus are closer to Judaism. In the New Testament, Saul (also translated as Paul, Greek: Απ?σtoλo? Πa?λo?, Latin: sanctus paulus) made some changes to Christian teachings.

He made a great contribution, making Christianity no longer limited to the Jewish people. The spread of Christianity among the barbarians had a civilizing function and ensured that the essence of Roman law and Latin were popular in France, Italy and Spain. Only Britain regarded Roman Christianity as alien.

Under the rule of Clovis, the Franks became Christians and then crossed the Rhine River to spread Christianity to the Germans. The Byzantines spread Orthodox Christianity among the Bulgarians and Slavs. In the fifth century AD

In the early days, St. Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland, and then spread it to Scotland. Then it returned to England from the north. In the late sixth century, Pope Gregory (the Great) sent missionaries into England from the south. In the same century,

England once again converted to Christianity.

Nowadays, it is generally believed that the history of Catholicism in Europe is the history of the Catholic Church. Most of the eastern areas are Orthodox areas, and the British area is the birthplace of Protestantism. However, they all have a common boss, that is God. And their first pope

They are all said to be followers of Jesus, the Son of God, but what exactly they are like. No one can tell. The three major sects cannot unite when facing outsiders. Their internal struggles have become even more intense.

As of 2004, there were 2 billion Christian believers. Among them, Christian believers include 1.1 billion people in the Catholic Church, 216 million people in the Orthodox Church, about 31.7 million people in fringe churches, about 367 million people belonging to various Christian denominations, and

There are 84 million people in the Church of England. As for the 414 million people in the independent Church (which is not affiliated with any major denomination), it actually mainly refers to the Copts in Africa.

Christianity is currently the largest religion in the world, but overall it is shrinking compared with the world's population growth rate. While the world's population is increasing at an annual growth rate of approximately 1.25%, Christianity is only growing at 1.12% per year. In comparison

, Islam is growing at an annual rate of 1.76%. However, Christianity is growing rapidly in specific regions (such as Africa, Asia) and specific church groups (such as evangelicals, charismatics and "**" sects). In China, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty

In the ninth year of Zhenguan (635), Christianity began to be introduced into China, but what was introduced to China at that time was the Nestorian sect (called Nestorianism in China, now called the "Assyrian Church of the East"), which was once considered a heresy.

It was banned from spreading in the fifth year of Huichang (845) of the Tang Dynasty. During the Yuan Dynasty, Christianity (Nestorianism and Roman Catholicism) was introduced to China again and was called "Yeli Kewen" (Mongolian "blessed person").

It was interrupted after its demise. In the tenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1582), the Catholic Jesuits sent Matteo Ricci, who was allowed to settle and preach in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. He once successfully established Catholicism in China.

In the fifth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1727), Orthodox Christianity began to spread in China. In 1807, the Protestant Church sent Morrison to China to preach, and Protestantism also began to spread in China. After the Opium War, Christianity developed rapidly based on coastal trading ports. In 1843

Hong Xiuquan misinterpreted Christian doctrine, claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus, and established the "God Worship Society". Later, he established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851-1864). Of course, these small branches have long since disappeared in the large-scale merger. Now most of them

The main thing is that there are three factions, one is the Catholic faction. That is what Li Cong is facing, the other is the Orthodox Church, those guys in green clothes, and the rest are the Protestants. So far, Li Cong has not encountered them yet.

Arrived.

The three major sects are not only fighting on the surface. Their doctrines are also very different. The core of Catholic faith life is the seven sacraments, namely the sacrament of Baptism, the sacrament of confirmation, the sacrament of reconciliation and the Eucharist.

Sacraments (Mass), Sacrament of Marriage, Sacrament of Holy Orders, Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. Among them, Mass is the most important. In daily life, chanting scriptures is also a common activity for Catholic believers. Most of these scriptures are

Organized litanies of important scriptures, such as the Our Father, the Apostles' Creed and the Rosary.

The Eastern Orthodox theology and interpretation of the Scriptures follow the models handed down from the early days of Christianity. All their efforts are to continue and perpetuate the theology that Christ passed down to his first apostles, and the apostles to the monks of the early church.

And belief. In a sense, the Orthodox Church is the most conservative Christian denomination. Of course, it is not easy for people to accept them now because of this reason.

Protestantism has different doctrines from Catholicism and Orthodoxy. For example, Lutheranism emphasizes "justification by faith", that is, justification does not require any good deeds, only faith; everyone can be a priest, because Peter

1 Book 2:9 “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

; Only the Bible is the highest authority, and only baptism and the Eucharist are recognized as sacraments. This is completely different from the Catholic and Orthodox traditions of focusing on sacraments (i.e. sacraments). The Protestants later joined some British ruling elements.

Elements. They are the most impure. Catholics generally say that they belong to the Dark Church.

Although there are a large number of Christians in China, they basically have no connection with these three sects. Of course, the strength of Chinese sects has also been very strong. After all, the time they were established is too short. Starting in the second half of the 19th century

, due to the various unequal treaties imposed on China by foreign powers and the continuous occurrence of religious cases, Chinese Christians were determined to get rid of the control of foreign propaganda agencies and establish their own churches. In 1873, the first self-organized church of the Chinese was established.

Activities continued to develop, and the "China Domestic Evangelistic Association" was established in 1918. This was the earliest group of Chinese Christians to be self-governing, self-supporting, and self-propagating. After the non-Christian movement occurred, leaders and believers in the Chinese church realized that: Chinese Christians

We must have our own Christian faith, and we must establish the Chinese people's own church, so as to "indigenize" Chinese Christianity.

In 1922, the China Christian Conference was held in Shanghai, and the "authenticization" of Chinese Christianity began. The conference proposed that the principles of the authentic church in China are "self-support, autonomy, and self-propagation." The establishment of the "Three-Self" principles of Chinese Christianity

The development of the ecumenical church has enabled Chinese churches to show new vitality in society. In terms of organizational system, Chinese Christianity has begun to integrate and innovate towards ecumenicalization, with the trend of denominational unity and the emphasis on the concept of "China" emerging.

In terms of political attitude, the Inherent Movement has also made it clear that it opposes unequal treaties and actively participated in the movement to abolish such treaties. It has been warmly welcomed by the majority of believers.

So when he encountered trouble with the Holy See, Li Cong didn't consider whether his backyard would catch fire, because they were not a family at all. Although Li Cong had long heard about these battles within the Holy See, it was really

I didn't expect that their fight would be so fierce. Just like now, after all, you all have a boss. Should you deal with me first and then deal with your internal affairs? Li Cong looked at

When collecting the information, Sarah had already turned back to confront Gladia, as if they were the most important enemies. Did these people not even care about some external matters when they encountered internal battles?

Moreover, Li Cong saw that the priests who surrounded him were angrier at the guys in green clothes outside than at himself, knowing that he had just killed many of them.

Seeing that a fight was about to begin, a senior priest pulled Sara's sleeve and signaled to Li Cong that the guy was opening his neck to read a joke. Sara glanced at the senior priest dissatisfiedly, as if she didn't want this guy.

It was like disturbing him, but when he saw Li Cong, he found that Gladia, the blushing group who had just argued with him, seemed to be looking at Li Cong. The two of them glanced at each other, and it seemed that they were not talking to Li Cong

Before taking action, you had to start with the guy opposite. Looking at the time, more than an hour had passed, which meant that they had been arguing for more than an hour.

"It's all looking at me. I said what are you doing? If you want to fight, hurry up. If you don't fight, pull me down. I don't have the curse anymore anyway. It seems that I am very important to both of you. Let's see who can fight.

Whoever wins, how about I follow him immediately? The loser will be sorry, I can only follow one person." Li Cong said when he saw everyone looking at him.

"Hmph, you can only follow me today. If you don't follow me, your head will be at risk. Boy, get out of here. You have no say here." Gladia is.

When I talked to Li Cong for the first time, I felt that Li Cong was not a dishonest guy. However, he had never suffered any losses under Li Cong, so he thought that Li Cong was just a rich man. As for whether this guy has real abilities, it is not up to him.

Within the scope of consideration, I won't think about that. I just want to take this guy back later. The rest of the things are not for me to consider. It's just that Sarah in front of me is a big trouble, and this place belongs to the Catholic Church.

The sphere of influence is such that I won’t be the one to take advantage of it if I fight.!~!
Chapter completed!