Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 104 Because the prophet is me!
A candle was lit, and the colors of the world were no longer monopolized by the old priest on the altar.

“It is Christ who, through his obedience unto death, has given us the freedom of kings!”

"Have you ever heard the prophet say: Anyone who can control his flesh and govern his soul, and not indulge in his own desires and passions, is his own master. He can be called a king because he can discipline himself! He is free and independent, and does not allow himself to be bound by the slavery of sin!"

The tiny candle flame began to flicker, becoming brighter because of those words.

Everyone in the church looked in the direction where the voice came from, only to find that it was an acquaintance, someone known to everyone present.

The young man had thick dark brown curly hair and his eyes were burning with anger.

He is Charlie from the Pierre family.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. No one had ever dared to contradict the priest in the church, because in the eyes of the villagers, the priest was the spokesperson of God.

Through the anointing of the Holy Spirit, priests are branded with a special divine seal that makes them like Christ the High Priest and enables them to preside over the sacraments as the Head of Christ...

At this moment, during the Eucharist, when the priest was presiding over the Mass to connect people with God, an ordinary man stood up and questioned the servant of God.

Others could not help but be shocked, because his actions were unprecedented! He would definitely be excommunicated and separated from God by excommunication!
"Charlie, sit down!" The man next to Charlie, his father Pierre, pulled him.

He didn't want his children to be ostracized by the church and forced into self-exile.

"No need." The priest on the stage stopped Charlie's father's actions, and a smile appeared on his old face.

It had been a long time since he had felt so amused.

After all, a commoner dared to question God's priest in God's dwelling place.

Isn't this as ridiculous as a blind person trying to describe the brilliance of the sun?

So much so that for a moment the priest did not feel angry, but instead wanted to have some fun.

“查理，你说王者的自由？这是什么鬼话？圣经整整73卷，旧约中先有摩西5经、再有历史书16卷、智慧书7卷、先知书18卷，新约中又是福音4卷、历史书1卷、保罗书信13卷、公函7卷、启示录1卷。”

The priest then asked, "Do you think what you said before was the words of a prophet?"

"Yeah." Amid everyone's confused gazes, Charlie nodded resolutely.

"Which prophet is that? How dare you, a peasant who has never even read the Bible, say that you have heard the teachings of the prophet? If you can tell me where those 73 books of the Bible and 18 books of the prophets came from, you can preside over the mass today!"

Charlie stood up and was speechless for a moment. Compared with the priest who preached every day and made a living by talking, he was not good at speaking and had no time to explain.

"Look! Little Charlie, you are blaspheming God by speaking nonsense!"

"Ha! In 1 Peter it is written like this, 'Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether or not it be to the king or to any authority in authority.' And it is also written like this, 'Be free, but do not use your freedom as a cover for evil... Honor the king.'"

"The freedom of a king, what is that?! You can be a king just by being self-disciplined! How ridiculous! A true king sits high on the throne, shepherding the people for God. How dare someone like you call yourself a king?!"

The shabby old priest on the stage became very excited. It felt so good to be looked down upon and slapped in the face with knowledge!
The bright candlelight dimmed, and the priest's robe on the altar became more and more shining, and the golden embroidery was dazzling. Behind the priest in gorgeous clothes, Jesus, whose face had long been blurred on the cross, seemed to raise his head in the shadow.

He silently watched this scene in the church. Because of the sins of the world, He chose to obey voluntarily and was eventually nailed to the cross.

People in the world know that every time someone commits a sin again, he or she is crucified together with the devil once again.

Since sin is eternal, pain is also eternal...

[My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?]

I am thirsty.

Perhaps because it rained a few days ago, there was too much moisture in the church and two drops of water dripped from the cross.

No one noticed this little thing.

They all looked at the priest on the stage. Words are swords, but knowledge is power. After the priest repeatedly stated that he was God's spokesperson, how could they disobey?
At this juncture, when the priest was about to overstep his authority and expel Charles from the church, a man stood up again.

The man's clothes were even more worn than Charlie's, his face was covered in dust, and when he stood up, his body was a little hunched.

He was a poor man who voluntarily accepted poverty, worked in the sun, and walked with the peasants, just as Jesus had preached the good news to the poor because the kingdom of heaven was theirs, just as Jesus came from a poor family.

In the gray world, a gray man stood up. He left the bench, walked up the aisle, and faced the priest on the altar.

"Woe to you, Pharisee! You are like whitewashed graves, clean on the outside, but inside you are full of dry bones and filth. You outwardly appear righteous, but within you are full of hypocrisy and sin."

“Even the Jews knew that if a man bought a fellow servant he was to serve only six years; in the seventh he was to be set free, and he was to be given a blessing from God from the flock, the threshing floor, and the winepress.”

"And when the fiftieth year, which was to be consecrated, came, in that year of jubilee, the Jews knew that all debts were to be forgiven, slaves freed, and land restored to their original owners..."

"You Pharisee, you only want to demote your compatriots into slaves, making them work endlessly to glorify your gold-plated lead clothes! Little did you know that the gorgeous priestly clothes would be your punishment in the future!"

“You keep blaspheming Christ by using the name of false gods!”

"You certainly have not heard the words that Charles said, for I am the prophet and I said those words!"

A star fell into the dim church, shining brightly and illuminating everything, shocking the people around.

This is brighter than ever!
……

They all wear cloaks
The headscarf covers the eyes

Cape style and shape
Like the clothes worn by the monks of Cluis
Gold plated outside
Bright and dazzling

It's full of lead.
compare to
Frederick's shackles will be as light as straw
Divine Comedy: Inferno, Canto XXIII, 61-66
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