God and mystery

Chapter 426 Heresies and Heretics
Borrow books?It is naturally impossible for the priests to speak ill of Ji Xiang. On the contrary, they are extremely happy to lend their scriptures and classics to Ji Xiang to read.

This is not because of their generosity, it is just that in a foreign country, they use the religion of other countries to package themselves in order to gain a more stable foothold. This is the way of life.At the very beginning, the priests came to China in the Ming Dynasty, using their status as Buddhist monks, claiming to be monks from Tianzhu.

At the beginning, the clothes they wore were also those of Buddhist monks, so that ordinary people would mistake them for ordinary monks and would not be hostile.Of course, in order to integrate with the local culture, they did not preach with much fanfare at the beginning, and they were very low-key. After all, the first thing they should do is to try their best to win the favor of the local people.

However, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, the status of religion was not as lofty as in the Western Land. If you want to use the prestige of Buddhism to preach, it depends on whether Buddhism agrees or not.

The fake foreign devils still want to pretend to be bald donkeys, and ordinary Buddhists are easy-going and not blind. This foreign foreign devil is blatantly fighting for incense, is that okay?

In short, there are many problems. In the end, the Catholics put on the clothes of Confucianism, and Confucianism is not too repulsive to these people from the western lands.

Therefore, the priests believe that whether they exclude other sects or suppress other religions in the future is a matter for the future. At least for now, they, the Catholic missionaries and priests in the Ming Dynasty, still think that they are inhumane. Poor little lamb.

But today's emperor advocates Taoism. If we want to spread branches and leaves in a place like Shuntian, we must develop a good relationship with Taoism.

"The land of Dongyue Temple was approved by the emperor to build a church, and it is all thanks to the real person of the North Pole. You have already known your nickname. Matteo Ricci has told you that the book of God in the church can be read by real people. .”

An old priest spoke Chinese fluently, and he talked with Ji Xiang to express his kindness.

But Ji Xiang knew what we were thinking, and looked cold when he saw us, although there were no sincere people outside, such as Matteo Ricci, the old priest in front of us at this time Gratitude is also sincere, but, among the priests in front of me, some of them are hiding their knives while laughing.

After all, people are still the same. The missionaries came to Dongtu for the purpose of traveling and shopping there, but without the so-called "sacred mission".

If you use Tao to pack yourself into a lamb, then other religions will accept me. As for when to tear off sheep's clothing and become a hungry wolf, it depends on when our teachings can develop to affect the trend of the sky. .

Before the book was borrowed, Ji Xiang also left the Catholic Church, and found a corner outside the church to sit and watch by himself, which stopped the whispering of the priests, we walked out of the church, and immediately started talking inside.

No one thinks that although Ji Xiang is a pagan, he seems to have little interest in Catholicism.

No one thought it was a rare "good opportunity".

"Master Beiji, if you put it in your holy religion, it should be regarded as a Pope or a bishop, right?"

"It's a bishop, it should be a cardinal."

In Christianity, the pope is the pope, the lowest candidate, that is, the "white bishop", and the upper level is the cardinal, that is, the cardinal.

In the eyes of the priests, Ji Xiang represents the Taoist Wudang Mountain. On the other hand, on the Taoist side, the lowest leader they all believe should be the celestial master of Longhu Mountain.

As for the various sects of Taoism, including the Quanzhen Taoism, in the eyes of the priests, there is no difference from the orthodox orthodox of God, but there is nothing that confuses us. This is the orthodox Taoism. Today, after gaining a small position, he actually went to encircle and suppress the Quanzhen Dao in another place?
Why is that so, it is really impossible to understand, should heretics be more hateful than heretics?

At most, in Buddhism, there is no controversy over the Eight Vehicles, and there are differences between the four schools of Tantric Buddhism and Han Buddhism, but Taoism looks like a group of salted fish, only guarding its own hilltop to manage internal affairs.

How could such a religion have been passed down for thousands of years?

"Taoism is not too aggressive nowadays. Although I heard that we did not fight against Buddhism in the past, it will be a long time later. If you can bring that Taoist priest in white who is comparable to a cardinal to your Catholicism camp, and even converted me to God, so."

"Your law of Christ, the way of God, can prosper in the Ming Dynasty and spread to heaven."

The priest's tone was excited, and my priest's eyes lit up too.

Pulling a heavyweight figure in one religion directly into another sect is an astonishing achievement. Similarly, if that kind of thing succeeds, it means that we Catholics have no extremely low superiority, and we ourselves are Be on the right path.

It was as shocking as the Qin Huali of Confucianism in the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China and became the seventh in command of Mohism. He directly betrayed his own teachings and theories, and instead agreed with me, which would deal a huge blow to a sect. , but to the other sect it has no ordinary meaning.

"Indeed, if that thing is successful, then the Pope will be satisfied with the result. He will be too harsh on your missionary work. It has only been a few years since Hirai Hideyoshi massacred missionaries, and the Far East's acceptance of you is still It’s very high. I came here from afar, and I can always do everything, so I’ll just die of old age in that big cathedral.”

The old priest also spoke, and his words revealed his longing for a career. Of course, this must be after my death.

Ji Xiang, who was sitting in the corner, had already heard our words.

"Do you believe in God? Yes, someone's spells are indeed unique, but what you are good at is making the best use of things and integrating cultures. Although his stuff is very wrong, it was yours in the last second."

"It's the same as these books written by Matteo Ricci."

Ji Xiang looked at some of the photocopies at the side. Although he said that he should try his best to read the originals, it is natural that those missionaries brought too few original scriptures from St. Paul's College in Haojingao. In a small base camp, what if the originals are brought out if they are burned or fall into the water? For us, those are all brought in from the West after a lot of hardships.

However, none of the Western scriptures have the benefits of the Eastern scriptures, that is, even if they are copies, there is no willingness to recite them below.

That point was discovered when I first met Matteo Ricci.

For Western missionaries, it is a phenomenon of using the Tao that the copies have no wish to gather, but for the East, it is a strange situation.

"Whether there is the hard work and energy of the author in the copy, but relying on extensive preaching, the wishes of all living beings are absorbed and condensed below."

One, two.

Ji Xiang only flipped through it a little bit, but these contents have already been engraved in his heart. With Ji Xiang's current cultivation base, he can run through thousands of thoughts in an instant, and reading every word in a few books is simply a waste of time. what is the problem.

And under the fingers, white smoke has been rolling.

While absorbing the wishes and spells, Ji Xiang also put aside the books that had been used, some and all of them, because he would "sacrifice" them immediately!

"Instead of believing in God, it's like seeing all the ways of God, and you create a new God's art by yourself!"

"The true meaning of the Eight Teachings, practice for you!"

For the first time, it is feasible to integrate the techniques of the Lijiao, because the true meaning of the Eight Religions can only be smelted from the classics within the Eight Religions, including the heretics derived from the Eight Religions of the White Lotus Sect, and the created formulas It is also limited to the eight religions.

Christianity is a pure Li religion, without any shadow of the Eight Religions.

However, because Ji Xiang has practiced Yuqingyinshu, he still has one less option-heavenly magic.

Inside the church, the old priest suddenly trembled all over, and looked at Qi Zhou strangely.

"Strange thing, you seem to have sensed the power of the 'devil' just now? Is it possible that there are no heretics preaching in the far east?"

(End of this chapter)