Alien Knights

　　 Unlike the Eastern and Western dioceses composed of many secular countries, the Central Diocese of the Heavenly Father Church has only one country-the Papal State, and the heart of the Papal State is located in the former capital of the ancient Tyrolean Empire-Tyro.

　　 In the 5th century, the Citeiro Empire was constantly invaded by the northern barbarians and was eventually destroyed. Its original territory fell into a state of no ownership, and the Citeros were enslaved and slaughtered by barbarians wantonly. At this critical juncture, the Church of the Heavenly Father has gradually transformed from a religious force to a political force.

They organized defeated legions and fleeing civilians to occupy the castle to fight against the invasion; dispatched monks’ envoys to the East Tyrol Empire to request reinforcements; mobilized many clergymen who regarded their death as home, and went to the barbarian army to preach and preach, and succeeded Caused a large number of enemies to convert to the Heavenly Father sect.

　　 In such an era of turmoil and strife, the Heavenly Father Church became the pioneer and leader of spreading the gospel and resisting foreign enemies.

　　 In the 6th century, the war that lasted for nearly a hundred years gradually came to an end. Under the resistance of the church and the world, the barbarians retreated to the north. On the original territory of the Citeiro Empire, only three military forces were left: the barbarian kingdom converted to the Father’s Church and occupied the western region; the old Citero army and people led by the Father’s Church occupied the middle; the east The Tyrolean army and the church of its faith, the Most Orthodox Church, occupied the west.

　　 At the beginning of the seventh century, the Church of the Heavenly Father re-elected the emperor on the site of the former capital of the empire—Tairo, with the aim of recreating the glory of Citeiro. The Orthodox Church has proposed that Citeiro's bloodline has been broken and does not recognize the legitimacy of the new emperor. After that, there was the most serious conflict between the two churches since their separation.

　　The Orthodox Church in East Tero no longer recognizes the Father’s Church as a side-by-side pope. The Heavenly Father Church unilaterally expelled the emperor of the Eastern Teiro Empire from his membership. The two churches that once had the same roots and roots have since embarked on the road of rupture.

In the 8th century, the Church of the Heavenly Father used land and wealth as bait to unite with the barbaric kingdoms converted in the west. It fought a series of territorial disputes, believers contention, and ideological struggles with the Orthodox Church in the east, and finally regained it. Large parish.

With the gradual retreat of the Eastern forces, the Heavenly Father Church fulfilled its contract to the Western Kingdom, ceding part of the land and handed over property; on the other hand, it used diplomatic means and political strategies to divide, instigate, and instigate the Western Kingdom. Was caught in a long-term division and war.

At the end of the 8th century and the beginning of the 9th century, the Pope of the Heavenly Father Church crowned the secular emperor of the Papal kingdom at that time as the "great emperor entrusted by God to rule the Tyrol Empire". This move completely put the two sects in a state of incompatibility. At the same time, the official establishment of the "Papal State" was also announced.

　　 Unlike the Eastern emperor who can intervene in church affairs, the secular emperor of the Papal State has no right to interfere with the church, but is only responsible for the management of secular affairs. The power of military mobilization and personnel appointment and removal belong to the Pope of the Heavenly Father Church, who can even directly dismiss the secular emperor by expelling his membership. Therefore, in the papal kingdom, the pope is the king of all things.

　　 However, the good times did not last long.

　　 From the 10th century onwards, the popularity of the Papal State has declined due to a series of events. Among them, the most famous incident is undoubtedly: a few women from the nobility of Taylor City, through becoming the mistress of the pope, they have mastered the power of the Holy See, their sons, and sons of their sons, were made popes. The period from 903 to 963 is known as the "Pornocracy" period.

　　 During this period, the prestige of the Heavenly Father Church was greatly affected, and the power of the Orthodox Church faintly rose, the Western kingdoms received a little respite, and the wars gradually ended.

In the middle of the 11th century, the reformers gradually gained a firm foothold in the Father’s Church and launched a church reform movement that lasted for decades, reinvigorating the deteriorating church morality, opposing the control of the divine power by the lay people, and opposing the buying and selling of the church’s priesthood. . The movement greatly increased the prestige of the church and the pope.

　　 The movement also marked the re-emergence of the Heavenly Father Church, and the Pope’s secular power was further strengthened.

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　　Time flies, time has arrived on May 25, 1170...

　　Taylor City, the capital of the Pope’s Kingdom, is the main office of the Ministry.

"Master Abel, you seem to be in a good mood." The young man in a black deacon's robe sat on a water cedar chair by the fireplace in the Cardinal Hall, with his back leaning on a cashmere cushion, looking at the desk upright, wearing The 60-year-old man in the cardinal robe said with a smile.

There were only these two people in the room. The old man had no intention of concealing his emotions. While looking at the paper manuscript in his hand, he patted the table and laughed: "Tristan, it's not because of these things you gave me! This little guy , Todd! It's so interesting!"

The man called Tristan closed the book in his hand, nodded and said: "Those troubles in the east take up too much of our energy. I never thought that such a guy would pop up in the west. ."

"The manufacturing equipment for refining silver, the rectification of alchemy at the trial meeting, and the recent uproar of the crystal sacred..." Abel scratched the back ear groove with his knuckles, shaking his head and laughing: "Little guy, but Only fifteen years old, he can already be so noisy, no wonder even the Pope mentioned him several times."

"But we have two things, we should really thank him. One is alchemy, because of his performance in the trial meeting, those in the Holy See who originally strongly opposed alchemy ~www.readwn.com~ have already had some Loosen; the other is the crystal holy relic. Because of the relics inscribed with the ancient Tyro texts sent by him, we will not fall under the wind in the "Suoyuan debate" with the "Orthodox"."

Aberle found a document from the drawer under the table and shook it towards the deacon: "Regarding the crystal holy objects, the "Public Opinions Office" doesn't think so. They have done an investigation, and that little guy may have mastered the holy The manufacturing process of objects, the so-called excavation of antiquities, is just an excuse."

　　 The man put the book on his lap and straightened his body: "What's the reason for this? For profit?"

"It should not be. There is no evidence that the holy objects have been trafficked." Abel leaned his back on his back, relaxed his body, and suddenly changed the subject: "In the past few years, the days of the church have been stable, and many people think it is dangerous. They are gone. They don’t know that the church is now in its most dangerous time. We have a self-proclaimed orthodox “Orthodox” to the east, the barbarians in the north, the kings on the west are getting more and more restless, and to the south...the strangeness in the south. Christians..."

　　 Tristan lowered his head and said, "I heard that the guy named Todd wants to set up a knight order in a town on the west coast..."

　　 The cardinal laughed: "I've heard of this, but it's too funny. The knights are set up on the coast of the Silver Ring Kingdom? Does he want to go fishing?"

　　 "My lord, I don't know if you have heard that the barbarians and pirates in the north have signed a peace agreement."

　　 Abel’s smile stopped abruptly, his eyes narrowed, and he was silent.

　　 Tristan took out a document from his sleeve and said calmly: "By the way, I also have a report that I just got, about a recent evangelistic meeting in Muxi Town..."