Lady of the Lord From the East

Chapter 70

The ceremony of the wedding is just a ceremony, and the most important thing is the marriage certificate.

Without the marriage certificate signed by the church, the marriage relationship would not be recognized by the church, although the church in this period was not as strong as it was in the next few hundred years, especially in this period, the land laid down by the crusades was constant strife, plus Threats from the Eastern Mongolian cavalry, countries are busy developing themselves, and naturally do not like the church that is always trying to point fingers, which makes the church that has formed many crusades to expand its authority during this period. Prestige, On the contrary, it was reduced.

Of course, Wei Wei felt that the main reason why the church did not have a high sense of existence during this period was that they had to change popes every three days.

The Pope, that is, the Pope, is the supreme leader of the church. This position is for life, and the term of office depends entirely on how long the person can live.

But in the thirteenth century, I don't know if the church's feng shui is not good or the fleeting time is not good. In the past 100 years, they have changed 17 popes. Except for a few popes whose tenure is relatively long, the others are only three or five years. term, and even those who died after only a month in the papacy, and more than one or two.

In this century, the top leaders of the church have changed frequently, and the closer to the end of the century (that is, their current period), the shorter the term of office of the pope. Although no one has said it on the surface, there have been rumors in private that it is because the East When the crusaders reclaimed the land occupied by the Islamic religion, they hit places that should not be hit (such as the Orthodox countries that also believe in God), so they will be punished by God, so that these popes cannot enjoy the highest rights in the world.

Such rumors have been spreading more and more fiercely in recent years, especially this year when the last Pope died after being in power for half a year, and the last Pope was gone after only one month and seven days in office. The high-ranking bishops also began to worry about their own lives, fearing that there was a punishment from God in that position, so when they were re-elected in September, they asked a man dedicated to restoring the Church and the Eastern Church (that is, the Orthodox Church). The Portuguese bishop took over the position and became Pope John XX.

This is also a kind of temptation for the church's top leaders, who think that if God punishes the church for doing something wrong, then after the pope who is trying to restore the relationship between the two churches takes office, he should be able to break the curse on the pope's throne. , at least to stay in the position of Pope for a few years, after all, the new Pope is only in his early 60s, which is quite a young age for the Pope.

If not, it means that this is not God's punishment, and the rumors in the world are just slander, so they have the confidence to continue to eradicate dissidents.

From his accession in September to the present, the current pope, who used to work in medical work, seems to be in good health, with no illness or pain, and even mentally tossing his hobby - alchemy. Suddenly fell.

Therefore, the church can now be restrained. In addition, the Pope himself does not pay much attention to rights, and naturally, his control over various countries has also declined a lot. This is also what the lords of various countries are happy to see.

They are very much looking forward to this John XX being able to live for a long time. It is best to endure those ambitious cardinal archbishops. The priests should have the appearance of priests, just serve God, and do What about meddling in the affairs of mortals?