God and mystery

Chapter 135 The Art of Witnessing Witness
Matteo Ricci sent a lot of books to Ji Xiang, but there are still quite a few books that he wants to pay tribute to Emperor Wanli.

Fortunately, the priests of the Jesuits have bought real estate in several places. Matteo Ricci said that he doesn’t have much money anyway. This time, he will only stay in Suncheon for a month, and he will go back and buy some of his teammates’ books. up.

Anyway, if the construction of the cathedral is really approved, his teammates will all come to Suncheon.

Fan Li'an, Meng Sande, Long Huamin, Luo Ruwang, Guo Jingju and the names of Matteo Ricci's teammates are also a model of the combination of Chinese and Western styles. It is the kind that does not seem to be from the Ming Dynasty at first glance, but has a bit of a Ming Dynasty flavor. .
Ji Xiang also wrote down the names of these people.

In the future, I passed by those priests' residences and went in to report Matteo Ricci's name. Now Ricci said that as long as he reported his name, he could prostitute the Bible for nothing, and the way of Christ in their hands is far worse than that of Matteo Ricci himself. And more.

Ji Xiang smiled brightly.

There are people on the road who can do things well.

As long as you let me be a party member, we will be firm friends.

The method of Christ is definitely useful, and Ji Xiang is going to figure out some advanced uses of wishes from it.At this time, I learned some news from Matteo Ricci.

Matteo Ricci was indeed the first Western missionary who came to Suncheon. The first place they landed was in Haojing, where there was a Mazu Pavilion, and a legal cathedral was there. This was the time of Emperor Jiajing, The construction approved by the Ming court is by no means illegal.

After the establishment of this church, several priests went to the east, headed by Father Ba Fanji, who was appointed by Father Fan Li'an of the Society of Jesus to go to Japan to preach, and achieved certain results in the early stage.

"Oh?"

Ji Xiang rubbed his chin, trying to figure it out.

For some reason, I always feel that the incidents of gods and ghosts in printed books in Japan are inseparable from the Western Christian law.

Really learn from each other's strengths and make up for your weaknesses.

"So that means, Western methods are spreading and flourishing in Japan?"

However, Matteo Ricci expressed a wry smile to Ji Xiang's questions:
"That was the early days. After the death of Oda Nobunaga, Hirai Hideyoshi became Japan's Guanbai. He promulgated the "Bantianlian Chasing and Release Order", indicating that they themselves are the land of the kingdom of God. We wait for the law of Christ to be foreign magic, called It is a great sin to win believers with knowledge and destroy Japan's Buddhism. He welcomes foreign commercial ships, but refuses those who practice the law of Christ to enter Japan."

"Now, in my Christian land in Japan, there are no missionaries. At the beginning of this year, Hira Hideyoshi gathered all those who practiced the law of Christ in Nagasaki Prefecture and crucified them to death."

At this time, Ji Xiang understood Toyotomi Hideyoshi's approach better.

After all, when it comes to governance issues, religion is a sensitive area. In East Asia, the king is above the divine right. If religion is shaken to the point of ruling, persecution will be carried out.

"The belief in Japanese ghosts, gods and Buddhist temples is very strong. If you touch a tiger's beard, how can the tiger not get angry?"

Ji Xiang commented in this way, and Matteo Ricci also sighed: "It is said that this killing incident is related to a merchant ship from the Francine Kingdom who came out to preach, so I am ready to dedicate myself to the teachings."

Ricci drew a cross on his chest, and Ji Xiang brought some classics and asked Ricci some questions.

"To be honest, I have some questions here, and I want to ask you. Why are there wishes on the copy? Is this due to your law of Christ, or is it because of something special about this paper?"

The latter should be impossible, after all, the Nei Jing God Card did not give a response, of course, the Western stuff, whether the Nei Jing God Card will give a strategy, Ji Xiang is really not sure, so I can only ask Matteo Ricci on the spot.

"Wish? What you said should be the response to God's prayer, and the kind of belief that circulates in it?"

"Well, more or less, this is it."

Matteo Ricci was a little confused: "I don't know much about this. All the books we got are like this, and haven't experienced much change. You said that wishes are gathered in books, maybe because they are widely spread. the reason"

Ji Xiang shook his head: "No, it won't, these copies, normally speaking, there will be no gathering of wishes, and the belief of wishes should appear in your original book of the Holy Bible. presented in this text”

Matteo Ricci thought about it, he really wanted to give Ji Xiang a little help.

However, the principles of Eastern law and Western art are quite different. Although they have something in common, there is no way to truly "express the meaning" in the translation of those words and spells.

Thinking about it, even though Matteo Ricci was a well-known Western missionary in Ming Dynasty, and his Confucian literary literacy was extremely high, but in Western lands, he was not considered a front-line figure in the church. In the case of wishing, the mystery will obviously not be known to Ricci.

Then there is only one stupid way.

Read a book, sentence by sentence.

There is no fully translated version of the "Our Father". Although Ji Xiang has a little dabble in Latin, it is only limited to the superficial knowledge learned in the previous life a long time ago. It is really not enough to translate the Bible of this era.

So, here's a brief introductory version called The Record of God.

Matteo Ricci recommended it wholeheartedly, saying that this was the first book translated from Western to plain language by Western missionaries after they arrived in Ming Dynasty.

"There Is One God Chapter One, God's Things Chapter Two"

"God Made the Heaven, Earth and People Chapter Four, Heaven and Man Adam Chapter Five"

"The soul returns to the seventh of the five chapters."

After briefly reading the table of contents, Ji Xiang recited every chapter in his mouth. If there is something magical, the inner scene card will manifest the words, and the magic power in the body will flow, and the spirit will be meticulous.

This is also a photocopy. Matteo Ricci said that this is the first copy. There are a total of [-] copies. There is also a faint read on it.

Most of it is the translated vocabulary written by the missionaries themselves. There is not much content in the original Bible, but it is still worth watching.

Ji Xiang watched, and when he saw Chapter 5, words appeared on the inner scene card!
In Ji Xiang's eyes, light suddenly flashed, and he accelerated to read all the text of Chapter 5!
"I said that the first thing is the gods and the devil, and there are spirits and intangibles. Now let me tell you the theory of both soul and body. Since God has driven down the gods, the place of heaven is empty, so Adam and Evil are created. Socks have both soul and body, so that they can be passed on to human beings, and if there are good people among them, their souls will be taken to ascend to heaven to fill the position of gods."

In the inner scene card, the text appears completely:

[Testimony of the heavenly man Adam: God has three things, one is invisible, one is tangible, and one is both soul and form.The invisible one is the god/devil! 】

(End of this chapter)