eastern european eagle

Chapter 117

Sure enough, in Central and Western Europe, becoming a bishop is a quick way to make money.This way, the harvest is really not small.

There were gold coins, silver coins, ducats, florins, all kinds of money.

"The next travel expenses are here," Peter joked.

This trick is actually not clever, but the current Europe doesn't even know this.So it's cheap Peter.

"These must cost at least a hundred thousand lei"

"No, at least 20."

Seeing bag after bag of gold coins put into the cart, Peter was overjoyed.In order to prevent discovery, he also asked people to press the grain on it, so that it would be safe.

This was a windfall, because Peter didn't expect the bishop to squeeze so hard.All of a sudden, my own private house money has increased a lot.

Of course, Peter did not forget the business of coming here.He knew that the religious conflicts in Bohemia were difficult to bridge, so he decided to add fire to them.

Peter couldn't remember what the 95 theses were about, but he could write something similar.As long as the meaning remains the same, any words will do.

"God is merciful, and he loves everyone equally."

"The Pope has neither the will nor the power to absolve any sin, he can only absolve people of punishments imposed by his own authority or by canon law."

"Those tares that changed the punishment of canon law into the punishment of purgatory were evidently sown by the devil while the bishops were asleep."

"If there are some people who can accept full immunity, it is only available to the flawless, and there are only a very small number of people.

Therefore, the indiscriminate promotion of forgiveness of sins inevitably leads to the deception of a large number of people. "

"Those who, by purchasing indulgences, were sure of their salvation, will suffer eternal punishment with their instigators."

There are 24 in total, and all of them hit the nail on the head.He fired not just at indulgences, but at the Pope and the entire Catholic Church.

Mason on the side felt that this was too much and protested to Peter.

"My lord, you will chill them like this."

"Hang Xin, is it God, or those guys who use the name of God to enrich their own pockets."

Peter made no secret of his hostility to Catholicism. First, he was an Orthodox Christian. Second, he wanted to destroy the foundation of Catholicism, thereby laying the foundation for the expansion of Orthodoxy to Italy and Central Europe.

He said a lot to Mason, mainly in contrasting the corruption of the Catholic Church with the incorruptibility of the Orthodox Church.The last sentence: "Since it is said that the pope sells indulgences to save souls, not for money, why does he abolish the previously promised pardons and pardons with the same effect?"

Lore!

Mason was completely speechless, after all, the Catholic Church is like this.He could only respond in silence.

Although there was some debate, the 24 articles written by Peter could not be published directly, because he wrote them in Wallachian and had to be translated into German and Czech.For this, he had to find someone.

Peter had the Wallachians, who were doing business in Prague, translate into German, and then prepared a translation into Czech.

"Find an interpreter, you need to be very proficient in Czech."

It is not difficult to find such a person near Charles University, and the price is very high, as long as he is not a devout believer, there is no problem.

"John, do you want to go to the city hall to see what's new?"

"No, I want to go around alone."

John rejected the kindness of his classmates. He needed to think for himself, how to digest the testimony of a few days ago.

Why did his country become like this, why did those bishops and nobles squeeze Bohemia so much, why?

While he was thinking, Pastor Andrew, whom he had met in college, came to him.

"John, what are you thinking about?"

"Nothing, I was just thinking about what happened in church a few days ago."

Andrew knew that John was thinking about indulgences, so he reassured him that this was approved by the Pope, and as long as he had it, he could go to heaven.John couldn't say anything, so he asked him what's the matter.

"Oh, it's like this. There is a person who wants to find someone who is very familiar with both German and Czech to translate articles. I heard that they come from the East. I think you are pretty good, so I came to you."

"translate?"

"Yes, and the price given is also very high, do you want to try it?"

John was also bored thinking about it, so he decided to try it.He came to the hotel along the place given by the pastor.

"Excuse me, is this going to be translated?"

"Ah, yes, do you want to try?"

John came here, was hired after some translation, a hundred copies for two ducats.

John was shocked by such a high price, but he still didn't understand why no one had it until he read what was transcribed.

"This..." John couldn't speak, and the people next to him thought they were the same as the previous people, so they said.

"If you want to give up, please do so."

John struggled in his heart, and finally he decided to take the job.Not only for the money, but also for the content on it.

One document after another was translated, and John even compressed his sleep time in order to complete his work as soon as possible.

Of course, he wrote down the content during the copying process, and he was going to show it to those people who didn't understand German, so he prepared a Czech version.

When he came to the door with a stack of papers, he not only got paid, but also an extra bonus.

"This is a reward from the adults, accept it."

"Why, I just did this little thing."

"The adults said that you are the only one who took this job, which is enough to prove your devotion and courage to God, so I reward you, and hope you can continue to maintain your loyalty to God."

John was encouraged to spread the Gospel to the people and practice it like Jesus did, not what these bishops are doing now.

Peter watched John's leaving figure upstairs, and he became more and more sure that he was the person he wanted to see.John, no, he should be called Jan, Jan Hus.

"Are you all ready?"

"It's all ready, but where is it posted?"

Peter proposed a very daring place, how daring it was, and he was going to put it on the door of the cathedral.

God, did Peter think he was Martin Luther, and the Orthodox Christians posted articles against them before going to the Catholic church, so they were going to be burned to death.Even Nicholas disagreed with Peter's idea.

Well, if you can't stick it to the cathedral door, then go to the tavern and market.But the curfew has been so strict that something else is needed.

And it’s not easy to paste, there is no glue and no nails, so just make the paste yourself.It’s just that the cost is higher, and the wheat flour can be boiled into a viscous shape.

As for the bishop, he was sad. Not only was the money gone, but he also found heresy leaflets in his diocese.This is not a slap in the face, it is a slap in the face of the Catholic Church.

(End of this chapter)