Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 245 The Gospel of Barnabas

"Hey, Mr. Archbishop, the issue you mentioned can actually be discussed after completing [Communion]. There is no need to be so resolute..."

Arnold started to laugh it off, not wanting to delve too deeply into the issue of "The Acts of Barnabas."

Although he had become a cardinal at a young age, he had risen rapidly in the Catholic system.

But when it comes to the question of what books the Bible actually includes, he is not qualified to interrupt.

It can be said that as a messenger, he could not give a clear answer to the Cypriot Church on this issue.

Any promise he made could be overturned by Rome.

The Bible is not a big deal, but it is also not a small deal.

It is not a big number because the number of Bibles in existence these days is actually very small.

Even most clergymen and priests cannot collect the complete set.

Since most Bibles of that time were parchment manuscripts, it was normal for errors, omissions, and various inconsistencies to exist.

Anyway, for Catholicism, maintaining the existence of the organization is more important than the absolute correctness of the doctrine.

The reason why it is not small is that it is a political issue.

Never mind whether everyone made mistakes when copying the Bible by hand, what if the Vatican acted on its own and really gave away an extra volume of the Bible.

Then some local churches that dislike the Roman Catholic Church use this as an excuse to say that the Roman Catholic Church is a heretic and the Pope is a false Pope. What should we do? !

Although this is unlikely to happen, what if? What if?
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be prepared for the one that happens, what if something goes wrong.

The Vatican is absolutely determined to use Arnold as a scapegoat.

"Cough cough..."

Arnold coughed twice and didn't want to continue discussing this issue.

Anthony planned to press on: "I wonder if you are free now. I will take some time to introduce you to our great apostle Mr. Barnabas, as well as his letters and thoughts!"

Arnold saw that Anthony was talking nonstop and felt that coming to see Anthony today was just asking for trouble.

The content of "The Acts of Barnabas" is actually quite subversive in the Christian system.

For example, its core idea is that the writings that make up the Hebrew Bible, which later became the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, were written for Christians rather than Israelites (and therefore Jews) from the time they were written.

It explains how the Jews misinterpreted their own scriptures and how they were seduced by the devil.

Basically, it means that the Jews broke their covenant with God from the very beginning.

The theological ideas contained therein are also extremely unique for Christianity.

If the Holy See recognizes that the Acts of Barnabas is part of the Bible, then the Church of Cyprus, even if it has achieved "communion", will have an extremely special status and voice in the Catholic system.

This was because Anthony tried to preach to the Catholic envoys.

Arnold didn't care about why he came, so he just found an excuse to leave.

It's really a bit difficult to deal with.

Of course, one thing Arnold did not know was that if he did not know what was good for him, he would have gone into depth on the issue of the Acts of Barnabas.

Then Anthony will have to play a more decisive card.

That is, the Gospel of Barnabas.

Anthony couldn't help grinning when he thought of the Gospel of Barnabas. The Gospel of Barnabas was given by Gellis, and it was different from the Acts of Barnabas, which had a certain authority.

If the Gospel of Barnabas was not written by Gillis, it can almost be determined that it is a complete apocryphal book...

After all, the book that Gellis brought out, The Gospel of Barnabas, directly stated that the prophet after Jesus was called Muhammad.

To be honest, when Anthony saw the Gospel of Barnabas, he had to admit that he was a little defensive.

Of course, what Anthony did not know was that the "Gospel of Barnabas" was indeed born in later history, and Gaillis borrowed from that book and hastily wrote a pseudo-scripture to allow Anthony to attack the Roman Catholic Church and thus delay the progress of "communion".

In that book, the coming of the Prophet Muhammad is explicitly mentioned, and it also says that Jesus is not the Messiah, but a "prophet of salvation."

And his salvation was limited to the Israelites and did not include the Gentiles.

In the 42nd chapter of the Gospel of Barnabas there is a passage that reads:

【Jesus confessed and told the truth: I am not the Messiah】

And in Chapter 97 we have this:
[A priest asked: What is the name of the coming Messiah? Jesus answered: His holy name is Muhammad.]

Many Muslims were very happy and enjoyed the discovery of this book.

Of course, in the Gospel of Barnabas written by Gellis, Jesus is still acknowledged as the Messiah, but it does say that Muhammad was a prophet.

This is part of Garys's grand plan and an important step in seeking religious unity.

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December 1188, 12, Paphos Port, Cyprus Island.

After a 2500-kilometer sea journey.

The German Crusaders finally set foot on the land of the Levant.

The journey was truly horrific.

In a sense, this was the first time in the history of the Crusades that an army of tens of thousands of people traveled to the Holy Land by sea.

The main force among them were basically Germans.

He is a guy who has never taken a ship or traveled on the sea in his life.

Even "Red Beard" Frederick himself, in a sense, vomited all the way here.

When I was getting off the boat, I felt shaky and unsteady with every step. When I stepped onto the dock, I felt like the ground was shaking.

When he turned his head and took a look at the paddle boat he was on, he couldn't help but feel a chill.

The well-intentioned smiles of the Venetians beside him seemed mixed with sarcasm in his eyes.

It is a rare sunny day in the eastern Mediterranean in December, with a blue sky and a fresh sea breeze.

But Frederick "Red Beard" really didn't want to take a ship again.

Of course Frederick didn't know that when he set foot on the island of Cyprus alive, he had actually changed his fate - at least he was not drowned.

When he was young, Frederick joined an army organized by his uncle and participated in the Second Crusade, so this was actually his second time to set foot on the land of the Levant.

This time, he was greeted with flowers and cheers.

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