Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 351 Beaten

A mediator is a middleman who mediates, establishes communication or reaches a settlement between two parties.

Generally speaking, it has several meanings, including mediator, redeemer, and grace transmitter.

In the Old Testament, Moses was the mediator between the Israelites and God. But with the birth of Christianity, a new round of interpretation was given to the scriptures written by the Israelites.

Basically all the previous prophecies about the Messiah, as well as a large number of signs about the prophets of previous generations, were pulled onto Jesus.

Melchizedek, the priest-king, became a sign of the union of priest and king, and Moses became a sign of the mediator.

【For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.】

All we can say is that those who wrote the Old Testament probably never imagined that the scriptures they left behind would be used by later generations to prove the correctness of Jesus.

But will the man who first created clay figures for burials have no descendants?

What the Christian apostles were able to do, the Jerusalem sect should naturally do as well.

Thus, Gellis became a renewed mediator, rewriting the contract between man and "God".

This is also what Gellis wants. It is not about expanding territory, but about redefining the morality and order of society.

Amedee didn't mention it, and Lorian didn't say it, but when they discussed this issue, they both tacitly avoided saying things that were not suitable to be spread.

Raymondin, who was listening to their conversation, tugged at the corner of Lorian's clothes, with a hint of desire on his face.

It was evening, and their group had just reached the end of their journey to Antioch, and now was the time to rest.

Noticing his son's actions, Lorian turned his head.

"what happened?"

Then he heard his son ask a rather sensitive question.

“Why does God favor people?”

This question is actually very easy to answer. To be precise, it is a doubt that Raymondin, as a shallow believer, had when he approached profound doctrines.

But this question was wrong from the beginning.

The reasons for the error can be analyzed from many angles.

As a father, Lorian gave the first answer.

“God loves the world. In fact, He does not favor any person over another. It is just that only humans, because we have rational cognition, can break away from ignorance and recognize God’s love.”

This answer is quite standard. It basically borrows some scriptures from the Bible and then restates them based on Garys' theological interpretation of man.

[The Lord is good to all, and His compassion is over all He has made.]

Amedee stroked his beard, looked at the child Raymondin, hesitated for a while, and took out a coin from his pocket.

Asked Raymondin: "Do you think this is a human creation or a God's creation?"

This question immediately stumped Raymondin, a smart boy.

But to be precise, stupid people will not realize the traps contained therein.

Man or God?

If you say this is man-made, then weren’t humans and silver created by God?
But if it was created by God, but humans were removed, would coins really come into being?

After all, God doesn't need to trade at all.

Raymondin was caught in an intense contradiction in his mind: without God, there would be no world, and without people, it seemed impossible for money to be created.

"I gave you this money. Should you praise God or thank me?"

As he said this, the old man Amade put the silver coin in his hand into Raymondin's hand.

Raymondin didn't expect that he would actually get this coin. You know, this one dirham silver coin is enough to exchange for 20 copper coins in the United Kingdom today.

It was enough to buy food for many days, and to a child, it was undoubtedly a huge sum of money.

After receiving the money, Raymond answered according to his heart: "I should thank you and God at the same time." "Why?"

"If God had not created the world and was controlling history, there would not be this scene today. If you had not given it to me personally, I would not have received this money either."

"you sure?"

"Ah."

Raymondin looked at Amedee and always felt that something was wrong, because Amedee emphasized it too many times.

Then an unexpected scene happened.

Amedee, the kind old man, slapped Raymondin in the face without saying a word.

Snapped!
There was a crisp sound, before Raymonding could react after being stunned.

The silver coin that was originally placed in his hand was also snatched back by Amedai.

"Okay, now answer me, are you cursing me or cursing God?"

As a 12-year-old child, Raymondin did not really cry when he encountered such a sudden scene.

Before he even had time to get angry, he fell into an even more confused situation.

If we gain wealth, we should thank God. But if we lose wealth, shouldn’t we curse God’s arrangement?

A devout fanatic would naturally not think of this step, but Raymondin's faith was far from that level.

"Now, tell me, does God show partiality?"

"me……"

After hesitating for a long time, Raymondin was speechless. Faced with Amadeus's questioning, he was so anxious that he almost cried.

Amadeus turned around and said to Lorian in front of Raymondin: "Your son does have some understanding."

This question is actually one of the difficult questions to answer in Gillis’ theology.

That is: the distinction between God and man.

And Lorian was silent.

He suddenly realized the gap between himself and Amedee, and could only say that he was worthy of being one of the founders of Guillis theology.

There is indeed a big difference between the world and God in the eyes of theologians and the world and God in the perception of ordinary believers.

What about Garys?
Lorian couldn't help but think of this question: In Garys' eyes, what kind of scenery is this world or God?
Raymondin finally took the silver coin from the old bastard Amade.

But when he thought that this money was earned by being slapped in the face, he felt very unhappy.

But even though he was unhappy, he couldn't help but think deeply about the issues that teachers in class would never teach.

To be precise, those teachers would never think about this kind of question, nor would they try to answer it. If a student asked a question, they would just evade the question. They would never be able to answer it as concisely and powerfully as Amedeo.

It was really "powerful". Until now, the mark on his face has not disappeared.

After this, he made a request to Lorien.

"Dad, can I go to Antioch?"

"Why? Didn't you think about going to Tyre before?"

"I want to follow the bishop and learn something..."

Lorian showed an embarrassment on his face. Although he could get along with Amedai, if he wanted Amedai to accept him as a disciple, it was not something that could be done simply by knowing each other.

Finally, he just patted Raymondin on the head.

"You have to fight for this yourself. I can't help you much."

(End of this chapter)