Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 77
Either Yahweh or Jehovah, his image in the Old Testament and the New Testament is almost polarized.

Although in the Old Testament, Yahweh also has love and mercy, but obviously that is not the main theme of the Old Testament.

The image of the four-letter divine name YHWH in the Old Testament is multifaceted.

According to the description in the Old Testament, its characteristics and names can be roughly classified into the following.

The God of Creation, the Most High God, the Savior of Israel and the God of the Covenant, the God of righteousness and judgment, the God of love and mercy, the God of war, the God of secrecy and holiness, the God who has mercy and redeems the world.

In describing God, Gellis did not use Gnosticism or Gnosticism to directly refer to the cruel Yahweh in the Old Testament as Damios.

Instead, he chose to directly annotate the Six Classics. Since "justice and judgment" were emphasized in the Old Testament, he had the basis for preaching.

However, it is said that every day that the wicked are rampant in the world, it shows that our Heavenly Father is merciful and lenient.

But Garys will pay attention to the necessary procedures, the necessary trials, and the corresponding humanistic care.

For example, after finishing his impromptu sermon, Gillis returned to his room, picked up a list of names, and reviewed the people's sins again.

To be honest, this is a rather troublesome matter, because in 1186, there was no consensus in the Mediterranean that a country should have unified legal provisions.

At this time, Gellis couldn't help but sigh that the old Franks were really useless in terms of written law and the scope of legal application.

Without mentioning mainland Europe, let’s just talk about the Kingdom of Jerusalem, which is the country where Gellis is located.

In the 87 years since its establishment, it has never considered writing a set of laws that are applicable nationwide and known to the whole country.

In fact, different groups of people even have different laws applicable to them.

Theoretically, the Kingdom of Jerusalem has a set of supreme laws, but that set of laws is locked in a box in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and only three people are qualified to open it...

Then the nobles in the kingdom had their own courts, the citizens had their own courts, the native Christians had their own courts, the foreign Christians had their own courts, the Italians had their own courts, the Arabs had their own courts…

And it is obvious that the judicial principles followed by these courts are, if not very different, then at least very different.

So much so that when it comes to sentencing criminals, Garys needs to learn from Comrade Liu Bang and follow some basic principles of equal retaliation in order to gain more widespread recognition.

However, Gaillis still tried his best to avoid certain punishments, such as blinding, chopping off hands, and castration.

For now, apart from the death penalty, the punishment that Gellis prefers most is probably hard labor for a limited period of time.

If we want to develop water conservancy projects and develop productivity, there is a real shortage of manpower.

But Gellis told himself not to be too greedy for the benefits brought by hard labor.

Therefore, like the herbalist and the family of the Monterey village chief, after a period of unpaid hard labor, they were transferred to paid labor, and after a period of time, they will settle down completely in the Scar Village.

And those soldiers sent by Reynard, those whose hands were not stained with blood.

Although they were indeed being forced to work, they were paid some wages, and they were also promised that when the wages accumulated to a certain amount, they could redeem themselves.

These people who were not stained with blood were just prisoners of war, not sinners.

Gillis's division in this regard is relatively clear.

Only the real criminals, such as Ahmed and the soldiers who participated in looting, rape and massacre, need to be convicted seriously. Among them, the tax farmer Ahmed and his eldest son, who were convicted of murder, rape and robbery under the guise of usury, were sentenced to death.

But based on some humanitarian concerns, Gairis decided to reunite the tax farmer Ahmed and his family for a while.

Of course, this does not mean that they will be reunited in the grave.

It is to allow the survivors of Ahmed's family to send Ahmed off. After all, Ahmed's child, although not completely innocent, is not guilty of the death penalty.

……

Over the past month, Garys had Simon take his men and escort Ahmed on a tour of several nearby villages.

This is mainly to collect evidence of Ahmed's crimes, and also to show the surrounding villages that the guy who used to bully you is now a prisoner.

Come here quickly, if you have any complaints, you can take revenge! Come here quickly, if you have any complaints, you can take revenge!

Before this episode, Ahmed could initially exchange insults with the farmers who accused him of crimes, and he would respond with two insults for every one the farmers said.

However, as time went by, knowing that he did not have much time left, he gradually became numb with each bout of hysterical despair.

What else in this world is worth remembering?
Ahmed was already beginning to feel bewildered.

However, on the last day of his life, Garys brought several people to his cell and severely awakened his dormant soul.

"Yusef! Mus! Yasmine!! Why are you here!"

In the reception room next to the cell, Ahmed watched two young boys and a young woman walk into the room, led by Gairis.

Yusuf and Mus are Ahmed's two youngest sons. They are not very old, only about seven or eight years old.

As for the young woman, she was a maid whom Ahmed had kidnapped not long ago.

These three people are the three people closest to Ahmed now.

Ahmed was quite surprised when he learned that it was Garys who brought these three people to visit him.

He really didn't expect that Garys could be so kind-hearted!
Of course, Ahmed found it a bit strange to describe Gairis as kind-hearted.

But no matter what, after experiencing countless hysterical despair over the past few months, Ahmed finally accepted his fate.

On this quiet autumn afternoon, he stroked his children's hair, talked to his youngest wife, and enjoyed the last years of his life.

"Yasmine! It's okay. Just live well with the children. I was sorry for you in the past. From now on..."

That's when Ahmed's true feelings came out.

Garys, who was standing by, felt it was a bit strange because Ahmed, the maid, seemed to be showing a rather embarrassed emotion.

At this moment, the door of the reception room was pushed open again, and Ahmed's eldest son Nabil walked in. As soon as he saw his father being affectionate with Yasmine, he wanted to leave the room.

　Fourth update. Today I successfully broke through my own limits!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)