After Philip IV did this, he also wanted the church forces to completely obey the king's orders. So in 1302, Philip IV held the first meeting in the history of France at Notre Dame de Paris.

The first meeting attended by three levels: nobles, clergy and citizens. Why do we say this is the first time? In fact, this is not difficult to understand, because the identities of nobles and commoners are different, so meetings of nobles are not allowed

Civilians participate, and civilians generally will not participate in any meetings because they are completely unqualified. Then there are priests. Priests belong to the church, and their direct ruler is the Pope, so they will not participate in any meetings in their respective countries.

, as we have said before, in fact, the king of the country cannot judge the priests, but now Philip IV is the first to break this rule with his powerful force.

It was at this kind of meeting that Philip IV united the common people and the nobles, and used a very tough attitude to force the church's clergy to be loyal to him, the king. Because the nobles also wanted to donate gold and silver to the church, and the nobles also wanted to donate gold and silver to the church.

Get some benefits from the church, so the king's strategy is beneficial to the nobles, and then King Philip IV is powerful. But the common people are different. Currently, all common people in France believe in the church, so now

The situation was that King Philip IV used a threatening attitude to force the common people to stand on the same side as him. Finally, there were the priests. The priests knew the current situation very well. If they talked nonsense, it would definitely be bad, because Philip IV was so

But what can they do if they even dare to burn the Pope's papal decree in public? They might be killed, so they can only compromise.

Pope Boniface VIII soon learned of the changes in France, so he was immediately furious. He believed that not only had his theocracy been seriously questioned, but he had also suffered a very cruel insult from Philip IV, because Philip IV

Philip IV burned his papal bull, so the pope immediately issued another papal bull, which was: Excommunicate Philip IV.

The Pope originally thought that this would be able to completely restrain Philip IV, because the presence of nobles from various countries and even France, or civilians and even church priests, etc., would put a certain amount of pressure on Philip IV, and finally force Philip to

The fourth generation surrendered to him, which forced Philip IV to surrender to the supreme divine power.

But Philip IV did not accept this at all. The policies currently implemented by Philip IV in France are actually much crueler and colder than the Pope's theological concept, strictly speaking, because anyone who opposes Philip IV is absolutely

There is no good end, and we have repeatedly stated that Philip IV's army is very powerful. So at present, the French nobles can not only get some benefits from the church, but they don't have to be killed by Philip IV. What's the point?

Are you happy to do it or not? Then there are the civilians. Although the civilians feel that it is absolutely wrong to challenge the divine power in this way, Philip IV did not close all the churches. Their families of the deceased can still go to heaven, because currently the entire France

The priests were following the orders of King Philip IV, so if we understand it this way, it is equivalent to Philip IV using this method to indirectly evade the power of the Pope. So far, no one has said anything to Philip IV.

, because they dare not.

So we say that Philip IV did not agree with the Pope at all. What kind of religion is not a religion? To a person like Philip IV who lives by licking the tip of a knife every day, that is nothing, right?

?Therefore, Philip IV not only refused to accept the Pope's tactics, but also made a fierce counterattack!

Because Philip IV knew that the Pope was a liar and also knew about the internal situation of the church, such as extravagance, lust, excessive debauchery, and all kinds of tricks to deceive the people, etc., Philip IV directly listed Boniface

The Eighth Pope's Twenty-nine Counts announced that the Pope would be tried in France in the name of the French King, and a large number of troops were sent to Rome to arrest the Pope!

We have also learned before that since the birth of the Pope in Christianity, the Pope at that time stipulated that no one can judge the Pope, only the Pope can judge anyone. Therefore, this kind of thing has flourished and spread in disguised branches of Christianity in various countries.

After that, it has been completely implanted in everyone's brain, but Philip IV did not accept this trick at all, because Philip IV knew from the beginning that this system established by the Pope was to protect himself.

It’s just nonsense and has nothing to do with God at all. Another thing is that Philip IV also understands that the Pope is very powerful, so he will send a large number of troops to arrest the Pope. In fact, it is not difficult to imagine that if the Pope is captured by Philip

Philip IV's army captured him, and the consequences for the Pope were simply unimaginable. The Pope had been making a lot of money in the name of the church in France all year round. It would be strange if Philip IV didn't eat him alive.

So one day in September 1303, Pope Boniface VIII was having a meeting. This was the pope who, after careful consideration, had to completely eradicate Philip IV because this man was already questioning his divine authority.

Moreover, they sent troops to arrest and try him. Therefore, for the Pope, Philip IV was an absolutely dangerous figure and must be completely eliminated. Therefore, the Pope held this meeting to discuss with his subordinates how to solve the problem.

Completely destroy Philip IV.

It was just when the Pope and his men were discussing how to get rid of Philip IV that a group of French soldiers suddenly burst into the conference room. The once extremely peaceful papal conference room seemed to be under the control of these French soldiers.

In his eyes, it was just like an ordinary place. The pope's expression suddenly changed. And a leading officer on the French side said directly and coldly: On the order of the King of France, we want to arrest Boniface VIII and go to us.

France on trial!

From here it is not difficult to see that this group of French soldiers did not seem to have any conflict with the Roman army at all, and no king or emperor from other countries even sent troops to save the Pope. This whole thing seems very strange.

?Actually, this whole thing is not surprising at all, because whether it is the senior officials of Rome or other countries, they are all made uncomfortable by the power of the Pope. They watch every day that a large amount of wealth in the hands of the civilians of their own countries is being used.

The church deceived, but in the end everything ended up in the hands of the Pope. This must have made the top leaders of various countries very angry.

Therefore, when the top leaders of Rome and even other countries learned that King Philip IV of France sent troops to arrest the Pope and try him, no matter whether it was openly or behind the scenes, this was equivalent to acquiescing to Philip IV.

The French army only went to Rome to arrest the Pope, so there would be no conflict at all. Even if the Pope was not caught, if the Pope wanted to ask about it in the end, they could just fabricate any reason to get past him.

So this ultimately led to the fact that the leading French military officer can now not only stand in the Pope's conference room, but also directly give the Pope an order to arrest him and take him back to France for trial. At this point, we will just say

It can be understood that no country will help the Pope at this time, because we have also analyzed the reasons. Originally, the church was a tool of the king, used to control the people of their own country, but now the Pope is an outsider.

The powerful forces, and even the top leaders of the Roman state, hated the Pope very much.

However, the Pope has not been caught. After all, the Pope is still aloof. However, the Pope now finds that he is calling the sky and the earth for help. It is useless to ask for help from any country's army, although he can use the power of the church.

, but each country found inexplicable reasons, so that the power he gathered from the church was blocked within the borders of each country, and could not come to help the pope at all.

For three whole days, the Pope looked pale, trembling all over, lying in bed without eating or drinking, and suffered all kinds of insults and teasing from the French! From here, it is not difficult to see that these French soldiers are not good people.

To do something unbelievable to such a supreme Pope, to insult is to scold the Pope. When it comes to teasing, there are many more tricks. Only God knows what outrageous hobbies these French soldiers have, right?

But in the end, someone came to save the Pope, such as the people within the Christian church, because the people within Christianity understood that they and the Pope were in the same boat. The Pope could get power and benefits, and they could also share it with the Pope.

In order to obtain some power and benefits, these Christian priests who needed benefits organized their own people to save the Pope. So far, these people and the French soldiers did have a more serious conflict, that is, a more bloody conflict, or in the

This bloody conflict saved the Pope.

But at this time, although the Pope was rescued by his own people, he was a high-ranking Pope! Was he insulted and teased by a group of French soldiers? Is this really okay? So although the Pope was rescued,

, but he was still very angry, and he was frightened by the French soldiers before, which led to the final fright and excitement. At this time, Boniface VIII, who was already seventy-five years old, due to various reasons,

He died soon after. At this time, people began to comment on the pope: he was like a fox when he climbed to the papal position, he was like a lion when he exercised his authority, but he died like a dog.

So in the end we can judge that this time the battle between royal power and divine power is still the victory of royal power! In the Christian world, divine power was defeated by royal power again, and the Pope is dead. So now Philip IV has won a great victory, but Philip IV
Chapter completed!