48. The Change of the Storm. The Reformation of Faith
If the Chaldean bishop had previously admitted that he had presided over the beheading of a great nobleman, which surprised and frightened the other priests in the church, then at this time, Chaldea admitted that he had allowed another faith to enter the Holy Light.
On the land, this directly aroused the anger and contempt in the hearts of other priests.
The moment Chaldea finished speaking, an old monk raised his finger and cursed angrily:
"Traitor! Heretic! Your heart is no longer pure! Chaldea, you betrayed the great Holy Light!"
The anger of the old priest immediately triggered accusations against Chaldea from other priests. Several paladins even raised their weapons. Obviously, this behavior of the Chaldean bishop had touched the last heart of a faith organization.
Bottom line.
The belief in the Holy Light of human civilization emerged 2,800 years ago, at the same time as the first human city-state was established by Thoradin the Great. It originated from the time when humans united with the high elves to fight against the forest trolls. At that time, the first batch of humans
The priests perceived a gentle energy in their sleep, which appeared in their minds in the form of mysterious geometric patterns and the appearance of winged angels in myths and legends.
After several generations of inheritance, the first batch of Holy Light Priests appeared.
According to Velen, the great prophet of the Draenei, it should be those ancestors who accidentally came into contact with the Naaru's thoughts extending among the stars during meditation, which initiated the cleansing of the holy light of human civilization. In short, although in 2800,
During the years of inheritance, human civilization has also seen the emergence of other short-lived beliefs, but the Holy Light has always firmly occupied the posture of orthodox faith in human civilization.
In the historical changes in recent decades, dwarves and high elves have also converted to the Holy Light, but humans and human civilization have always been the mainstream of Holy Light belief. With the westward migration of the empire, this sincere belief in human hearts has also been brought with it.
Entered the continent of Kalimdor.
But there has never been a precedent in human history like the Archbishop of Chaldea, who took the initiative to distribute the land of Holy Light to other faiths! Although the Druid faith is also one of the "correct faiths" among several major belief systems in Azeroth
, but faith will always make people blind, especially for those who live by faith. Chaldea's behavior can undoubtedly be described as "leading the wolf into the house."
This accusation made Chaldea's expression change. His lips moved, as if he wanted to refute something, but in the end, he did not argue with those angry compatriots, but tied his hands and stood quietly.
In front of the Pope, he allowed the angry scoldings and contemptuous taunts to fall on him, just like a sculpture, turning a deaf ear to everything in the outside world.
This attitude of disdain to debate made the other priests even more angry. Of course, it was not just out of anger at Chaldea's betrayal.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and once there are rivers and lakes, there will naturally be disputes. Although the priests claim to dedicate everything they have to the great Holy Light, the faith itself is also a system that is independent of the country.
Once this system is formed, there will naturally be a division of power. The Holy Light Church will have its own church organization in each country of the human empire, and each country will have an archbishop.
Therefore, even when the morale of the human empire is at its peak, in addition to the pope and cardinal privy bishops, there are only 6 red cardinals in the upper echelons of the entire human civilization. This is a position above millions of believers.
In a sense, the status of a red archbishop is nobler than that of most nobles in the kingdom.
As for Chaldea...a junior in his 30s actually occupied the position of a cardinal archbishop in a majestic manner. How could this allow those seniors who have worked hard to stay in the Holy See all their lives to be just a junior bishop?
Are you convinced?
In fact, when humans still occupied the Eastern Continent, the discussion about Chaldea Morgan within the church had never stopped. Many people believed that Chaldea Morgan's position as archbishop came from the nature of "martyrdom in the line of duty".
It was "stolen" from Archbishop Neditas, so Archbishop Chaldea's own position in the Holy Light Church is actually very embarrassing.
There are almost countless colleagues who want to remove him from the position of archbishop. Any stain on him will be magnified without limit. But fortunately, the Archbishop of Chaldea is very gentle and abides by the various rules of the church.
According to this stipulation, his personal reputation is almost impeccable, and this time, Chaldea took the initiative to expose one of his secrets in front of everyone. Now... the Archbishop of Chaldea is in trouble.
"Okay! Be quiet!"
But the scolding and accountability of Chaldea by the other pastors in the church had no effect. Instead, the old Pope was very dissatisfied. As people get older, they always like to be quiet. No one can avoid this.
, the slightly angry Pope tapped his cane on the ground, and the deep voice echoed in the church, causing those vicious curses to dissipate at this moment.
"Priests and below, get out!"
Standing next to the Pope, the Cardinal Privy, a sincere priest who has participated in countless wars, and the "Pure One" Dejek, who is also an excellent Paladin, took a step forward and said in a majestic voice:
"Defense Knights, seal the church! No one is allowed to come near this place until His Majesty's questioning is over!"
Seeing that the Pope's anger was beyond words, the priests who were extremely angry just now obediently left the church hall, leaving only a few high-ranking archbishops and privy bishops who were qualified to observe, as well as several record-keepers.
After the entire hall finally became quiet, Faao sighed. He looked at the silent Chaldea in front of him and said softly:
"The world says that you and your status are not worthy of the name, Chaldea Morgan, but only we know how much you have silently paid for the Kingdom of Stormwind. The tragedy of Benedictus is really painful. Whenever I am in
After night falls, I will recall the years I spent with that poor disciple, and I think... the reason why you made this decision is probably related to him, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty the Pope."
Chaldea lowered her head and whispered:
"Although Benedictus has left the Kingdom of Stormwind a long time ago, the poison he left in the kingdom has not been completely eliminated after so many years. Those cultists who believe in the ancient gods are in the border areas of the entire Kingdom of Stormwind.
Flooding into disasters, they are dragging our people into hell bit by bit on the land where the Holy Light cannot shine."
As he spoke, the Archbishop of Chaldea turned to look at a silent female Archbishop beside him, and asked softly:
"Ms. Partrice, is the situation in the Kingdom of Stromgard stable? Have the cultists hiding in Dustwallow Marsh been cleared out?"
"And Archbishop Johannes, are the believers in Gilneas as pure as before?"
"Privy Cardinal Constantine, I heard that a few months ago, another cultist rebellion broke out in the Stormsong Valley in Kul Tiras?"
Several bishops who were asked by Chaldea were silent. Obviously, Chaldea was right. The Holy Light Church seemed to be prosperous, but as an ancient organization that had existed for 2,800 years, its internal system had already changed.
There has been a serious state of decay. Faced with the sudden rebellion by cultists in recent years, the entire bloated Holy Light Church has been extremely slow to respond.
"As more dark secrets of the Old Gods are uncovered, everyone."
The Archbishop of Chaldea subconsciously stroked the purple ceremonial dagger at his waist and whispered:
"Not only our soldiers and kings, but we ourselves are also facing a challenge. The faith from the darkness is trying to divide and tear us apart. In this case, relying only on ourselves is not what the noise comes from.
Evil opponent, after all... In addition to the world of Holy Light, this world is still very big..."
"The Druid faith and Moon God faith of the elves, the shaman faith of the orcs and dwarves, and even the technological faith of the dwarfs. These are all the "righteous beliefs" that we have identified after long-term discussions. Since they are all orthodox beliefs, then when facing
Why can't we stand together when the dark force is sweeping everything? Can we win this war just by relying on foolish sectarian opinions?"
Chaldea's voice became sharper. He looked at the Pope and took a deep breath:
"Of course, Your Majesty, there is another reason why I allowed the Wither Druids to enter the four southern counties of the Kingdom of Stormwind... The land on the continent of Kalimdor in the Human Empire is too barren, and our people
We have to work several times harder to harvest less food than before. This barren land has seriously affected the recovery of the human empire."
"The Druids of the Blighter master the secret of fertile earth. I have seen with my own eyes that they used some roots to create a delightful oasis in the desolate desert of Silithus. The ability they master is
Our people urgently need it, but what is more important is our faith? Or is it more important that our believers can live a better life because of our actions?”
Chaldea spread his hands and said sincerely to the other bishops:
"I can assure you! The activities of the Wither Sect in the Kingdom of Stormwind will be closely monitored by the church, and another problem is that we have always wanted to spread the great Holy Light faith to the civilizations of other races.
But we have repeatedly failed, which proves that there is a problem with our preaching methods, and now, the Wither Sect's successful preaching among the wild boar and tauren groups has given us new revelations."
"We should not apply the teachings of the Holy Light that are suitable for humans to other races..."
A confident smile flashed across the Chaldean Archbishop's face. He leaned down to the Pope and said in a deep voice:
"As far as I know, Your Majesty the Pope, in the ancient traditional culture of the Tauren, they have a clan that believes in the sun god Anshe, called the Sun Walkers. They claim that the sacred power they use comes from the sun god.
Gift, but based on my on-the-spot investigation, I can definitely tell you that the power used by those tauren is the sacred power that comes from the same source as the Holy Light!"
"The Wither Sect is trying to use the special Sunfire demigod Rukhma to teach this powerful Sunwalker Tauren, and I have reached an agreement with the Wither Patriarch... We can also
Participate in it and recruit those tauren who use the Holy Light into our church!"
"Friends, our Holy Light Church has already seen the emergence of the High Elf Paladin, so why can't the Tauren Sunwalker appear? Why can't the Orc Holy Light Warrior appear? Why can't the Wild Boar Paladin appear? Why can't the Night Elf Saint appear?
Where is the traveler?"
Under the surprised gazes of all the archbishops, Chaldea once again spread his hands and shouted in a generous voice:
"Everyone! Look at us, we are walkers born out of ancient beliefs, but we are facing a new world form, and we must adapt to it and make changes... That's right! In your eyes, I may
It is indeed deviant and I did do something wrong, but I beg you!"
"Brothers! Give me some time! Give the Church of Stormwind Kingdom some time!"
Chaldea clenched her fists and said in a pleading tone:
"I will eventually prove to you...the belief in the Holy Light will not stop on our land. I will eventually prove to you that the great life will also shine in the dark hearts of those aliens!"
"Please give us some time! The true faith we adhere to will not fail in the face of other faiths. Please give our faith some time! Give the Holy Light some confidence! We will do it!"
There was silence in the entire church hall. The one who finally broke the silence was Archbishop Partrice of Stromgard. She turned the rosary in her hand and whispered:
"This is really a crazy idea... But His Majesty Galin has asked me several times to open several small parishes in Dustwallow Swamp to the wither druids. My king also wants to use the druids' influence on nature.
Reform to make his country stronger... So, I will support you, Chaldea, if your reform is successful, then this experience can be extended to other dioceses... I don't need it either
I won’t bear such heavy pressure anymore.”
The second speaker was Privy Councilor Constantine from Kul Tiras. This balding middle-aged man said softly:
"The Drustvar Mountains in Kul Tiras have long been the parish of the Blighters, and other areas are also facing the possibility of being eroded by the Druid faith. In fact, His Majesty Drake has suggested several times that we and the Blighters
Let's start a conversation to resolve the twin faith issues in Kul Tiras..."
Archbishop Johannes of Gilneas didn't say anything, but his silence itself was an expression of opinion. After a few minutes of thinking, the old pope sighed. The old priest who had served the Holy Light all his life spoke with a bleak expression.
The voice said:
"Losar discussed this issue with me many times during his lifetime... He also wanted to reform the Holy Light Church and make the Holy Light a reliable defense force for the people, but I thought too much at the time that I failed
Lothar, I failed to do what I promised him..."
"Now... let me make up for this regret."
"Archbishop Chaldea Morgan, in the name of Holy Light Pope, I give you 3 years... Before I am called by Holy Light, I hope to see the new order you promised... If you succeed
, then it means that the reform of the Holy Light Church will be fully launched, and no matter who my successor is, this reform must be completed!"
"The Holy Light protects human civilization... The Holy Light will inevitably protect the entire world!"
