Unlike the Eastern Diocese and the Western Diocese, which are composed of many secular countries, the Central Diocese of the Church of the Father has only one country - the Papal State, and the heart of the Papal State is located in the former capital of the ancient Tyro Empire - Tyro.
In the 5th century AD, the Citeiro Empire was constantly invaded by barbarians from the north and was eventually destroyed. Its original territory fell into a state of ownerlessness, and the Citeiro people were wantonly enslaved and massacred by the barbarians. At such a critical moment,
The Church of Heavenly Father gradually transformed from a religious force into a political force.
They organized the defeated legions and fleeing civilians and occupied the castle to fight the invasion; they sent a mission of monks to the Eastern Tyro Empire to request reinforcements; they mobilized many clergymen who were resigned to death and went to the barbarian army to preach and preach, and successfully made
A large number of enemies converted to the Heavenly Father sect.
In such an era of turmoil and strife, the Church of Heavenly Father suddenly became the pioneer and leader in spreading the gospel and resisting foreign enemies.
In the 6th century AD, the war that lasted for nearly a hundred years gradually came to an end. Under the resistance of the church and the secular world, the barbarians were defeated and retreated to the north. On the original territory of the Citadel Empire, only three military forces remained:
The barbarian kingdom of the church occupied the western region; the old army and people of Citero, led by the Church of Heavenly Father, occupied the center; the army of the Eastern Terro Empire and the church of their faith, the Orthodox Church, occupied the west.
At the beginning of the 7th century AD, the Church of the Father re-elected the emperor on the site of Tero, the former capital of the empire, aiming to restore the glory of Citeiro. However, the Orthodox Church proposed that the bloodline of Citeiro had been severed.
, did not recognize the legitimacy of the new emperor. After that, the most serious conflict between the two churches since the separation occurred.
The Orthodox Church of East Taylor no longer recognized the Church of Heavenly Father as its pope. The Church of Heavenly Father directly and unilaterally excommunicated the emperor of East Taylor Empire. The two churches that once had the same roots have since
On the road to breakup.
In the 8th century AD, the Church of Heavenly Father used land and wealth as bait to unite the converted barbarian kingdoms in the west, and engaged in a series of territorial disputes, believers' battles, and ideological struggles with the Orthodox Church entrenched in the east, and finally regained the
A large parish.
As the eastern forces gradually retreated, the Church of Heavenly Father fulfilled its agreement and ceded some land and delivered property to the Western Kingdom on the one hand; on the other hand, it used diplomatic means and political strategies to divide, provoke, and instigate the Western Kingdom to make them
It fell into long-term division and war.
At the end of the 8th century and the beginning of the 9th century, the Pope of the Church of Heavenly Father crowned the secular emperor of the Papal State at that time as "the great emperor entrusted by God to rule the Tyro Empire." This move completely put the two sects into an incompatible situation.
At the same time, the formal establishment of the "Papal State" was announced.
Unlike Eastern emperors who can intervene in church affairs, the secular emperors of the Papal States have no right to interfere with the church and are only responsible for the management of secular affairs. The power to mobilize the army and appoint and remove personnel belongs entirely to the Pope of the Church of the Father, who can even pass excommunication
method, directly deposing the secular emperor. Therefore, in the Papal States, the pope is the out-and-out king.
However, the good times did not last long.
Starting from the 10th century of the Christian calendar, the popularity of the Papal State declined due to a series of events. Among them, the most famous event was undoubtedly: several women from the nobles of the city of Tyro gained control of the Holy See by becoming mistresses of the Pope. Their sons,
and his son's son were all made popes. The period from 903 to 963 was known as the "Pornocracy" period.
During this period, the reputation of the Church of Heavenly Father suffered a huge blow, the power of the Orthodox Church gradually rose, the Western Kingdom got some respite, and the war gradually ended.
In the middle of the 11th century AD, the reformists gradually gained a foothold in the Church of Heavenly Father and launched a decades-long church reform movement, reviving the increasingly corrupt church morals, opposing lay people's control of theocratic power, and the sale of church clergy.
.This movement greatly enhanced the prestige of the church and the pope.
The movement also marked the re-emergence of the Church of the Father, and the pope's secular power was further strengthened.
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Time flies, and the time comes to May 25, 1170 AD...
City of Tyro, capital of the Papal States, Cardinal Council Hall.
"Lord Yarbrough, you seem to be in a good mood." A young man wearing a black deacon's robe was sitting on a metasequoia chair by the fire in the Cardinal Hall, with his back leaning on a cashmere cushion and looking at the desk, wearing a
The sixty-year-old man in cardinal robes said with a smile.
There were only these two people in the room. The old man had no intention of hiding his emotions. While looking at the manuscript in his hand, he patted the table and laughed: "Tristan, it's not because of the things you gave me! This little guy
, Todd! It’s so interesting!”
The man named Tristan closed the book in his hand, nodded in agreement and said: "Those troubles in the east have taken up too much of our energy. I never thought that such a guy would appear in the west.
.”
"Manufacture equipment to refine silver, rectify the name of alchemy at the trial, and the recent uproar about crystal holy objects..." Yarbrough scratched the groove of his back ear with his knuckles, shook his head and smiled: "Little guy, nothing more
He is only fifteen years old and he is already so noisy. No wonder even the Pope mentioned him several times."
"But there are two things we should thank him for. One is alchemy. Because of his performance at the trial, those who were originally strongly opposed to alchemy in the Vatican have loosened their stance; the other is crystal
Holy relics, it is precisely because of the relics he sent us that were engraved with ancient Tailuo inscriptions that we will not be at a disadvantage in the Shuoyuan Debate with the Orthodox Church."
Yarbrough found a document from the drawer under the table and shook it towards the deacon: "Regarding the crystal sacred object, the 'Public Opinion Institute' does not view it that way. They did an investigation and found that the little guy may have mastered the sacred object."
The manufacturing process of the objects, the so-called digging of antiquities is just an excuse."
The man put the book on his lap and straightened up: "What's the reason for doing this? To make a profit?"
"Probably not. There is no evidence that any holy relics are being sold." Yarborough leaned against the backrest, relaxed his body, and suddenly changed the topic: "In the past few years, the church has been stable, and many people think it is dangerous.
Already gone. Little do they know that the church is now in its most dangerous time. To the east are the self-proclaimed orthodox "Orthodox Churches", to the north are barbarians ready to move, to the west are the kings becoming more and more restless, and to the south...the aliens in the south are...
Believers..."
Tristan lowered his head and said: "I heard that the guy named Todd wants to establish a knighthood in the coastal towns in the west..."
The cardinal laughed: "I've heard about this, but it's so funny. Setting up a knighthood on the coast of the Silver Ring Kingdom? Does he want to go fishing in the sea?"
"Sir, I wonder if you have heard that the barbarians and pirates in the north have signed a peace agreement."
Yarbrough's smile stopped suddenly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he remained silent.
Tristan took out a document from his sleeve and said calmly: "By the way, I also have a report I just got, about a recent evangelistic meeting in Muxi Town..."