Chapter 152: Divine supremacy

After the death of Shang Tangshou, the great merchant dynasty no longer had a heir who had the strength and ability to surpass Pope Alexander I.
Moreover, even when Shangtang was in place, the Guangming Church was not completely resolved, so those heirs were even more unlikely to have a solution.
When Alexander broke through to the third order, he became the most powerful man in the Yani continent.
At the same time that the power of the Bright Church began to expand rapidly, Alexander I formed the three core power institutions of the Cardinal Regiment, the Magistrates, and the Adjudication Division.
The Cardinal Regiment is the highest religious institution of the Bright Church. It belongs directly to Pope Alexander I. In addition to strong strength, each cardinal must also have a pious belief.
They are not only Alexander’s most powerful assistants and advisors, but also candidates for the future pope.
The magistrate is responsible for investigations, trials and rulings, as long as the hereticals considered by the Guangming Church to be anti-church, and those with heretical ideas will be arrested, sent to the referee for trial, and publicly sentenced to capital punishment.
The Adjudication Division is the armed force of the church, which leads the adjudication of the knighthood and the priesthood, and eliminates all heretics who dare to do right with the bright church.
After the establishment of these three institutions, the influence of the Guangming Church was expanded to the extreme.
The beliefs and believers of other gods are all regarded as heretics, either to change their faith or to be eliminated mercilessly!
The Church of Light became the only faith of the human race, the influence covered the entire human kingdom, and even began to expand toward the orc kingdom.
One hundred years after the death of Shang Tang, the power of the Guangming Church reached its peak. Although everyone in the Dashang Dynasty did not say that everyone believed in the Goddess of Light, at least 70% of them existed, and even the powerful class of the Shangshang Dynasty had around 40%. People believe in the goddess of light.
However, Alexander I has always adhered to the constraints of the "Emperor's Edict" and has been preaching wholeheartedly, so that the brilliance of the goddess of light covers the mainland, and there is not much desire for secular power.
However, after the death of Alexander, the succeeding Gregory II did not take this decree seriously, and began to actively expand the political influence of the Bright Church in the Dashang Dynasty.
The rulers of the Dashang dynasty began to endure this situation. If it was only to promote the faith, there was still room for change.
However, the church had sharp contradictions with the rulers of the Dashang Dynasty on the law enforcement and taxation issues.
Those who were found guilty by the laws of the great merchant dynasty could be found guilty of devotion by donating all their family property to the Guangming Church and being considered devout.
The believers of the Bright Church can obtain asylum by donating to the church, and be eligible for tax exemption or underpayment.
With the penetration of church power into secular power, when the faintly became the dominant power of the country, the confrontation between Gregory II and the Dashang Dynasty reached its peak and reached an irreconcilable degree.
On the one hand, Gregory II believed that he had supreme authority, on the other hand, the king thought he was the supreme ruler of the country.
In the year 301 of the Holy Calendar, King VII of the Shang Dynasty agreed with Wu to announce the expulsion of the Guangming Church.
However, the influence of the Light Church at this time has been deeply ingrained. In the hearts of believers, they are the devouts of the Goddess of Light first, and then the people of the Dashang Dynasty.
Gregory II announced that he had agreed to martial arts as a heresy, and the powerful pro-prime and convict knights planned to go from the city of St. Galilee. They did not encounter any resistance along the way.
Waiting for the capital of the emperor, the city guards who believed in the Bright Church opened the city gate to welcome Gregorian II into the city.
In this way, the Bright Church entered the royal city without spending a soldier and a soldier.
When Gregorian II originally thought that the soldiers won the capital of the emperor without blood, the Knights of Glory were suddenly killed, and they caught the Church of Light by surprise.
After a fierce street battle in the Wangcheng, the Knights of Glory saw that the general situation had gone, and had to fight to death to kill a road, escorting Shang Dingwu away from the capital of the emperor.
When the Bishop of the ruling made a decision to pursue, Gregory II refused.
"The Knights of Glory's faith in glory is no less than our belief in the Goddess of Light. Such a warrior should not disappear in the hands of the Light Church. Let them go."
The words of Gregory II made the honorable and fearless name of the Knights of Glory resound through the mainland once again.
Gregorian II announced the abolition of his throne after agreeing to escape, and crowned nephew of King Shang as King VIII.
Since then, the theocracy has been completely shrouded in the royal power. From the royal princes to the civilian slaves, they have to recognize the divine status of the Bright Church.
However, Wu agreed that he was not willing to fail. Following the loyal and loyal followers of the Knights of Glory, he went through all the obstacles, and finally regained his foothold at the southernmost end of the Dashang Dynasty.
Immediately afterwards, it was agreed that Wu declared the Church of Light as a cult and called on all the nobles within the dynasty of the Shang Dynasty to resist the rule of the cult.
Most ordinary people in the Dashang Dynasty believed in the Bright Church, but the aristocracy was not popular. For them, what kind of gods are more important than the power in their own hands.
In particular, the Guangming Church is becoming more and more influential in their territory, and the fools hang the goddess of light all day long, so that the parish bishop’s words are more useful than their noble lords.
Now even the king has been driven down by the light church, and the nobles, in addition to being shocked by the terrorist power of the light church, are more self-defeating.
Even kings can be expelled, not to mention these nobles.
It's just that at this time, the influence of the light church is just like the sky. Within the scope of their power, no one dares to have a change.
But in the area far away from the influence of the Light Church, all the nobles also announced the expulsion of the Light Church, and the people in the territory were not allowed to believe in the Goddess of Light.
These nobles are actually the new nobles born in the era of great development.
With the continuous advancement of the era of great development, the footprints of the human races and orcs gradually spread to the entire Yani continent, of which 80% of the area was occupied by them, and the remaining 20% ​​were those of the Warcraft Their territory.
Such a huge area will cause problems.
The administrative abilities and ruling techniques of the Dashang Dynasty and the Orc Kingdom at that time could not manage such a huge territory and population.
Often an administrative order will be passed, and it can be communicated in the last ten days and a half months, and the farther one can even be a month or two.
Therefore, whether it is a human race or an orc, in the era of great pioneering, they chose the sub-enclosure system. Whoever opens up new territory will be the new lord of this land.
They have independent judicial, law enforcement, taxation powers and their own military in the territory, and only need to pay certain taxes to the country every year.
This has caused them to be an independent kingdom, and it is difficult for the king's power to affect them.
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