Chapter 127 The Waldensians
The young man Valedo, who returned from the pilgrimage, said to the missionary Bogamire:
"I don't agree with you. I think those priests and monks are all good.
“They are necessary to spread God’s teachings, not the devil’s creation.
“But these people have fallen, been corrupted by money, and were tempted by the devil.
“They transferred the worship of God to themselves.
“They live in luxury palace-like churches, squandering the money and money donated by the believers.
“It is sinful to do everything to deceive and blackmail believers to satisfy their own desires.
“They should be God’s shepherds, but they forgot their duties.
"They wantonly fetched the wool from the sheep to satisfy themselves, and they regarded the sheep of God as their own."
Bogomire: "They were sinful, and you should join our sect and join us in overthrowing these evil representatives."
Valedo: "I will not join you, but your approach has inspired me.
"It sounds like a good idea to set up a new sect, maybe I should try it too."
Roger: "You are not a priest or monk, how did you set up a sect to preach?"
Valedu: "Who stipulates that priests or monks must preach?
“When Jesus walked on the earth, did he preach as a priest?
"I think as long as you are religious enough, any believer can preach."
Bogomire: "Public preaching? How can that be done? If a few people have different explanations of one thing, who will listen to it? Wouldn't that be a mess?"
Valedo: "On the pilgrimage, I once stayed in a small town called Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
“There is a famous church in the town, and many people who take the San Diego pilgrimage path will go to worship.
“San Domingo was a devout believer in history. He had a great desire to become a monk, but was rejected by the church because he was illiterate.
"He simply turned out to be a monk, and built an inn on the road through which the pilgrims passed to serve those who had travelled long distances on the pilgrimage.
"Because of this contribution, people not only remembered him, but also respected him as a saint and built churches for him, and even the town was named after him."
Valedo continued, “So I don’t think the missionaries must be priests or monks.
"And it should not be preached by preaching, and by accumulating money to build brilliant churches, and by relying on the sensual and sensual things of the decaying souls to deceive the church.
“But we should be like Jesus, in poverty, and rely on our own actions to inspire the church, and take the Word of God as the only criterion for faith and life.
"Yes, it is poverty. Only by sticking to poverty can one be pious.
"When I was caught by the inn owner just now, I prayed for Jesus' blessing over and over again in my heart, and a miracle happened..."
Roger: "That's just a small matter, the wallet is yours."
Valedo: “In that penniless situation, I feel extremely pious.
"I have been a child, but I have always felt empty and my heart is full of confusion, so I embarked on the road of pilgrimage.
“I hope to get guidance, but those greedy priests just made me feel sick.
"Now I think every believer should give his own money and live by begging. Only in this way can he maintain his spiritual piety.
“I think the whole church should be content with poverty and give all the wealth it has obtained to those in need.
"No priests or monks are needed, and every believer can imitate Jesus' preaching."
Roger, who attaches great importance to language issues, said:
"Waldeau, there is a problem you may not realize, I wish I would like to remind you.
"The Bible is written in Latin, and you know Latin, so you think it's okay for lay people to preach, but most people actually don't know Latin.
"You also said that you should use the Word of God as the only criterion of faith and life. You do not understand Latin, how do lay people know how to do it."
Valerdu: "This is a problem, but not a big problem.
“We should not insist on preaching in Latin, but should translate the Latin Bible into local languages in various places and preach in local languages.
"But you reminded me that my current ideas are still not mature enough, and I still need to think about it."
Roger thought that opening a new sect is not as simple as opening a new post in a forum.
One of you directly shouted out to defeat the Pope; the other was about to cut off the Pope's wealth path, and it was like killing his parents.
If you two do this, are you sure the Pope will have no objection?
Roger doesn't want to continue this topic anymore.
He shouted to the boss: "Boss, please serve the food quickly. Haven't you seen that we're going to drink all the wine?"
The boss brought out two roasted chickens and put them on the table.
Then he kissed his fingertips and made a loud "sucking" sound.
Just like the Chinese people are giving a thumbs up when facing a table of delicacies.
The boss said confidently: "Try this chicken and you will be satisfied with it."
So the three people who said they were tired started eating separately.
Valedo said while eating: "It is still in the small town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, there is a legend.
“In ancient times, a family of three went to Santiago to make a pilgrimage.
"When I was staying at a local inn, the inn owner's daughter fell in love with the son of the family.
"But when the woman threw herself into her arms and was rejected, she felt malicious.
“She quietly stuffed the inn’s wallet into the young man’s backpack.
"After the pilgrimage family set out on the road the next day, the evil woman reported them to steal.
"The young man who was completely kept in the dark was sentenced to hang by the judge. It was too late to explain no matter how he explained it.
"Sad parents do not want to see their children being tortured in front of them, so they endured their grief and continued on the journey of pilgrimage.
"But the mother of the child who had not gone far suddenly received the inspiration of God: Although your son has been hung on the gallows, he is innocent and he will not die.
"The mother then rushed back to the town regardless of everything, found the judge who was having a hearty meal, begging him to put his son down from the gallows.
"The judge pointed to the two chickens that had been cooked on the table and said, "If your son is not dead, these two dead chickens will fly."
"Before the words were finished, the two chickens on the table suddenly became feathered, soared into the air and flew past the stunned judge."
Bogomire: "This legend is actually a metaphor. It implies that the body of the son died, and his pure soul flew into the heavens."
Validu: "This is just an explanation of your sect, I don't think so."
Roger watched the two of them discuss the doctrine again. He had lost interest and hurriedly blocked their mouths with chicken legs.
"Eat quickly, otherwise the cooked chicken will fly away in a while and you won't be able to eat anything."
But Roger himself was thinking about the daughter of the inn owner in the legend.
He thought, because of love, because of love, because of love, because of love, so hurt. Will women in love really be so crazy and so desperate?
After dinner, Roger stood at the door of the lobby and watched the young man with a determined face leave, and listened to the shout of "People, please stay" in the other direction.
Chapter completed!