Werewolf Hunting Rules.

Chapter 502 The Church in This Tumultuous Spring

Senior clergy, dressed in black or white robes, waited in the "Charity Church" on Heung Hang Street, including the city's archbishop. A hundred years ago, the church was a private residence donated to the church by a devout white Christian.

The clergy use this to resolve internal conflicts.

There are many voices within the church. In the southern Weodia district alone, there are four groups that serve people who can be roughly divided into workers, clerks, sailors, and the wealthy.

A saint who comes from a miner's background is certainly not more popular with sailors than a saint who comes from a fisherman's background, and a saint who comes from a senior citizen's background would not say something as harsh as saying that it is harder for a rich person to go to heaven than for a camel to thread a needle. People always gravitate towards saints whose professions are similar to their own and choose them as their patron saints.

Dorne is a theocratic state where believers pay taxes not only to the government but also to the church in tithes.

This tax is not collected uniformly and then distributed by the diocesan bishop to different denominations based on the number of people. Instead, believers freely choose to pay it to whom, usually to the church where they were baptized, a church that is very close by, or the church where a priest preaches particularly well. This is not fixed.

Therefore, not to mention religious sects, even churches compete with each other for economic reasons, and they all try their best to attract more believers to pay taxes to them, using all sorts of methods.

The first level of distinction between churches is the difference in the belief in saints, and the next level is the difference in denominations.

Now, all four groups have sent representatives to handle two cases.

Alexander Elevin.

An engineer.

His patron saint is Saint Socrates, an ancient alchemist known as the concocter of wine and medicine. Legend has it that receiving the blessing left by this saint will grant one sharp hearing and eyesight, and a talent for learning.

The Basby family entrusted him with this mission, claiming that heretics and pagans had their eyes on his life, but the reason was unknown.

The railway tycoon was a major donor to the Weauda Church, and the clergy took in the engineer. In the days that followed, there were indeed more eyes watching outside the Charity Church. However, because of the chaos in the city, people always wanted to seek refuge in the areas where the church could intervene. The church was now as bustling as on Sundays, and the Charity Church, although not a church, was no exception. It was hard to tell whose eyes were watching.

The clergy of the Southern District, including Alexander, were stationed here, along with three skilled warrior priests. This served both to protect him and, in the hope, to allow them to learn from him the reasons why the heretics were targeting him.

However, in just a few days, two of the three priests guarding Alexandria died. The elders had planned very carefully, and with the power of the holy relics stored in the Temple of Good Fortune, it would not be easy for two werewolves to break in and kill them. But they had overlooked the possibility of infighting.

The only survivor of the three priests was unaware of the cause of the incident. While his companions were fighting, he was trying to drive away the unlicensed prostitutes outside the door. These prostitutes always appeared in crowded places. It was fine for them to come here to pray or seek salvation, but soliciting customers at the entrance of the Charity Church was really unsightly. Moreover, their professions matched the domain of a certain demon lord, and they might be informants of the Witchcraft Society.

When the third man returned, only one of the two priests remained, and the victor was attempting to kill Alexander Elevin.

Finally, the priest thought his companion was possessed, so he tried to stop him by force, but accidentally killed him.

This bizarre incident alarmed the church's higher-ups, and someone immediately came to investigate. However, Alexander, the only one who knew the truth, refused to explain. This behavior was similar to being possessed by a demon. The district bishop of the southern district dispatched a priest skilled in exorcism to exorcise him, but this did not change his silence.

Fortunately, someone remembered that Alexander had said something before this incident, so based on this little bit of information, Clayton Bello was brought in.

This reunion was unexpected. When Clayton saw Alexander, the mysterious engineer was no longer just a cripple; he had become a cripple shrouded in a sense of desolation. Although his body was still relatively strong, it seemed as if he would merge into the ground at any moment.

When Alexander saw Clayton, a fleeting change appeared in his eyes, but even that surprise vanished into emptiness.

Only the Dragon Slayers expressed disgust at Clayton's presence. The city's archbishop and district bishop calmly observed Clayton, knowing his werewolf identity but not angered by the dangerous situation created outside the house by the Coniones.

Clayton had seen this kind of calm before; it was the look of an outsider.

The conflict between the werewolves and the Friendship Society had no impact on the church, and the trouble caused by Alexander Elevin was more troublesome than the city changing hands.

When Clayton was seated, the clergy waiting beside him began to inquire about what had happened when Clayton met Alexander. Apart from the contents of the letters that were to be kept secret, Clayton told them the truth. Naturally, he did not know Alexander's secret either, which disappointed them somewhat. They then began to discuss it among themselves.

The two deceased priests belonged to the Dragon Slayer Society and the Holy Spirit Society, respectively, but the doctrinal understanding of the two groups was not so different that they would fight to the death. Those familiar with the priests' priesthood quickly identified the root of the conflict in their intellect.

“The Claude brothers (affiliated with the Holy Spirit Society) believed that knowledge of God was knowledge of the Holy Law, while the Henry brothers (the Dragon Slayer Society) believed that knowledge of the Gospel was knowledge of God.”

The clergy of the Holy Spirit refuse to acknowledge that humanity's Creator can be limited to feminine and masculine categories; they simply refer to Him as God. However, this unique custom does not prevent people from understanding the distinctions of faith He explains.

The question of whether the Holy Law or the Gospel guides the path to truth remains highly controversial. The Holy Law represents the consistency found by the clergy through miracles; the more one understands the Holy Law, the more one can embrace the power of miracles. The Gospel, on the other hand, is the teaching of saints to believers recorded in the canon. By listening to the Gospel, practicing one's will, and praying to one's patron saint, one has the opportunity to receive blessings.

On the other hand, thanks to the clergy's study of the Holy Law, the modern Church has been able to wield increasingly powerful miracles, a phenomenon that proves the Holy Law to be an understanding rather than a belief.

The Gospel is the teaching left by sages, and it is the way that the scriptures clearly express in accordance with God's expectations.

How can believers go to heaven?

Only by bringing one's heart closer to one's Creator can one truly understand and connect with the Creator.

So which can do this, the Holy Law or the Gospel?
Even the natives of Fesbrica have a paganism similar to the White Religion. They have also touched the power of miracles, but their moral values ​​are very backward and they are by no means righteous. This shows that the Holy Law can only represent opinions, people's "faith" in God. But even the devil believes in God. To be a true believer, one needs more than just faith; one also needs to obey.

Accepting the Gospel is faith, and the Gospel also teaches people to respect and follow the original sacred law, but it does not mention whether other sacred laws are equally worthy of respect.

The early Gospels are no longer sufficient to provide comprehensive guidance for the church today. With the development of scholastic theology, every contradiction in the scriptures has been dug out and repeatedly examined.

The three phases of the sun have caused endless debate among clergy, and differing understandings of the Holy Law and the Gospel can also lead to disputes.

“Mr. Eleven is an engineer whose field of study is natural science, which is also within the scope of sacred law. As we all know, the greatest miracle created by our God is the natural world itself.”

“If the Claude brothers and the Henry brothers have any disagreements, it must be about this matter,” another monk said.

The bishops remained silent, while the senior clergy engaged in a heated discussion before them, their words filled with obscure religious terminology. Clayton sat leisurely in a corner, seemingly unrelated to the political climate he sought to observe. He had just learned from Father Tom that the second case was the scandal the other had mentioned earlier, but it had been dealt with prematurely because the situation at Alexander Eleven's place was far more alarming.

He was just waiting, waiting for the case to end.

This wish was expected to be fulfilled quickly, and indeed it was, but it was fulfilled in a way that Clayton had not imagined.

The local clergy still hadn't reached a decision on how to handle Alexander's case, but the archbishop made the final decision, deciding to write a report to the higher-ranking cardinals and await further judgment from those who would come later.

The priest who attempted to kill Alexander was excommunicated because he saw another companion without explaining his reasons. Even if there were compelling reasons, killing Alexander Eleven directly was an act of unilateral decision-making, making a decision for an elder without reporting to him, and killing a fellow monk for this purpose. This violated church regulations and must be severely punished.

The remaining guard fell into a slump, and the archbishop sentenced him to a month of imprisonment and surveillance to prevent the devil from taking advantage of his despondency.

After this case is adjudicated, the second case that Clayton is focusing on concerns the Dark-American issue.

The incident began when a church deacon of the Dragon Slayer Society revealed a Darkin's hideout to the Royal Guard, leading to the Darkin's death. However, the Darkin's protector was a high-ranking clergyman of the Yellow Light Society, and the hideout was a property donated to the Yellow Light Society by believers—the very property donated by the deceased. This greatly angered the Yellow Light Society monks, who sent people to question the Dragon Slayer Society, only to be met with ridicule and mockery.

As the Dark Moon approaches in recent years and the number of Darkborn increases, the relationship between the Yellow Light Society and the Dragon Slayer Society has become increasingly distant. This leak is a provocation made by the Dragon Slayer Society.

Huang Guanghui worships the image of the Mother Goddess, the creator, but that doesn't mean they are easy to mess with.

The church deacon who leaked the information died on the third day after the incident and did not resurrect on the fourth day.

Although no one saw who the murderer was, and no evidence could be found, the Dragon Slayer Society believed it was the Yellow Light Society's priests retaliating. They were wealthy, and Weaudi had gathered a large number of wandering mercenaries and assassins because of the Friendship Society's actions.

Murdering a fellow member of the church is a grave crime, and the Dragon Slayer Society immediately notified the diocese bishop, hoping to punish the monks of the Yellow Light Society.

The monks of the Yellow Light Society defended themselves, claiming that they had never hired anyone to commit murder. They even accused the deceased of violating church regulations by selling the sacred sanctuary to heretics and unbelievers. They argued that the deceased should not receive a white church funeral and should be excommunicated.

The clergy were deeply concerned that two cases involving the murder of their brethren would be tried in a single day. They were so engrossed in watching the Yellow Light Society representative led out by the armed monks and the Dragon Slayer Society representative stepping down from his seat that they forgot to ask Clayton Bello, who was not involved in the matter, to leave.

I had some writer's block a couple of days ago, and I was also busy with other things in real life. I'm resuming updates now.