Chapter 204: Heresy
Vanya put down the work in her hands temporarily, sat on her chair and began to pray. Since the purpose of praying this time was to relax, she was obviously not very focused.
'Lord... should I eat steak falafel or Vivito pasta?'
In fact, the prayers during the intervals between reading the secret texts were to strengthen one's faith and resist the possible slight effects of poison identification. In the past, Vanya would never dare to neglect such prayers.
But after receiving the revelation from Aka, she would read other secret books by herself every day and then pray to Aka. She knew that as long as she prayed to Aka, any poison could be eliminated. This also made her praying in the intervals between reading become a little lax, and she would often slack off.
Just like this, Vanya prayed while thinking about what to eat for dinner, and seemed to hope to get some revelation. At this moment, a figure slowly approached her from a distance without Vanya realizing it.
"Oh, Sister Vanya, you are praying again."
Suddenly, a male voice sounded behind Vanya. Vanya was slightly startled when she heard the voice, and then immediately turned around. Then she saw a middle-aged man wearing a black priest robe, with Mediterranean hair, and smiling at her kindly.
"Deacon Kok!? When did you come?"
Looking at the priest beside her, Vanya said with some surprise that the person in front of her was none other than the head of the History and Classics Department, who was also Vanya's direct superior, the middle deacon Cork.
"Hehe, I just came over. I noticed that Sister Vanya seemed to have been praying a little too often and for a long time in recent days, so I came over to ask, what's wrong? Is everything alright? Are you feeling unwell?"
Looking at Vanya in front of him, Kirk spoke with concern. Generally speaking, his words could be understood as feeling the discomfort caused by the poison, which is why she prayed so frequently. However, Vanya's situation was obviously not the case. She just slacked off too much in the past two days.
"Ahaha... It's okay, Deacon Cork. I don't feel any obvious discomfort. I just had some insights when studying the classics recently. I felt that the hearts of the saints are more magnificent, and my admiration for them is greater than before. So I may have prayed longer and more often without realizing it. If it affects my work, I will correct it immediately."
Scratching her head, Vanya said to Kirk with an awkward smile, and Kirk nodded in response.
"Are you okay? That's good... It seems that the rumors I heard from others recently are true. Sister Vanya, who survived the disaster in Bishop Dict's tomb, has become more resolute in her faith. This is really a good thing."
"Uh... where is it..."
Vanya responded embarrassedly, and Kirk finally spoke to Vanya.
"Well, I'll go look around somewhere else now. Sister Vanya can come to me anytime if you encounter any problems after work."
After saying that, Kirk turned and left, while Vanya looked at Kirk's back thoughtfully.
"Huh... Fortunately, I got away with it. But speaking of which, Brother Coke seems to be paying more attention to our on-site work recently. In the past, he seemed to prefer doing academic research in the office."
Vanya thought so and soon she shook her head. As she was caught by her boss, she did not continue to pray while thinking about what to eat after get off work, but continued to work.
"It's really annoying to be interrupted when I was slacking off... But never mind, I'll be off work in half an hour."
With this in mind, Vanya turned her attention back to the instrument she used for work, and used it again to begin reading the secret message in the metal box.
In the extremely limited field of vision provided by the instrument, Vanya began to continue reading the secret book with great difficulty. Since she could only read two or three words at a time, she took a lot of effort to finish reading a complete sentence.
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"The merciful Holy Father is the symbol of great love, the embodiment of the Savior's nature, and represents all parents... We are all born from the blood and water of our parents' wombs. Therefore, when we offer sacrifices to the Holy Father, we should worship Him as an idol, drink the blood of the Holy Father from the cup, and mix the blood and wine. I am with the Holy Father as I am with Him... I came from His womb as I came from the Holy Father's womb..."
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"What kind of heresy is this..."
Looking at a sentence in the secret biography, Vanya thought to herself that in her position, she usually saw quite a few heretical secret biography, some of which structured the Savior and the saints from various angles. It was obvious that this was a heretical secret biography written against the Saint.
'Although the Bible contains the theme of 'humanity', the most important theme is still about indiscriminate 'salvation' and 'forgiveness'. 'Humanity' is relatively secondary. This article has elevated the 'humanity' of the Bible to a major level and forcibly linked it to everyone's human nature... This is a heresy...'
Looking at the secret biography under the ceremony, Vanya thought so. Since she had believed in the Bible since she was a child, and after entering the Department of History and Scriptures, she had studied the theology of the orthodox Bible sect, so she saw the problem of this heretical secret biography at a glance.
Although the faith in the Holy Trinity of the Orthodox Radiant Church contains some elements of the Holy Trinity, it does not emphasize them. The key lies in redeeming all people and forgiving all sins.
After reading the sentence on the secret book, Vanya unceremoniously wrote down the definition of the secret book in her notebook.
"The heresy of the Holy Trinity sect is secret and the doctrine is distorted."
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Time flies, dozens of minutes passed quickly, and the working time of the History and Economics Department finally arrived. Vanya, who couldn't wait, and her churchmate and colleague rushed out of the spacious room of the work place and came out into the night sky which had already entered the dark night.
The moment she came out of the workplace, Vanya walked quickly straight towards the cafeteria. Her steps were so fast that she was almost jogging. At this time, Vanya's eyes were very determined. She had only one destination, and that was the cafeteria.
Since the archbishop had expressly forbidden anyone from running in the church area, Vanya's only recourse to grab the food she wanted was through her excellent athletic ability. Recently, due to her frequent use of the spiritual power of the "Cup", Vanya's physique seemed to have improved a lot. She relied on her quick athletic ability to reach the cafeteria before most people.
'Lord... Thank you for your mercy, allowing me to have the food I love today...'
Looking at the empty and spacious cafeteria with not many people in it, Vanya prayed with gratitude in her heart. After a brief hesitation, she came to a steak shop and prepared to have a steak for dinner today.
After ordering the type of steak, the waiter asked Vanya.
"Sister, how would you like your steak done?"
Listening to the clerk's words, Vanya wanted to answer that she usually eats it medium rare, but after she opened her mouth, she uttered the words...
"I'd like it medium rare, please."
After saying that, Vanya suddenly covered her mouth.
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