After a lot of trouble in Carnac, Dorothy finally got the "Silence" blessed object. She originally thought that the rest of the blessed objects would also require a lot of effort to get, but she didn't expect that this one would be delivered to her door. It would be no problem to give it to Vanya for safekeeping and borrow it for a period of time! It was like giving half of it to her.
After learning about the surprise yesterday, Dorothy was so happy that she walked around the Kankedal Gardens several times, and then went to the library to read several books to control her emotions. This surprise was told to her by Vanya in the form of prayer. She almost responded directly in the tone of Akka, "Well done!" If Vanya was in front of her at that time, Dorothy suspected that she might not be able to control herself and hug the little nun and kiss her.
"The name of that holy object... seems to be the Holy Relic Scroll. It is said that it was once the holy cloth of a saint named Vitamio. Later, it was obtained by another saint to write scriptures. As a result, it was blessed by the power of the two saints and a special ceremony was performed to obtain divine blessing, sublimating it into a holy object."
Controlling the joy in her heart, Dorothy responded to Neveu, and after Neveu heard these words, something seemed to ring in her mind.
"Vitamio... if I remember correctly, he seemed to be a saint from hundreds of years ago. It is said that he was a hero who defended the religion during the Ivig Turbidity War. He was canonized after his death because of his outstanding achievements during his lifetime... It turns out that the holy relic obtained by Sister Vanya is related to this saint..."
Listening to Dorothy's words, Nefernis tapped her lips and muttered in thought. After all, Nefernis was a student of archaeology at the university, and she had a deep understanding of the secular history of this world. As soon as she heard about the holy object, Dorothy's eyes turned with interest after listening to Nefernis' words.
"Vitamio... turns out he was a saint who was martyred during the Turbidity War. This means he was from the same period as Emmanuel, the King of Light, and Leo, the King of Pride... He was on the side of the Luminous Cult when the Afterbirth Cult was wreaking havoc on Ivig... This Vitamio was an important martyr of the Luminous Cult at the time, so he was canonized posthumously. This holy relic was originally his shroud..."
Listening to Nefernis's words, Dorothy immediately thought of the Turbidity War that she had learned about before. It was one of the very few wars in the history of the Fourth Epoch in which pagans and the Glowing Church fought head-on. With the support of the Arrogant King Leo's Afterbirth Cult, they even directly attacked the Guardian Cult countries and went straight to the doorstep of the Glowing Church. The impact was enormous. Dorothy herself had also visited Emmanuel's crown up close.
"But coming back to the point, Miss Dorothy, you said that this holy scroll was used and transformed by another saint... Who is this other saint? Since he was canonized, he wouldn't have died a martyr..." At this time, Vanya asked Dorothy again, and Dorothy shook her head in response.
"I don't know about that. The information Vanya got from the church didn't include any information about this saint. It only said that there was..."
"No detailed information? Then, could it be that he is not an ordinary saint, but a living saint?"
Listening to Dorothy's words, Nephnesse guessed. After hearing Nephnesse's guess, Dorothy paused slightly, then spoke slowly.
"Well, maybe..."
In the secular world, a saint is the highest honorary title given by the Church of Radiance to those who have made significant contributions to the Church. Generally, only devout believers who have died for the Church can be awarded the title of saint, such as Vitamio. However, in addition to this kind of ordinary saint, there is also a special existence called living saint, which can be called a saint while they are still alive.
In the Glorious Light system, the conditions for canonizing living saints are different from those for ordinary saints. They are completely non-public and non-transparent, and the number is fixed at seven, which will neither increase nor decrease. Moreover, the titles of the seven living saints are also fixed and will not change.
It is said that the origin of the seven living saints is the seven apostles selected from the mortal world when the Savior came to the world. These seven apostles are the top structure of the Radiant Church and the foundation of its existence. Among the seven apostles, there is an apostle leader, who is the first pope of the church.
After the death of the seven apostles one after another, they selected seven of the most devout believers as their successors. These seven people completely inherited the title and status of the apostles in the church and were called the Seven Saints. Among the Seven Saints, the leader was the Pope, and the other six were cardinals, who together constituted the highest power of the church.
Unless there are special circumstances, the seven living saints usually serve for life, and after each living saint dies or leaves office, a successor will be selected to inherit the title from the original seven apostles. At this time, their original titles need to be hidden. Therefore, in the 1,300-year history of the church, all living saints have used the same title.
Because the Seven Saints wear masks to cover their faces when they appear in public, the public cannot be sure of the appearance of these living saints, and it is unclear when they have been replaced or how many generations have been replaced. Therefore, in the eyes of the public, the seven saints are almost the same as the first seven apostles more than a thousand years ago. They are just like the apostles mentioned in the scriptures. However, judging from the continuous changes in the style of the Seven Saints, the replacement of living saints does exist.
Sitting in her seat, Dorothy recalled the shared information about the saints of the church between the secular world and the secret world. At the same time, she also speculated on the reason why the church did not disclose the information about the other saint in the Holy Relics. This might be because that saint was a living saint, and the Holy Relics might have been transformed by a living saint before his canonization while he was still active as an ordinary believer. The church strictly protects the identity of the living saint before he took over, so it will not disclose relevant information.
Thinking of this, Dorothy suddenly had an idea. After meeting Rahman, Dorothy knew that many secret organizations and countries nowadays, in order to stably inherit the power of high-level extraordinary positions, would involve inheritance ceremonies outside the normal promotion system to lower the promotion threshold, such as the King Refining Ceremony of Adus. Since Adus is like this, and many countries are like this, is the largest extraordinary organization, the Church of Radiance, also like this?
With the size of the Church of Radiance, it is certainly not difficult to create a stable number of extraordinary people at the second level. What about the gold on the earth? Even if the entire church can steadily cultivate one or two golds who are promoted normally, if you want to lead the world, is one or two golds really enough?
Qianxun.Free!!:"Xiao?,".Say skirt;2,5"..?5!!5;!;?9!5:3;0,0 'So... could it be that the church's current extremely special system of seven saints is a stable and extraordinary inheritance system similar to the King Refining Ceremony? In the eyes of the public, the names of the seven saints have changed from time to time. In a sense, the seven saints have continued the influence of the seven apostles in the eyes of the world in the form of erasing themselves. In the eyes of the public, they are not other successors, but directly the continuation of the seven apostles. Could the seven saints be seven golden ones that can be stably inherited and will not lose members unexpectedly...
"The so-called 'light'...isn't it precisely the field related to public cognition...?"
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