212 Episode 20 Orthodox and Western (1/2)

Maybe you should have waited until after the church was built to come here.

Hercule said to Cecilia as they landed at the port.

Cecilia had come to Heraclea to lead the missionary work in the Kingdom of Chellda.

In Heraclea, an Orthodox Messianic church is currently under construction.

Although the Kingdom of Chellda is a Western Messianic nation, it has never been a nation that has violently oppressed Orthodox Messianism, and so Orthodox Messianic churches have existed.

However, they were inferior to the western churches.

In order to save face, a larger and more majestic church is currently under construction.

A church is not a building. It's a group of people, an organization. There is no need for a building. And the sooner the better.

Cecilia smiled at that.

I wanted to see Hercule as soon as possible, but that's a secret.

I see, you are indeed our High Priestess, the Medium. My idea was foolish.

”...... Are you making fun of me for being so serious?

When Cecilia frowned, Hercule shrugged his shoulders.

”Do I look like the kind of person you think I am?　Your Holiness.

Yes, because that is what you are, Hercule.

That's terrible.

Now, the two of them moved to a room in the royal castle.

This was the room Cecilia had been given.

Since the church was still under construction, Cecilia would be staying in the room for a while.

Hercule sits down on the sofa.

Cecilia sits down next to him with a natural movement.

She opens the wine, makes a toast, and then gets down to business.

Thanks to you, Mr. Hercule, the spread of Orthodox Messianism in the southern continent has made great progress. Thank you very much.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. In fact, it is I who should be thanking you.

The interests of Hercule and Cecilia are completely aligned when it comes to the propagation of orthodox messianism.

”Well, the Kingdom of Chellda was keen on attacking the Warbeasts, but not so keen on attacking the 'heretics', so I guess it will be easier than the missionary work we've been doing with the infidels and heretics.

Within the ruling hierarchy of the Warbeasts of the Kingdom of Chelda, there were a number of Orthodox.

The Kingdom of Chellda, which upholds the supremacy of the warbeast race, had to tolerate ”heresy” to some extent in order to solidify the warbeast race as a monolith.

This is why there is a minority of orthodox people, and the hostility from the west towards the orthodox people is not strong.

That's right. The doctrinal interpretation of Orthodoxy and Westernism is whether the Messiah was born as a son of God with God as his father, or whether God adopted the Messiah who was born as a son of man. ...... Sadly, many ordinary believers do not understand the difference. The difference between the two is not understood by most lay people.

Both the Orthodox and Western schools agree that the Messiah is the Son of God.

Then, we just have to round up the believers who don't understand the difference properly by any means necessary.

As a side note, if I had to choose between the Orthodox and the Western schools, the Western interpretation is probably the more correct one.

This is because the idea that a demigod is born when a man and a god intersect is derived from polytheism.

On the other hand, the idea of man being adopted by a god is a monotheistic, six-star concept that was the mother of Messianism.

The orthodox doctrine was born out of Messianism's incorporation of polytheistic ideas and rituals, which is essentially 'heresy'.

By the way, there is something I would like to ask of you, Your Highness the Medium.

”That's an oddly formal way of putting it. What can I do for you?

I would like you to spread the word across the desert.

There are many deserts. ......

Considering that this is the Kingdom of Chelda, the desert is the great desert that stretches to the south of the Kingdom of Chelda, including the Phaethan region.

We have begun missionary work with the Barbals, but ......

You asked for the Shuyen tribe of the Barbarians, right?　But there are many other clans, large and small, in the Barbarian tribe. Rather than conducting a massive missionary ...... campaign there, I wanted you to investigate their movements.

”So you're saying you want me to send an agent?

Well, I suppose you could say that.

What is God's is God's and what is the emperor's is the emperor's.

That's the basic principle of Messianism.

So Cecilia personally does not want to get involved in politics as much as possible,......, but she knows that she has to drink some water.

But that's proselytizing to the Great Desert, isn't it?　What about the other side?

”I only know from books and rumors that there is a black kingdom across the desert that produces gold.