Chapter 117 Fire

Sure enough, being a bishop in Central and Western Europe is a quick way to make money. This trip, the harvest is really not small.

There are gold coins, silver coins, ducats, florins, in short, all kinds of currencies.

"The next travel expenses are available," Peter joked.

This trick of replacing the original with the fake is not very clever, but unfortunately, Europe now doesn't even know this. So it's a bargain for Peter.

"These must be at least 100,000 lei"

"No, at least 200,000."

Seeing bags of gold coins put into the car, Peter was very happy. In order to prevent discovery, he also asked people to put food on top, so that it would be foolproof.

This is an unexpected gain, because Peter didn't expect the bishop to squeeze so hard. Suddenly, his private money has increased a lot.

Of course, Peter didn't forget the main business of coming here. He knew that the religious contradictions in Bohemia were difficult to bridge, so he decided to add fuel to the fire.

Peter didn't remember what the content of the 95 theses was, but he could write something similar. As long as the meaning didn't change, any words would work.

"God is merciful and loves everyone equally."

"The Pope has no will or power to forgive any sin. He can only forgive the punishment imposed on people by his own power or canon law."

"The tares that changed the canon law punishment to purgatory punishment were obviously sown by the devil when the bishops were asleep."

"If there are some people who can accept all forgiveness, then only those who are perfect can get it, and there are only a very small number of them.

Therefore, indiscriminately advocating forgiveness will inevitably deceive most people."

"Those who are convinced that they are saved by buying indulgences will be punished forever with their instigators."

There are a total of 24 articles, and each one hits the point. He not only fired at indulgences, but also fired at the Pope and the entire Catholic Church.

Mason on the side felt that this was too much and protested to Peter.

"Sir, you will make them feel disappointed."

"Disappointed, is it God or those who enrich themselves in the name of God?"

Peter made no secret of his hostility towards Catholicism. First, he was an Orthodox Christian. Second, he wanted to undermine the foundation of Catholicism, thereby laying the foundation for the expansion of Orthodoxy to Italy and Central Europe.

He said a lot to Mason, mainly comparing the corruption of Catholicism with the integrity of Orthodoxy. The last sentence: "Since it is said that the Pope issues indulgences to save souls, not for money, then why did he abolish the pardons and forgiveness that were promised before with the same effect?"

The ultimate killer!

Mason was completely speechless. After all, the Catholic Church was like this. He could only respond in silence.

Although they had debated for a while, the twenty-four articles written by Peter could not be directly issued because he wrote them in Wallachian and had to be translated into German and Czech. For this, he had to find someone.

Peter asked the Wallachians who were doing business in Prague to translate them into German, and then prepared to translate them into Czech.

"Find a translator who is very fluent in Czech."

It is not difficult to find such a person near Charles University, and the price is very high. As long as you are not a devout believer, there is no problem.

"John, do you want to go to the City Hall to see if there is any new news?"

"No, I want to go around alone."

John rejected his classmate's kindness. He needed to think about it himself and think about how to digest the testimony a few days ago.

Why did his country become like this? Why did those bishops and nobles oppress Bohemia so much? Why?

While he was thinking, Pastor Andrew, whom he met at the university, came to him.

"John, what are you thinking about?"

"Nothing, I'm just thinking about what happened in the church a few days ago."

Andrew knew that John was thinking about indulgences, so he assured him that this was allowed by the Pope, and as long as he had it, he could go to heaven. John didn't know what to say, so he asked him what was wrong.

"Oh, it's like this. There's a man who wants to find someone who is very familiar with German and Czech to translate articles. I heard that he is from the East. I think you are pretty good, so I came to find you."

"Translation?"

"Yes, and the price is also very high. Do you want to give it a try?"

John thought that he was bored and decided to give it a try. He followed the place given by the pastor to the hotel.

"Excuse me, is this for translation?"

"Oh, yes, do you want to try?"

John came here and was hired after some translations. He was paid two ducats for one hundred copies.

Such a high price shocked John, but he still didn't understand why no one was there until he saw the content of the transcription.

"This..." John was speechless. Seeing this, the person next to him thought it was the same as the previous person, so he said.

"If you want to give up, then go ahead."

John was struggling in his heart, and finally he decided to take the job. Not only for the money, but also for the content on it.

One document after another was translated, and John even compressed his sleeping time, with the purpose of completing his work as soon as possible.

Of course, he wrote down the contents while copying them, and prepared to show them to the general public. Since they did not understand German, he prepared a Czech version.

When he came to the door with a stack of papers, he not only got the payment, but also an extra bonus.

"This is the reward from the adults, please accept it."

"Why, I just did this little thing."

"The Lord said that you are the only one who took on this job, which is enough to prove your piety and courage to God, so I reward you and hope you can continue to be loyal to God."

John was encouraged. He wanted to spread the gospel to the people and practice what Jesus did, instead of what the bishops did now.

Peter watched John leave upstairs, and he became more and more certain that he was the person he wanted to see. John, no, he should be called Jan, Jan Hus.

"Are you ready?"

"All ready, but where to post it?"

Peter proposed a very bold place, how bold is it, he plans to post it in front of the cathedral.

God, does Peter think he is Martin Luther, and Orthodox Christians posting articles of opposition in front of Catholic churches are they going to be burned to death. Even Nicholas disagreed with Peter's idea.

Well, even if we can't post it in front of the cathedral, let's go to the tavern and the market. But the curfew has been very strict, and some other methods are needed.

And it's not easy to post it. If there is no glue or nails, just make the glue yourself. It's just a bit more expensive, just boil the wheat flour until it becomes viscous.

As for the bishop, he was very sad. Not only did he lose his money, but also heretical leaflets were found in his parish. This was not a slap in his face, but a slap in the face of the Catholic Church.