Borrow a book? It was naturally impossible for the priests to speak ill of Ji Xiang. On the contrary, they were extremely happy to lend their own scriptures and classics to Ji Xiang for viewing and reading.
This is not because they are generous, but in a foreign country, they use the religions of other countries to package themselves in order to gain a more stable foothold. This is the way to live in the world. At the beginning, when the priests came to China and the Ming Dynasty, they still used the identity of Buddhist monks and claimed to be monks from Tianzhu.
At first, the clothes they wore were those of Buddhist monks, so that ordinary people would mistake them for ordinary monks and would not be hostile. Of course, in order to integrate with the local culture, they did not preach with great fanfare at the beginning and were very low-key. After all, the first thing they had to do was to try to win the favor of the locals.
However, in the land of the Ming Dynasty, the status of religion was not as high as in the Western Land. If you want to use the reputation of Buddhism to preach...it depends on whether Buddhism agrees.
The fake foreign devil still wants to pretend to be a bald donkey. Most Buddhists in Buddhism have easy-going personalities and are not blind. How can this foreign devil blatantly compete for incense?
In short, there were many problems. In the end, the Catholics changed into Confucian clothes, and Confucianism was not overly exclusive to these Westerners.
Therefore, the priests believe that it will be a matter for the future whether to exclude other sects and suppress other religions. At least for now, they, the Catholic missionaries and priests in the Ming Dynasty, still think that they are inhumane and inhumane. Damn little lamb.
Today's emperors believe in Taoism. If they want to spread their branches in an involuted place like Shuntian and vigorously develop doctrines and preach, they must have a good relationship with Taoism.
"The land of Dongyue Temple was approved by the emperor to build the church, all thanks to the real person Beiji. We have known your name for a long time. Matteo Ricci has told us that the book of God in the church can be read by the real person."
An old priest spoke fluent Chinese and talked with Ji Xiang to express his goodwill.
But Ji Xiang didn't know what they were thinking, and he was very enthusiastic when he saw them. Although there were many sincere people here, such as Matteo Ricci, the old priest in front of him was also sincere in his gratitude. , however, among the priests behind him, some of them were hiding their knives in their smiles.
After all, people are different from each other. The missionaries came to Dongtu not to visit and shop, but to have a so-called "sacred mission."
If one does not package oneself as a lamb at the beginning, then other religions will not accept him. As for when to tear off the sheep's clothing and become a hungry wolf, it depends on when their teachings can develop to influence the world trend.
After borrowing the books, Ji Xiang did not leave the Catholic church, but found a corner inside the church to sit and watch by himself. This made the priests start to whisper. They walked out of the church and immediately started talking outside.
Some people think that although Ji Xiang is a pagan, he seems to have a great interest in Catholicism.
Some people even think that this is a rare "good opportunity".
"Jiji Zhenren, in our holy religion, this should be considered a figure like a pope or a bishop, right?"
"It's a bishop, probably a cardinal."
In Christianity, the Pope is the pope, the highest candidate, the "white bishop", and the next level is the cardinal, that is, the cardinal.
In the eyes of the priests, Ji Xiang represents Taoism at Wudang Mountain. As for Taoism, on the surface, the common belief is that the supreme leader should be the Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain. This is currently the case.
As for the various sects in Taoism, including another Quanzhen Tao, in the eyes of the priests, there is no difference between the distinction between God and the East. However, there is one thing that makes them confused, that is, the Zhengyi has gained the general trend. Today, you actually didn’t go to encircle and suppress another Quanzhen Taoist group?
Why this is so is really incomprehensible. Shouldn’t heretics be more hateful than heretics?
At least in Buddhism, there are still disputes between the Three Vehicles and the differences between Esoteric Buddhism and the eight sects of Han Buddhism, but Taoism looks like a group of salted fish, only guarding its own mountain top and not paying attention to external things.
How can such a religion be spread for thousands of years?
"Taoism is not very aggressive now. Although I heard that they had some fights with Buddhism in the past, that was a long time ago. If we can bring this black Taoist priest who is comparable to a cardinal to our Catholic Church camp, and even let him convert to God, then..."
"The way of my Christ, the way of God, can flourish in the Ming Dynasty and spread throughout the world."
The priest sounded excited, and the other priests also had bright eyes.
Pulling a heavyweight in a religion directly into another sect is an achievement that is astonishing. Similarly, if this kind of thing succeeds, it means that their Catholicism has extremely high superiority, and they themselves are also in the right position. On the right path.
This is like the shock of the Spring and Autumn Period of ancient China, when the Confucian Qin Huali rebelled and became the second-in-command of the Mohist family. He directly betrayed his own teachings and doctrines and turned to identify with others. This was a huge blow to a sect, and For another sect, it is of extraordinary significance.
"Indeed, if this thing is successful, the Pope will also be satisfied with the result. He will not be too harsh on our missionary work. It has only been a few years since Hideyoshi Hideyoshi massacred the missionaries, and the Far East has accepted us. It’s still very low. After traveling thousands of miles, you can’t just die in this small church without doing anything.”
The old priest also spoke, and his words revealed his longing for a successful career, of course that must be before he dies.
Ji Xiang, who was sitting in the corner, had already heard all their words.
"Do you believe in God? Yes, someone's magic is indeed unique, but what we are good at is making the best use of things and integrating cultures. Although your things are very good, the next second they will be mine."
"It's the same as those books written by Matteo Ricci..."
Ji Xiang looked at some copies on the side. Although he said he should try to see the originals, it was naturally impossible for these missionaries to bring too many original scriptures from St. Paul's College in Haojing'ao. After all, that was the place. At the base camp, what if the original documents were brought out and burned or fell into the water? For them, these were all transported from the West with great difficulty.
However, these Western scriptures have an advantage that Eastern scriptures do not have, that is, even the copies have wishes on them.
This was discovered when I first met Matteo Ricci.
For Western missionaries, it is normal for copies to have wishes gathered, but for Easterners, this is a strange situation.
"The copy does not contain the author's hard work and energy, but it relies on extensive preaching to absorb the wishes of all sentient beings and condense them on it."
One, two.
Ji Xiangdu only browsed through it briefly, but the contents were already engraved in his mind. With Ji Xiang's current cultivation level, he can have thousands of thoughts running in an instant. It is not a problem at all to read every word in a few books. .
On his fingers, white smoke kept rolling.
While absorbing the wishes and spells, Ji Xiang also put aside the books that had been used. Some of them were not completely absorbed, because they had to be "sacrificially sacrificed" soon!
"Instead of believing in God, it is better to observe all its methods and create a new method of God myself!"
"The true meaning of the three teachings, practice it for me!"
The first time to integrate the techniques of foreign religions is theoretically not feasible, because the true meaning of the three religions can only melt the classics within the three religions, including heresy derived from the three religions, such as the White Lotus Sect, and the magic formulas created can only be Limited to the three religions.
Christianity is a purely foreign religion without any trace of the three religions.
However, because Ji Xiang has practiced Yu Qingyin Shu, he has one more option - heavenly magic.
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Outside the church, the old priest suddenly felt excited and looked around strangely.
"It's strange. I seemed to have sensed the power of the devil just now? Is there a heresy in this faraway eastern land that is preaching here?"
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