Chapter 267 Faith in the Holy Lord

Ragnarok shocked Rome.

Is their god just gone? Isn’t God eternal?

The Roman citizens fell into panic. They prayed hard and held sacrifices, but received no response.

However, the things burned by the sacrificial fire disappeared, and they sensed that the sacrifice was successful. In other words, the god who received the faith and sacrifices was still there, but he was missing or lost consciousness.

But what is the difference between this and falling? The ruling class, unwilling to be reconciled, sent brave men to find the gods.

The top heroes and priests can go up to the divine court and down to the underworld. However, those who go to the divine court say that it is empty, and only the powerful undead are left, occupying the great divine court.

And those who went to Hades never came back.

"What happened? How could the gods be defeated..."

"Are the strong men of Eastern paganism so powerful?"

"The world after becoming a god, the world after death, and even the capital on earth have all fallen!"

"O fate, where shall we go?"

The senatorial forces who fled from Rome retreated all the way to the northeast, and they did not dare to return to the city of Rome.

Originally, their capital, Rome, fell into the hands of slaves.

Why evacuate? It's because the powerful demon-like men from the east are so powerful. They want to wait for the gods to resolve the battle before taking over the old capital.

Never thought that the gods themselves would be taken care of.

In this case, even if their empire is powerful and they are sure to destroy the Spartan resistance, they would not dare to do it. The strong men in the East are like the sword of Damocles hanging above their heads, and God knows when they will be cut down.

"Report! There is an army coming from behind!"

"What? The terrifying demon is coming to kill you? Does he want to destroy the world?"

"No, no, it's the Roman army. Look at the flag, it's the emperor..."

After hearing the report, the senators were very surprised. Emperor? Constantine?

Didn’t he vow to live and die with the city of Rome? Why did you still escape?

Wait until they are far away before escaping? Isn’t that a fifty-step smile?

It seems that he understands everyone's behavior and knows how powerful the Eastern Powerhouse in the sky is. At this time of great changes in the collapse of the gods, everyone must unite, so he wants to ease the relationship.

Immediately, in a city named Milan, the aristocratic army was ready to greet the emperor's troops with normal standards.

After all, this is still the emperor. Even though the two sides have fallen out, they still have to be respected.

"Constantine, do you already know about the demise of the gods?" A senator asked straight to the point.

Constantine was sitting on the throne with gloomy and heartbroken eyes: "The Roman gods have not fallen. They are immortal spirits created by the Lord, but they were defeated and enslaved by the demon gods from the east!"

"They were forced to serve the devil, and some of them even betrayed their sacred mission and turned to Satan's command, degenerating into devils in an attempt to fight against the only and supreme Lord."

The nobles present were at a loss. What is Satan? What devil? What Lord? What is the emperor saying?

However, some generals understood immediately and exclaimed in shock: "Your Majesty! Don't be deceived by those Christian pagan pariahs. They believe in the one and supreme Holy Lord and regard the gods we worship as spirits created by their Lord. This is blasphemous and disrespectful!"

Only then did some nobles understand what Constantine was talking about, and they said with disgust and pain: "Your Majesty, how can you believe such nonsense!"

"This group of heretics spread their religion wildly among slaves and the lower class. The ancestors and priests of all generations have been arresting, punishing, and killing them for three hundred years, but they have not been able to eliminate them. They are a serious problem for our Roman Empire."

"Your Majesty, if what you say today is spread, what will happen? There will be big trouble!"

The nobles are all believers of the Roman gods. They possess the blood and divine power of gods. How can they tolerate the humble Christian paganism?

However, Constantine protested, and the emperor's prestige swept the audience: "Is there any bigger trouble than now!"

"blasphemy? It's the twilight of the gods now!"

"The old gods of Rome are dead! Where else can we put the faces of the gods!"

The nobles were immediately stunned, their faces were sad, and they were unable to refute.

Their gods have been overthrown. This is an indisputable fact. Whatever they say now seems to be a sign of respect.

Seeing this, Constantine said with full majesty: "The old gods of Rome are the spirits created by the Holy Lord. They are the Lord's messengers, guiding the world. It is the Lord who has given them authority in the world."

"In that case, why don't we just believe in the Lord?"

"What..." the nobles were stunned: "Constantine! You...you want to change the state religion?"

Constantine opened his arms and said: "I originally wanted to defend the palace and live and die with the city of Rome, but the Lord... inspired me and sent Athanasius, the bishop who was exiled by me in the past, to rescue me from prison. come out."

"I just realized that gods are not to be feared. They are just angels of the Lord. They will be defeated or bewitched by the evil Satan and become devils."

“Only the Lord is invincible, and only by believing in the Lord can we be saved.”

There was a commotion and discussion among the many nobles below.

They understood what the emperor meant and wanted to change their gods.

They had a falling out in the palace before, and they told the emperor that they would wait until the gods were victorious before they could regain the city of Rome.

As a result, after waiting and waiting, the gods were defeated miserably.

At a time when faith is collapsing and the pantheon is in ruins, changing to another religion may be a good choice.

"But...I have killed so many Christians, can I still convert?"

"Yes, the late emperor even made them light lanterns in the sky... and nailed their holy son to the cross three hundred years ago..."

"And now, they still want us to believe in their gods?"

"And what is Satan you are talking about? What devil? What angel?"

The nobles don't know much about this religion. Although it has existed in their civilization for more than three hundred years, because it is a conquered land and the religion of slaves, they are oppressed and they secretly preach the religion at the bottom.

After hearing what Constantine said, they were all confused and asked questions.

Constantine moved towards the curtain and made an invitation gesture: "Let Bishop Athanasius speak to you."

I saw an old man wearing a linen robe walking out from behind the curtain. He was holding a cross in his arms and his face was full of vicissitudes of life.

"Satan is the ancient snake that seduces humans to gain wisdom and guides them to establish civilization."

Everyone was in an uproar, what? Let mankind gain wisdom and guide mankind to establish civilization?

Isn't that great? Isn't this Prometheus?

"So Prometheus is Satan? Then he is not evil. Why don't we believe in Satan and believe in your Lord?" A senator said disdainfully.

Bishop Athanasius raised his head and said: "Satanic civilization is a rebellious civilization and a civilization full of original sin."

“In the beginning, the Lord created the world, and then created humans and all things, so that our ancestors could live in paradise without any worries.”

"But Satan betrayed the Lord, became arrogant, incited people to fight against the Supreme Lord, attempted to usurp the Lord's authority, and deceived mankind into establishing an evil civilization."

“From then on people lost Paradise and became cunning and violent, killing each other, full of sin, wild and conceited, and ungrateful of the Lord.”

The Roman nobles looked at each other and said, "Is this your mythology? The Titan who betrayed the gods?"

"Now that the Roman gods have been overthrown, we believe in the Titans. Why should we believe in your gods?"

Athanasius said calmly: "Stupid lambs, this is not a story, this is a fact, this is the truth!"

"The gods are angels, just spirits created by the Lord, and what we believe in is the supreme Lord."

"If we must say that He is God, then He is also the only true God! All the gods of all civilizations are false gods!"

"The Titans who rebelled against the gods were devils who followed Satan's creed, but Titans are not the only ones who follow Satan."

"The Eastern civilization Qina held high the totem of Satan thousands of years ago, and their gods were defeated by the forces of Satan."

"But they did not perish. After becoming civilized, they still fell into the arms of the Lord, completed the transformation, became the people of heaven, and directly believed in the way of heaven, which led to their current glory."

"And the way of heaven is the only supreme Lord, a different name in the East, also called 'God'."

One senator exclaimed: "Is this what the Roman gods call 'fate'?"

Constantine added: "Yes, the three have the same origin and different names. They are the source of everything, the foundation of the world, and the unique and supreme master of all things and phenomena."

"Dongfang directly believes in the Lord, so the gods of the East are restricted by the Lord. The Qinna civilization does not need to dedicate all its precious things to the gods, but only needs to believe in the way of heaven and become the people of heaven."

"And the evil Satan and his demons have been suppressed to this day."

"In fact, our civilization has already had a similar system, that is Christianity, but they have always suffered from our misunderstanding and oppression."

"Now the evil power of Satan has reared its head again, destroying the old gods of Rome in an attempt to regain its glory."

“We should be baptized as the Lord’s people and change the state religion to Christ in order to redeem ourselves.”

"Don't care about the oppression of them in the past. The Lord loves the world. As long as you accept baptism, your past sins will be washed away. From now on, if you believe in the Lord wholeheartedly, you will be saved."

The nobles finally understood that Rome used to believe in the gods, and the gods believed in fate.

Now that the gods have been overthrown by Satan, according to the emperor's meaning... simply don't need middlemen, skip the gods, and directly believe in the only way of heaven like the East does.

But they still don’t understand why they should believe in God instead of following Satan?

"The man who came from the east is Satan, right? He defeated the gods and was so powerful that even the Titans surrendered."

"Why should I believe in your Christianity?"

There are still nobles who are not convinced, and they have conquered countless countries. In the past, the idea of ​​Christ was only believed by the bottom, and it was to fill the gap where slaves did not have the protection of the gods.

Now that they are being asked to change their religion, I feel dissatisfied for a while.

Athanasius said sadly: "Satan was born in the East and has had many images throughout the ages. It is an evil creed and the embodiment of human sin, but it is also created by the Lord and is the opposite set up by the Lord for Himself."

"The man who conquered the underworld and overthrew the false gods of Rome is indeed the current incarnation of Satan. He is indeed powerful and indestructible."

"But he could not defeat the Lord, because he was supposed to be the Lord's most powerful angel, but out of the arrogance and original sin of the human heart, the Lord led him to stand opposite himself."

"If you believe in him, you will be punished in hell!"

"Oh?" The smiles of the Roman nobles disappeared. Will they go to hell if they don't believe it?

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p.s: Sorry.