Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 618 Arrangement.
The work of sorting and loading lasted for several days. The only good thing is that Liang En had already done a rough sorting work during the previous period, so the work pressure is much less now.

Finally, three days before Christmas, they finally finished the final cleaning and sorting work, and when Liang En walked into Joan's room to dance him for dinner, he found her sitting by the desk, Look at an ancient document.

""Debate on the Effectiveness of Indulgence Notes", what are you looking at this document for?" After glancing at the paper, Liang En recognized the document he had taken out from a metal barrel earlier.

"Because I think this document is well written." Joan of Arc, who was looking at the translator of the document while taking notes, closed the note and said. "It's closer to the gods, at least from a theological point of view."

The document Joan of Arc is looking at now is also better known as the 95 Theses, a debate posted by Martin Luther on the gate of All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany on October 1517, 10 outline.

The whole thing starts with indulgences, which were not printed until 1300.Traditionally, those who donated or penanced for religious reasons were declared pardoned by the Church.

Therefore, the indulgences that represent the church’s forgiveness do not have the effect of forgiveness of sins, but only indicate that sinners make atonement for their sins after accepting God’s forgiveness.

However, this has led to misunderstanding among believers, who believe that indulgences have the function of forgiving sins. As long as they get the indulgences, no matter what crimes they have committed, they can be forgiven.

Faced with this misunderstanding of believers, the church did not correct it. Instead, in order to fill its own financial emptiness, the church took the opportunity to issue indulgences.

The indulgences issued in 1300 brought the Pope very considerable income, so the Pope decided to issue indulgences every 100 years.In 1400, in order to alleviate the economic pressure of the Holy See, indulgences were issued once every 50 years.

By 1450, it was changed to once every 25 years, once every five years in 1501, and once every year in 5.In 1506, during the reign of Pope Leo X, in the name of raising money to build Peter's Basilica, a large number of indulgences were issued.

Moreover, it was stipulated that the bishop of each diocese would have full authority to act as an agent for the right to sell indulgences in his diocese as long as he paid a huge sum of money in advance.

For this reason, many dioceses borrowed from banks to obtain agency rights. In order to repay the loans as soon as possible, the banks assisted the dioceses in selling indulgences everywhere.For a time, indulgences became a commodity that could be bought and sold at will.

The bishop of Martin Luther's diocese also borrowed from the bank to obtain the right to sell indulgences. In order to pay off the loan, he sent monk Tezeler to conduct deceptive lobbying everywhere, encouraging believers to buy indulgences.

They even yelled out the sentence that has been infamous for thousands of years: When the coins are thrown in the cash box and jingle, the soul will fly to heaven in response.

There is a famous story that the priest said to the believers: "You cast money, and now I see that your father's left leg has stepped out of the flames of purgatory, and only the right leg is still in the fire. Let's continue to add more money!" : "No need. My father doesn't have a right leg!"

In this context, in order to protest the sale of indulgences by the Holy See, Martin Luther posted his own debate outline on October 1517, 10, on the gate of All Saints Church in Wittenberg, Germany.

In his "Theses", Martin Luther refuted the practice of selling "indulgence notes" and opposed the method of using money to atone.Luther argued that the Pope did not have the power to absolve people of their sins, so it was false to say indulgences could absolve sins.

Luther not only questioned the efficacy of indulgences, but also exposed the essence of indulgences—exploitation. Its significance lies in that it was the first time to openly deny the Catholic teaching that atonement can only be achieved through the church and the pope, so it was widely accepted by all sectors of society. Classes are widely accepted.

Luther's move angered the Holy See. With the development of the situation, the "Theses" became the fuse that triggered the religious reform movement, and the whole of Europe fell into long-term disputes and even wars. Until 1555, according to "Augus Fort Covenant, Lutheranism gained legal status.

Historically, Martin Luther's theses were posted outside the gate of the university church in accordance with the tradition of religious debate at that time, and he also copied many copies and sent them to his colleagues.

The document that Liang En got now was one of dozens of documents that were printed at that time, and it could be said that it came from the same printing plate as the document pasted on the church gate.

So from a historical point of view, this is a very precious cultural relic, but for Liang En, seeing Joan of Arc's high evaluation of this thing always feels unreal.

After all, Joan of Arc is a Catholic saint, and this thing is obviously against Catholicism and the content of the church, so it is always a strange feeling to watch Joan of Arc read this document and give it a high evaluation.

"Do you think it's strange that I appreciate these articles?" After seeing Liang En's expression, Joan immediately understood what Liang En was thinking.

"A little bit, but I soon understood your thoughts." Liang En smiled after being asked by Joan, "For you, gods are gods, and except for gods, everyone is mortal, and so is the church. Is not it?"

"Yes, that's it, so Martin Luther's statement of justification by faith fits my point of view." Joan of Arc said as she gently stroked the scroll in front of her with her gloved hand. "If only I could meet this scholar."

"Maybe I really hope to see him in the future." Liang En nodded and said, "Okay, hurry up and get dressed and go to dinner. If you go late, some dishes may be gone."

Early the next morning, Liang En followed the convoy to Prague. Because he had contacted the Czech side before, he passed various checkpoints along the way.

The director of the Czech museum is a Frenchman who worked in the Louvre before, and later came to the Czech Republic for some personal reasons, so after inspection, he was hired by Mr. Skold as the director of the museum.

"It seems that you brought a lot of good collections this time, Mr. Liang." After looking at the list with photos, Mr. Pavel, the person in charge of the museum, looked at the things unloaded from the car with a smile on his face. Speaking of.

It is no wonder that he is excited, because the original museum has basically become a subsidiary institution of the Mucha Museum, and there are few ordinary audiences except those visiting students.

As the person in charge of the museum, Mr. Pavel naturally did not want such a huge gap between the two museums. Unfortunately, as a not-so-famous museum, even if they had money, it would be difficult for them to collect enough cultural relics.

Because for those cultural relics holders, they often prefer to send those things to those big museums first, unless others don't want them, they will come to Liang En and the others to try their luck.

As a result, the quantity and quality of Liang En and the others were not satisfactory, and most of them were not suitable for exhibition in museums, so there were not many valuable things collected during this period of time.

(End of this chapter)