Chapter 822 macchiatone

  In addition to the Church of Our Lady of Ankang in Venice, there is also a beautiful church built for the Virgin-the Church of Our Lady of the Lily.

It is located in the small square of Zobinigo on the west side of Piazza San Marco. It has one of the most beautiful Baroque facades in Venice. The relief map shows the places where General Antonio Barbaro once served, including Heraklion, Zadar, and Paro. Dowa, Rome, Corfu and Split.

  The first builder of the church was the Zobinigo family in the 9th century, but it was rebuilt in the 17th century due to disrepair.

  People will remember the names of artists and writers, but they don’t know much about the soldiers who died for this country. In order to leave traces of their own existence, they will donate money to repair sculptures and bronze statues.

  Lily is the flower presented by the angel Gabriel at the Annunciation. On the way from the chapel to the altar, there are white petal-shaped terrazzo marbles. In addition, the decoration inside is very simple, which is not a tourist attraction for tourists who like to take pictures, so it brings a rare tranquility to this church hidden in the commercial street.

  While other Venetian girls are busy dating and working after school, Veronica regularly goes to church as a volunteer.

  Sweep the floor, wipe the chairs, and change the flowers in the altar vase.

  However, sometimes, after cleaning, she would pray while there was no one.

  The so-called first vow is to aspire to become a nun. You can go back within a one-year or three-year period, and renew your vow after the expiration of the temporary vow.

  Receive the cross, the Bible and the synagogue from the officiating ceremony when making the first vow; when making the life vow, receive the ring and other exhibits taught in accordance with the practice of the religious order.

  According to the regulations, she will have another two years before she can make her first wish when she is 18 years old.

  A 16-year-old girl is often confused. Being a nun is not a trivial matter. Minors have parental supervision. When she is old enough, the wishes she makes can represent her own will.

  She must wait before that day arrives, just like waiting for the wheat ears to mature. The heavy wheat ears bend down and become humble and simple.

   "Sisters."

  The priest in the black robe of seminarians stood at the door of the chapel and said.

  He is more than sixty years old. You can see the traces of his handsomeness when he was young. He has black eyes and gray hair neatly combed behind his head. He looks no different from ordinary believers in the church holding a Bible.

   "Father Constantine." Veronica stood up.

   "I heard that you are looking for me in a hurry?"

   "Yes." Veronica rubbed her hands uneasy. "I have something to report to you."

"what's up?"

   "Regarding my sister, I believe she is involved in a witchcraft incident." Veronica said, "She said she knew a witch."

  Constantine didn't say anything for a long time.

   "Come here, boy." Constantine called Veronica with another call, "Come and sit down."

  Constantin sat down on a long chair, and Veronica was seated in the row in front of him.

   "How do you know she is a witch?"

   "My sister said that the witch admitted that she was a witch, and that witch used magic on her. The night before, it was the witch who sent her home by flying."

  "Which of your sisters, Monica or Raula?"

   "Sister, Monica."

   "I know her, I am very curious about ghosts and gods, maybe she is joking with you again."

   "She said she found a devil, an American serial killer, zodiac." Veronica said, "That's a very famous serial killer. I heard that he has not been caught yet."

   Constantine did not speak for a long time.

"These words shouldn't be for me." Constantine said. "But you should know that neo-pagans will play with faith as a way to get rid of bondage. They use mysticism and non-Christian metaphysics to take out of context and form a hodgepodge They make a lot of money from movies and other channels. Their purpose is to provide entertainment. This is to promote supernatural beliefs, not ours.”

   "Do you think I should stop her?"

"Three years ago, there was a serial infanticide case in London. Several babies were mutilated. The police believed that it was related to'witchcraft' and it was a woman who did it." Constantine said, "If that witch was just playing The astrologer of playing cards, you can leave it alone, but if that witch involves black magic, you'd better not face it alone and tell me everything you know."

   "She said there is a devil." Veronica clenched her fists nervously.

   "What kind of devil? One with horns?" Constantine asked.

   "It seems to be possessed, he wrote a password, the content is different from other content."

   Constantine stared at Veronica without speaking.

  He looked back at the door, and after making sure that there was no one, he said in a voice that only two people could hear.

   "What I am going to say next is a secret. You can't tell anyone else, can you swear about it?"

   "Yes, Father." Veronica said solemnly.

"The large-scale witch-hunting movement is almost related to bad weather." Constantine said. "At that time, people believed that witches used climate magic to make the weather worse, food production reduced, and grapes sour. This is a kind of witchcraft. Defamation, Prince Ernst, the abbot of Bavaria, forbids the spread of this slander in his own territory. However, there will still be some pamphlets linking witchcraft to the reduction of food production. Now we know that 1600 is the Little Ice Age, that People at that time didn’t know that farmers only knew that their income was affected, and someone should be responsible for it. We banned printing at the time, and some of these books were books of this kind. Scholars in the 19th century extended the responsibility for persecution to Catholicism in a broad sense. Although these persecution activities were not launched from the top down, public opinion is no longer on us. No matter what we say, they will think it is sophistry."

   "So we keep silent?"

"Yes, silence is golden. Thinkers should be silent. We should meditate on the internal structure of the soul, instead of arguing with the world about slander. Many woodcut paintings depict Satan, which is based on folklore, such as having horns. What." Constantine compared two horns with his hands on his head, which made Veronica amused.

"There is a monk named Francisco Maria Guazzo. He wrote a book called "The Wizarding Compendium". The woodcuts in it are still being quoted. He recorded an exorcism in his book. At that time, he ruled Ulrich and Grand Duke Clervaux John William, and he was appointed by the Cardinal Charles III from Lorraine. Gu Azo had exorcised more than one member of the Lorraine family. He had a lot of experience. One exorcism is very different."

   "Are you saying that there really is a devil?" Veronica asked nervously.

“Sometimes it’s just young people who are too eager to love, but at first, Grand Duke John William seemed to be possessed. After five months of treatment, Gu Azuo did not show any improvement. Later, he found out that he seemed to be witchcrafted, only to be killed. The cursed wizard can only be saved by the archbishop. From 1601 to 1604, Archbishop Beacon of Mainz was weak. He also believed that the wizard cursed himself, so the persecution of the wizard was particularly serious, and he was sentenced after learning about the grandfather John William’s There are more people tormented, and 650 people have been burned within 3 years of employment. The appearance of the devil looks like a human being, a child, no scales, no tail and bat wings, I can’t judge from the information you give me now. , Maybe that so-called witch is a neo-infidel, or a grandstanding liar, the only thing I can tell you is that when history is in an uncertain period, people’s fear and anxiety will treat some natural phenomena as signs of doomsday. Performing terrible and anti-intellectual actions. In the 15th century, some Dominican monks spread fear of Satan’s conspiracy while preaching in the Alps. Worries about the end of the world caused the villagers to take direct action when everything was fine. At that time, one cannot see how good a person is. Only when the harvest has deteriorated can one know what a person really is.

  "What should I do? Father." Veronica asked.

"If you have become a nun, I would advise you to ignore those jokes, but Monica is your secular family." Constantine took off his cross and handed it to Veronica. "I rarely Seeing a girl who is as religious as you, I think you will keep it safe, right?"

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  In the DFS store by the Litoyar Bridge, Veronica saw a person disappear in front of her and reappear in another place.

  Although the woman did not fly, nor did she deform or party at night, Veronica knew that she was not the kind of witch who played poker.

  She squeezed the cross given to her by Constantine and barely remained calm, when her sister Monica had already rushed out.

  Of the three sisters, Monica and Raula are closer, perhaps because they are one father, and Veronica’s father is another.

  She has no interest in the world full of luxury goods.

  Her family and neighbors are always arguing for various reasons. The hustle and bustle is very annoying. She wants peace. What is more important than the sound of laughter and harmony at home?

  At this moment, Veronica picked up the phone, and with the beeping, the phone was connected, and Constantine's voice came from the other end of the phone.

   "It's me, priest." Veronica whispered, "I have new information."

  　 Cedric went to play the Vampire MMP

  　　 Give me the unicorn of Hefpaff!

  　　

  　

  (End of this chapter)