The Light Of Enlightenment In The Middle Ages
"Abbot, the demon possessing my daughter will leave today, right?"
"The profit I earn from trade and lending, is that pleasing to God, or has it already become the sin of usury?"
"When disaster and injustice strike, why does God remain silent?"
A top tier financial con artist has his soul transported to Florence in 1345, opening the story by impersonating a monastery abbot.
In 1345, the House of Medici has not yet risen to power. The dawn of the Renaissance is still buried beneath the darkness of the Middle Ages.
In 1345, the Black Death is about to arrive. Death is sharpening its scythe, ready to reap half of Europe.
In 1345, theology is the only truth allowed to shackle thought. And he understands better than anyone how to define “truth.”
He drains the wealth of the entire city with a single “gold certificate.”
He triggers a crisis that turns Florence’s banking giants to dust beneath his feet.
He writes doctrines of his own, disguises greed as “divine grace,” crowns the rising bourgeois class, and becomes the spiritual totem of capitalists.
He ignites the Renaissance, frees the mind, and opens the age of “man.”
When the plague sweeps across the land and all voices fall silent, he builds a kingdom on earth amid the ruins.
With economic power in his left hand and the cross in his right, he becomes a pope who rules both matter and faith.
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Hundreds of years later, in the estate of a 33rd degree Freemason.
A young heir holds that green bill said to rule the world and points at the pope’s profile printed on it.
"Father, why is this pope printed on the dollar?"
The father reverently touches the back of the bill and says, "In God We Trust."
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WARNING: The Mc is a bad guy who will use Christianity to fool the masses. He will deceive, kill and do a lot more in the name of God. So people who are very religious or don't like this type of Mc, read at your own risk.
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