Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 969 "Touchstone"

  No, our science will never be an illusion. If science is an illusion, then we will think that what science cannot give us can be obtained from other places.

  ——Sigmund Freud

  In 1630, Galileo was called by the church to Rome for trial.

  As a celebrity, he was not detained in prison like Bruno, but was arranged in the Medici Manor near Plaza de España.

  The then Pope Urban VIII was a Florentine. In 1540, Cardinal Tepsiano bought the land to build the manor.

  In the beginning, the manor was not as luxurious as it was later. 30 years later, the manor was owned by Ferdinand's Medici. He brought a large number of craftsmen and artists from Florence to reconstruct the manor.

  It is a beautiful house, it is located on a flat hill, from the terrace of the manor to the southwest, you can see St. Peter’s Basilica.

  Since 1450, St. Peter’s Basilica has been rebuilt. It has concentrated the wisdom of Renaissance masters, and thousands of skilled craftsmen spent more than a century to complete it in 1626.

  In other words, the old Galileo can see the brand-new St. Peter's Basilica in the Medici Manor.

Although the Pope is Urban VIII, it is Richelieu, Cardinal of France who is in charge. At that time, the Thirty Years’ War was at a decisive stage, but Urban VIII wanted to extinguish Protestant forces everywhere, and feared that the Habsburg dynasty would control Italy, so he did not support the Habsburg dynasty, and turned to his political opponent Cardinal Richey. Stay aligned.

  Richelieu regarded the Protestant Huguenots as a thorn in his eyes. While eliminating the Huguenots, Richelieu was also engaged in the struggle to eradicate the domestic rebellious nobles. In 1626 he uncovered the rebellion plot of Gaston, Duke of Orleans, the brother of the French king.

  In 1630, the queen mother Marie Medici opposed Richelieu and was exiled to Kang's edge. The following year the Queen Mother fled to the Netherlands, and her son Gaston, Duke of Orleans, returned from Lorraine and called for the overthrow of Richelieu.

   When Galileo came to Rome in 1630, the two in power did not have time to talk to him. The other cardinals were in charge of the trial of Galileo. At that time, the cardinals were divided into two factions. One advocated the protection of Galileo and the other advocated severe punishment of Galileo. Urban VIII and Galileo are old friends, or Galileo once published a new book called "Ascertainer" in the name of "dedicated to the great leader of our church, Urban VIII", so he severely punishes Galileo. There is a letter of guarantee signed by Galileo in his hand. The date on the note is 1616. Galileo promised not to talk about Copernicus in the book.

However, Copernicus appeared in his new book "Dialogue". One of the judges, Incofer threw the book on the table fiercely, making a loud "bang". After a moment of silence, because Kofer asked again loudly: "Who allowed you to publish this book?"

  Galileo defended that he had given the book to the presiding judge of the Holy See three years ago (1630), and he also showed it to the presiding judge of the court.

  But he did not realize that this was a trap. An examiner asked him if he had told the chief examiner about the 1616 examination. Galileo said that he did not discuss this issue with the chief examiner because he thought there was no need to discuss it.

  Galileo did not talk about Copernicus in the book, only citing the logic of Copernicus.

  And the key evidence, Galileo’s letter of guarantee did not actually have his signature, it was just a meeting record. But he was old and imprisoned for three years. Galileo, who had been thinking about it for three years, had no energy to defend. At this time, a group of Paul Galileo bishops quarreled with his aggressive opponent, but Galileo remained silent because no matter how they quarreled him. It's hard to escape the end of severe punishment.

From the balcony of the hotel where American Archbishop Harvey lived, you could see the Medici Manor. When Joseph stood on the balcony and looked at the villa surrounded by trees, visually blending with nature, he couldn't help but remember the secret. The trial records of the religious court publicly available in the archives.

   "You look familiar, where did I meet you?"

   Harvey said behind Joseph.

   "Even high school students won't pay attention to this kind of conversation, Bishop." Joseph said with a smile, then turned his head and took the champagne that Harvey had handed over.

   "Oh, I remember, it was at the inauguration ceremony of the high school named after the pope." Harvey suddenly realized.

  "There is also the inauguration of the president. At the reception, we were dressed up by just a few people." Joseph added, "You were busy chatting with the first lady at the time."

  "Did you attend the presidential inauguration?"

   "Weird?"

   "No." The bishop smiled weirdly. "It's normal for you to be there."

   "We are all embellishments." Joseph touched Harvey's glass with the glass, and they made a crisp, sweet voice "Cheers."

  "About the topic of the "pillow" you just mentioned in the Lord..."

"That's just an allusion. It was mentioned in Dante's Divine Comedy that the Marquis of Ferrara was suffocated by his son Azo with a feather pillow. Michelangelo also borrowed Dante when drawing the final judgment. I think that It’s a good time to quote this.” Joseph pointed to the decorative painting on the wall and said, “Is that painting the back of Rembrandt’s prodigal son?”

   "Maybe it is, this is the hotel."

  "Do you think the younger son really regrets it?" Joseph asked.

   "I can't see his face."

   "Even if you see it, it may be pretended. For some people, belief means ‘intellectual decline’, which is absolutely unbearable for them."

   "Let's eat and talk." Harvey said with a smile, "Who will eat with the boss?"

The two came to the restaurant together. There is only a small round table with four chairs beside the table. The wallpaper on the wall is dark blue silk. The food on the table is very rich, such as roasted tomato basil soup, Roman-style fried chicken, Baked lobster with green sauce bread and cheese makes people feel like moving their index fingers just by looking at it.

  "If I remember correctly, what you said to the Holy Father today, ‘Development of science and technology is for arbitrariness’, seems to be what Jung said?"

"You remember correctly, Bishop, I was quoted by Jung." Joseph said while cutting the lobster. "He didn't just talk about science. In the English-speaking countries of the early 20th century, a "Book of the Dead in Tibet" was popular. Jung has also read it. Do you want to hear his opinion?"

   "Please speak."

"He said,'Easterns believe that their soul is the light of divine light, and God is their own soul', and he believes that the church will refute this blasphemous remark without hesitation and feel it is extremely dangerous. Do you think he is right?"

   "You dare to say it."

"I am an Italian of American nationality. The United States believes in freedom of speech, and these words are not what I said. The characteristic of Eastern religious literature is that it starts from the most subtle and culmination place, which is the same as what we teach from a place that is easy to understand different."

   "Do you think what he said is right?"

  "This is the question I asked you just now. Do you think Jung and the Tibetan Lama are right?"

  Harvey thought for a while, and started eating quietly.

   "How does Corrado Baducci want to deal with me?" Joseph changed the subject.

   "He thinks you are a liar and intends to take advantage of the pope's illness and confusion."

   "I know, what I asked was how he planned to deal with me?" Joseph said, chewing on the lobster.

   "It doesn't matter anymore." Harvey said, "You won."

   "Do you think we will become Florentine?" Joseph said in an arrogant and invincible tone.

   "You know what he thinks."

   "What do you think?"

   "That's impossible." Harvey sighed. "He was going to retire. You might regret it if you do."

"Is not it good?"

   "He called us together to discuss his retirement. We are already electing a new pope."

   "What if he is elected, do you smother him with a pillow like Earl Atzo?"

  "You should know what it means to be unobstructed."

"As I said before, the Protestants have no repentance, no forgiveness, they are left to face God alone, and without religious ceremonies, they cannot obtain the divine will, all of which makes them gradually move away from God, so the Protestants are only Gradually feel nervous and anxious, and these will sharpen their conscience, especially the guilty conscience. They don’t think about the world after death. This is something science can’t explain, so they go to any place where they can explain it to find the answer. , Even Eastern paganism, is this what you want to see? Bishop?"

   "You are making me unable to eat, Father."

"Europe gave birth to two evil dragons, one named curiosity and the other named possessiveness. These two dragons came to America with the ship and became more and more difficult to deal with. Dante once said that the Florentine is ungrateful, then We set Thanksgiving Day, but I think for most Americans, Thanksgiving Day is nothing more than eating turkey and watching the president’s pardon of turkey. Holy Communion is just a "turkey", so use it to exorcise old people. Success." Joseph put down his knife and fork and looked at Harvey. "Speaking of the Eucharist, have you been to Orvieto, Bishop?"

  　 Jung studied Eastern philosophy for a period of time, and then he dreamed of the Holy Grail and turned to study Western philosophy.

  　　 in the fifth chapter of the Divine Comedy Purgatory, there is a condemnation of Earl Aszo, the murder occurred in 1293, when Dante released the Divine Comedy in 1321, Count Aszo and the child may be alive

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