Chapter 15: Afraid of God or Man?
Holy One Church. This was the religion that most nations on this continent have designated as their ‘state religion’. It was a so-called monotheistic religion, and the duty of the Holy One Church was to follow the ‘Teachings of God’ left by Saint Ain. This was called the ‘Great Principle’ and was the first thing my religious studies teacher taught me.
It could be said that this was the only meaningful content of that class.
Apart from that, all that was taught in religious classes was that the Western sect was correct and that other sects shouldn’t be accepted, but I wasn’t taught about what the heresies were or what the difference in doctrines was. I also wasn’t taught anything but the ‘Great Principle’.
So, I was starved for knowledge in this area. I probably shouldn’t have been though.
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When Baron Frederic Renan was teaching me the Holy One language, I was reading the text as always and asking questions about words I didn’t understand.
“Baron Renan, what is a ‘spherical world’?”
“The world is ‘shaped like a globe’, Your Majesty. It’s a term often seen in the holy scriptures… Do you not know about this?”
The Baron said in surprise when he saw that I was unfamiliar with the word, but I had never heard that word before. I took the chance and asked Timona about it.