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“It has served us well, this myth of Christ.” —POPE LEO X
Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.
An abode of sorrows, everything breathes lies.
“The Church is an institution created by men and governed by men. Whatever more is made of that institution is also the creation of man.”
Each Gospel was a murky mixture of fact, rumor, legend, and myth that had been subjected to countless translations, edits, and redactions.
The Gospel of Philip, the Letter of Barnabas, the Acts of Peter, the Epistle of the Apostles, the Secret Book of John, the Gospel of Mary, the Didache. And the Gospel of Thomas, which is to them perhaps the closest we have to what Jesus may have actually said, since it has not been subjected to countless translations. Many of these so-called heretical texts are eye opening. And that was what made the Templars special. The true source of their power. Not wealth or might, but knowledge.”
It’s a book of stories. Glorious stories, designed to point people toward a good life. There’s even greatness in those stories—if one practices their moral. I don’t think it’s necessary that it’s the Word of God. It’s enough that the words are a timeless truth.”
Life is not infinite. A set time defines us all—then, just as the bones in the ossuary showed, to dust we return.
His statement is short, simple, and strange for the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Indeed, it was the spark that generated this novel. It has served us well, this myth of Christ.
