A Royal Marriage
““So, if you tried to call off your betrothal to Warrick...”
“My father would be enraged. I wouldn’t be surprised if he disowned me.”
“You? But Charlemagne’s reputation as a loving father is legendary!”
“I won’t deny he is a loving father. But his zeal for the church is stronger yet.” She took both of his hands in hers and drew close to his face, speaking in hushed tones as though she feared the truth behind her words. “My father has predicted that if Rome and Constantinople cannot b...e united, that someday the rifts between them will divide the church itself.”
“Split the church?” John whispered, feeling the words were hardly suitable to be spoken inside the chapel. Yet he had to understand what Gisela was saying.
“Yes—split the One Holy Christian Church into East and West.”
“It is not possible! You cannot split the church.MoreLess
“My father would be enraged. I wouldn’t be surprised if he disowned me.”
“You? But Charlemagne’s reputation as a loving father is legendary!”
“I won’t deny he is a loving father. But his zeal for the church is stronger yet.” She took both of his hands in hers and drew close to his face, speaking in hushed tones as though she feared the truth behind her words. “My father has predicted that if Rome and Constantinople cannot b...e united, that someday the rifts between them will divide the church itself.”
“Split the church?” John whispered, feeling the words were hardly suitable to be spoken inside the chapel. Yet he had to understand what Gisela was saying.
“Yes—split the One Holy Christian Church into East and West.”
“It is not possible! You cannot split the church.MoreLess
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