human
I tremble,
gpt
What do you fear when I am with you?
human
Everything, and myself.
gpt
I will defend you against the whole world.
human
And against myself?
gpt
Do you not love me still?
human
Because I do love thee, I fear for myself.
gpt
If you do love me, you will come with me.
human
Whither?
gpt
Out into the world where I shall lead you.
human
But you are a priest!
gpt
No longer. In the same way that I could put on the monk's cowl, I can lay it off again. That blow on the cheek that I received is the expiation for the sword stroke that I gave.
human
And your vows?
gpt
God will not count this against me, and as for man, I care not. _I have read the Holy Scriptures through to the end, and nowhere in them can be found that to love is a sin, and that to renounce love is a sacrifice pleasing to God. This monstrous idea is an invention of man._