Chapter 117 Can the eunuch be the Pope?
Those who are eunuchs have a system, and those who are monks have a system.
The Pope is a sensible person!
After spending a lot of brains to figure out what this Purple Bishop was from Stallone, His Excellency St. John Ponmaichen respected Pope Paul V, who was thousands of miles away, from his face.
The foreign devils are all smart people. Paul V wanted to make a fortune by himself and pointed at him, Pang Maichen, to capture the Eastern Diocese for the Vatican. However, Paul V was also open-minded and took out the Purple-clothed Bishop at once, and the money was huge.
What is the concept of this Zi-Clothed Bishop? After thinking about it, Eunuch Wei will definitely have a better personality than the Zi-Clothed Dragon King. If it is in the level of the official level of our Ming Dynasty, it is also at the level of the Six Ministers of the Secretariat.
Specifically, the Catholic system is also divided into seven grades, which is called "Seventh Level of Holy Grade" in the words of foreign devils.
Which seventh level is the seventh level priest, the sixth level bishop, the fifth-level assistant bishop, the fourth-level diocese bishop, the third-level archbishop, the second-level archbishop, and the first-level cardinal.
In addition to this "Seventh Level of Holy Product", the specific responsible for the affairs include elementary deacons, general deacons, assistant deacons, general assistant deacons, director deacons, and prime minister deacons, which is called the "Seventh Level of Assistance Sacrifice".
In the Chinese terms, these deacons are equivalent to "officials", while those bishops are equivalent to "officials".
The "official" and "official" are the pope himself, and those who are ruled are those believers who believe in God. This system is the Catholic ruling and management model. In this huge church ruling system, the Purple-clothed Bishop, that is, the Archbishop, belongs to the high-level ruling class, wearing purple-clothed purple hats. The Cardinal wears red hats, and the Pope himself wears white hats.
The three colors of white, red and purple represent the supreme authority of the Catholic Church.
And now, Eunuch Wei is honored to be that purple, and he will become the first Eastern Constellation Bishop in the history of Catholicism.
When Pope Paul V made this decision, the archbishops of the Vatican Church almost quarreled with God's judgment. But in the end, with the strong push of Paul V, the appointment was issued and brought back to the East by Bishop Stallone who came back to report his duties.
In addition to bringing the appointment of Bishop Purple, Stellen also brought a handwritten letter from Pope Paul V to His Excellency Pang Maichen. The letter was definitely not understood by Eunuch Wei, but fortunately, Stellen helped translate it.
In his letter, Paul V expressed condolences and encouragement to Pang Maichen. His Excellency the Pope pointed out that a Catholic who is deeply loved by the people in the East is enough to represent the Vatican and the Pope to show the power of God to believers in the East. At the same time, in order to better spread the gospel of God in the East, the Pope and the Holy See decided to formally establish the Eastern Diocese and appointed St. John Pang Maichen as the archbishop of the Eastern Diocese, and Stallone was the assistant bishop of the Archbishop, responsible for assisting the Archbishop in managing the Eastern Diocese.
"Architect, this is your patronage!"
A French priest who came to the East with Stallone brought the purple bishop's robe he escorted all the way to the new Archbishop of the Oriental Diocese.
Eunuch Wei noticed that the appearance of this purple bishop's robe made all the priests present feel the power of faith, but he did not accept it rashly, but first expressed his respect for the Pope. He turned around devoutly to face the West, and then said to the missionaries present: "If any of you return to the Holy See, please be sure to pay the highest respect to the Pope on my behalf, and please tell the Pope that I, Pang Maichen, wish him blessings as good as the East China Sea and always healthy in the distant East!"
"Amen!"
Stellone happily asked His Excellency Pang Maichen to take the appointment and robe on behalf of Bishop Purple. However, to his surprise, the young archbishop who was deeply loved by his people and possessed a powerful force suddenly fell silent, and he stared at the West, as if thinking about something.
Everyone did not dare to come forward to disturb the Purple-Clothing Bishop, who had been canonized by the Pope. After about half a stick of incense, the new Purple-Clothing Bishop turned around, then looked at Bishop Guo Jujing and smiled at him. Obviously, Bishop Zicheng wanted to ask what Bishop Guo.
Bishop Guo obediently walked forward and silently followed Archbishop Pang Maichen to the river not far away.
Afterwards, the two had the following conversation.
"Is there any other Purple Bishop in Dongfang besides me?"
"Don't worry, the Holy See has never appointed a Purple Bishop in the East, and there is not even an Assistant Bishop."
"Why?"
“For the spread of God’s gospel in the East was not smooth.”
"Oh, that's it." Eunuch Wei nodded and then asked the next question.
"Is the Pope elected?"
"Yes, sir."
"Who are they elected?"
"Your Excellency, the Pope was elected from the Cardinals." Guo Jujing added, "It's the Cardinal."
"That means that Bishop Purple does not have the right to elect the pope yet?" Eunuch Wei frowned.
Guo Jujing answered truthfully that Bishop Purple does not have the right to elect the pope.
"If we want to elect the Pope, we must become a cardinal first." Eunuch Wei felt regretful in his heart. If Paul V directly gave him a cardinal, it would be even more beautiful.
"As long as the Archbishop can make contributions to the church, there is hope of being promoted to cardinal, and then you can vote."
Guo Jujing's words have meaning. First, I hope that Eunuch Wei can contribute to the Eastern Diocese, and second, I point out that Eunuch Wei is still young and has a long way to go.
"Is that true?"
Eunuch Wei beat him up and then suddenly said seriously: "That... can that eunuch be the pope?"
"Um?"
Guo Jujing was shocked. Yes, the Bishop was not stunned, but shocked.
"I mean we can be elected as Pope?" Eunuch Wei thought the other party had not figured out the problem, so he emphasized it again.
After about two minutes and fifty-six seconds, Guo Jujing took a long breath and solemnly answered this question that had never been in the history of the Catholic Church as a bishop.
"There is no other restriction on the election of the pope except to limit the candidates to be cardinals."
"Yaxi!"
Eunuch Wei smiled on his face. He patted Guo Jujing on the shoulder and said kindly: "Guo Sang, you have traveled thousands of miles to the East and are a true believer of God. I admire you very much. So, if we accept the appointment of the Pope as the archbishop of this Eastern diocese, we will definitely use you. As long as you work hard, we will be promoted to cardinals and be elected as Pope in the future, and cardinals from all over the world will be chosen by you!"
Guo Jujing had no choice but to answer, he felt that everything around him seemed to be not the real world.
Eunuch Wei was very happy. He understood that eunuchs could be the Pope's empress, so he became more interested in the pope's electoral system, so he continued to ask Guo Jujing.
What can Guo Jujing do? He can only answer truthfully.
"Your Excellency, according to the church system, the Pope is elected by internal votes by cardinals around the world. In addition to voluntarily abdicating, he can serve for life and cannot be removed."
After the mechanical answer, Bishop Guo felt a chill on his back for some reason.
"Lifetime job cannot be removed?"
This answer made Eunuch Wei very unhappy. If this was a lifetime system, it would be a big deal for him to be a long-lived person in Nanshan.
For some reason, after discovering that Mr. Pang Maichen was very unhappy, Bishop Guo actually said in a misunderstanding: "Your Excellency, the Pope is a lifelong position and cannot be dismissed, but... the Cardinals have the right to establish another opposition pope, well... they can also undermine the Pope, exile and other forms."
After saying the last word, Guo Jujing suddenly felt much more relaxed.
"Guo Sang, you are very good."
Eunuch Wei was also relieved. It doesn’t matter if he has a system, as long as he has a hole. He firmly believes that as long as there is enough money, he can buy it.
Immediately afterwards, Eunuch Wei officially announced to the Western priests that he was honored to be appointed by His Majesty the Pope as the Archbishop of the Eastern Diocese, and that he would help the church spread in the East with all his power and will.
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Author's note: Pope and Pope are two positions, but they are both the same person. This book covers the Pope.
Chapter completed!