However, although Eunuch Wei expressed his acceptance of the appointment of the Pope, it was because he was a believer in Henan Bangzi. However, whether it is nationality or official identity, this appointment must be known and approved by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, you will make a mistake in political principles and be a foreigner.

Can Eunuch Wei, who has the attributes of a eunuch and loyalty in his superiors, make such a low-level mistake?

No matter how big the pope is, he is not as big as our emperor!

Of course, there should be no problem with the emperor. After all, in the eyes of the emperor, these Western missionaries are the same as our Ming monks and Taoist priests. The so-called archbishop is just a host, the Taoist priest.

Stallone, Guo Jujing and others expressed their understanding of this, because in Europe, the archbishops should also be recognized by the kings of various countries, otherwise the power of the church and secular power would easily cause conflicts.

Subjectively, these Western missionaries also hope that the appointment of the Archbishop of the Eastern Diocese of Pang Maichen can be approved and supported by the Chinese emperor, which means that the missionary rights of the Eastern Diocese and Catholicism have been officially recognized by the Ming Dynasty, which is what many missionaries dream of.

In addition, Stellen told Eunuch Wei another good news, that is, the Pope officially approved the translation of the Bible and the Mass into Chinese, so that the priests of the Eastern Diocese could perform sacraments in Chinese.

"If you have to get, you have to get. Since we are an Eastern diocese, we have to follow the customs. If we want the people here to believe in God, we have to let them understand the teachings of the saints... The old saying was said yesterday?... Oh, yes, turn Hu into Han, turn Hu into Han."

The new archbishop's speech is very reasonable and profound.

Is the Bible equal to the teachings of a saint?

Steelone and Guo Jujing and a few bishops who could understand Chinese thought about it seriously and felt that it was not contradictory. Jesus was a saint, and of course what he said was the teachings of the saint.

On the other hand, Guo Jujing, Jinnige and others were also very excited to publish the Bible in Chinese. However, the major events that Matteo Ricci worked hard for during his lifetime were also something that he was looking forward to. Unfortunately, until Matteo Ricci died, the Pope did not agree. Now, this matter has finally been approved by the Pope. I think Matteo Ricci can rest in peace in the nine fountains. However, Long Huamin, the president of the Jesuits in China, must have been unhappy. This conservative did not know the importance of using Chinese mission in the East at all.

As the biggest contributor to this matter, Steller was also a little proud in his heart.

"You have to do all these things and come up with a charter to show us..."

The new official takes office for three times, which is the latest instructions from the Pope. Eunuch Wei must pay attention to it. Now let Steller and Guo Jujing take charge of this matter, and also ask Kinnige to assist in the translation, so as to try to publish a batch before the end of the year.

"After the translation is translated, be sure to let me read it first."

After explaining this, Eunuch Wei became concerned about another thing. He asked Stellan and the others: "Who is our Purple Bishop or your Jesuit president?"

This question is about the idea. Who is the top leader? It is a major event that determines the development of the Eastern Diocese. Although the Pope gave himself the title of Purple Bishop, it seems that these priests had a Jesuit in China before.

So, is it the Archbishop or will it grow up?

If you don’t understand this problem, Eunuch Wei will not be able to sleep. You would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. If that President Jesus was like a military eunuch, it would be better if this Archbishop was not a good match.

The answer to this question is the fifth-rank assistant bishop Stallone. He told His Excellency Pang Maichen with certainty that all matters in the Eastern Catholic Church are decided by the Archbishop.

"Your Excellency, President Long was just a bishop before coming to China." Guo Jujing added that in the seventh-level system of holy ranks, the bishop is several levels lower than the Archbishop.

"Oh, sixth grade."

Eunuch Wei expressed his satisfaction. He was a third-rank official, but Long Huamin was only a sixth-rank official, so he could kill him no matter how much he ate.

“…”

Stallone and others couldn't say anything about the Archbishop's view of the bishop as a sixth-rank official like China, so they could only look at each other and smile bitterly in their hearts.

"Since our family has become this archbishop, the pope, the church, you and even the believers in the East, we will shoulder the divine duties..."

During the next visit to the Oriental Cathedral, His Excellency Pang Maichen made a series of speeches, reaffirming the importance and greatness of missionary in the Orient.

Every speech of the Archbishop was translated by Guo Jujing Juzhong to the missionaries who had just come from Europe. The Archbishop was also very friendly and tried his best to slow down his speech to ensure that Guo Jujing could tell the spirit of his speech without saying a word.

"We must lead the whole, drive the countryside with the city, and surround the city with the countryside. We must try our best to recruit priests from local believers and entrust them with their important tasks. We must also actively coordinate with the Pope and the Holy See, and strive to send a group of Oriental priests to Europe to study and visit the Holy See... In the future, we must strive to enable our Oriental priests to reach every corner of the world, and to allow the influence of our Oriental priests to spread throughout the world..."

His series of deployments by His Excellency Pang Maichen made the eyes of the Western priests lit up, as if God had opened another window in their hearts.

"I believe that as long as each of us sacrifices the greatest essence and blood in our life, our Oriental Diocese will surely become the brightest pearl of the church and will surely bring unparalleled glory to His Majesty the Pope!"

Archbishop Pang Maichen's high emotions drove the atmosphere on the court, and inspired and excited the new priests who came from China from thousands of miles away.

His Majesty’s decision is so great!

Thinking of the Vatican's argument over the appointment of the Archbishop of the East, Stellen felt very sad. He sincerely sighed that Pope Paul was extremely enlightened and wise.

In fact, Paul V was really an enlightened faction on the issue of doctrine. He encouraged missionary work abroad, especially in the East. In just a few decades, except for Japan, the missionary work in the East has developed, and other countries have been in a stagnant pool, which disappointed Paul V very much.

The arguments of clergy sent to the East also made Paul feel extremely annoyed. He was really fed up with those disputes. What he needed was not these meaningless opposition and support, but the expansion of the church's power. During the meaningless waiting for several years, Paul keenly captured an opportunity from a report on a performance report, an opportunity that Catholics had never had in the East.

That is, a big fish was caught.

From Stallone's words, Paul V saw an almost fanatical believer of God and an official loved by the people. Although this official was just a slave to the Chinese emperor, the slave of the emperor had great influence in the Chinese ruling system, and even at some point even officials were afraid. If such a person could accept the canonization of the Pope and help the spread of Catholicism with his influence and power, he would definitely be able to open up a missionary cause in the East that had not been progressing for a long time.

Most importantly, the Catholic Church can use that Pang Maichen to invade the deep palace of the Chinese emperor, thereby affecting the heart of the ancient and powerful empire.

This is simply a chance God has given himself!

If the emperor, prince, concubine, and officials of the Ming Empire all became believers of God, Paul V believed that he could definitely be remembered in history and become the pope who made the greatest contribution to Catholicism in history. From a realistic perspective, the development of the Eastern diocese will completely reverse the adverse views of the Holy See and the Catholic diocese on the Pope himself and the adverse impact on the Pope.

This adverse effect was mainly Paul V's indulgence on the family. He was nepotism and his family was extremely accommodating. In particular, Paul particularly favored his nephew Macantonio Borgesso and made him the Grand Duke of Verova, which made the doubts of the Pope himself within the Holy See never interrupted. It is said that some priests were secretly connecting with each other, wanting to undermine Paul V.

Under the crisis, Paul V had to make a difference and change the view of some people in the Holy See. So, what else could be more contributing to the Pope than to pioneer an ancient empire with a population of over 100 million.

Maybe God and Paul were joking, maybe history gave Wei Liangchen such an opportunity.

By chance, he became the Purple Bishop of the Catholic Church in the East.

It can also be said that the Catholic Church wanted to use Wei Liangchen, but did not know that Wei Liangchen also wanted to use Catholicism.

This is a story that both sides take their own needs.

In history, it was not until Paul's fourth successor Innocent X that he completed Paul's vision. Catholicism successfully baptized the emperor and prince of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty was almost destroyed at that time, and an emerging Tatar alien regime ruled China, causing the Catholic missionary cause in the East to be devastating.

Now, the future becomes unknowable.

At least, Eunuch Wei believes that those bad history will never happen again.

After visiting the Oriental Cathedral, Eunuch Wei thought of another question, and he hurriedly asked what areas the Oriental Diocese of Stellen included.

Stallone is also vague about this question, because the church did not clearly divide the Eastern diocese. But as an assistant bishop, he had to answer the Archbishop. Therefore, he answered the Archbishop with a traditional concept. This Eastern diocese refers to the countries in the East, such as the Ming Dynasty, Japan, Luzon, etc.

Geographically, this answer has no problem. These areas are the East in the eyes of Westerners.

"oh."

Eunuch Wei nodded and looked around the Western priests and a few local believers following him. His expression suddenly became solemn, and then he told the Western priests with great pain that not long ago, he received a message that the Japanese shogunate government was frantically persecuting God's believers.

"I think we need a crusade."
Chapter completed!