Chapter 119 The Strongest Voice in East Asia
Jesus’ younger brother, Dagen, did not hinder his faith and devotion to God. Moreover, appropriate exposure of personal wealth will also benefit the lost Lamb in the world to live in the gospel of God.
Let me ask, if God hadn't given me guidance, where would the big gold chain on Eunuch Wei's neck come from?
This is a relationship between cause and effect.
Believing in God can not only go to heaven, but also gain wealth. This is a real temptation to the poor people in the world. This is also a more powerful missionary behavior than all missions.
The liberation and well-being of the people of the world are major events that Eunuch Wei has always paid attention to, and he firmly believes that there must be justice in the world.
Although this world is dark, there is never lack of justice. As long as there is justice, there is God. As an archbishop, the highest honor is to be praised by God and praised by the pope. The former, Eunuch Wei felt that it was okay to have no such thing as he did not want to meet with the supreme leader for the time being. The latter has urgent needs.
If Paul V could provide Eunuch Wei with the qualification to participate in the Pope election, Eunuch Wei would not mind being a Catholic double stick and chopping them from Tongluo Bay to Tuen Mun.
He had a dream, and he hoped that one day he would be able to carry his machete in the Vatican cathedral, pointing to the cardinals who were not moved by money: "If we hadn't carried the watermelon knife to fight you to death, you old people would be able to eat and drink here! ...youbastardsdon'tcount! ...Price count, do you understand! If a person doesn't count, is he still a person? Today, you either vote for us to follow us, or follow God!"
To achieve this goal, we must first increase the influence of Archbishop Pang Maichen in the Holy See. Only when both status and influence reach the peak can the name Pang Maichen shake the entire Catholic world, win the throne of the Pope, and spread his influence all over the world, so that the name of St. John Pang Maichen will be praised in every corner of the earth.
This is the saint.
This is something that an oriental never dared and never thought of.
Eunuch Wei dares to think and do even more.
So, he has to seize the opportunity.
From ancient times to the present, war has been the only law to divert contradictions and unite people's hearts.
As the Archbishop of the East that His Majesty had just been canonized by the Pope, Eunuch Wei must contribute to the Catholic cause, and must also safeguard the faith and life safety of every priest and believer in the Eastern Diocese, and also safeguard the Catholic right to freedom of communication. This is the sacred mission granted to him by the Pope!
Then, the incident of suppressing Catholics in Japan caters to the political needs of Eunuch Wei and saves the trouble of finding suitable excuses. He can't say that after investigation, several priests disappeared in Edo Castle, and suspected that they were kidnapped by the Japanese samurai in the city.
Eunuch Wei, who had a high degree of political wisdom, decided to pull the Catholic world into this war against Japan in an instant. At least, the Catholic power in the East must be used by him.
In the Chinese words, this is called using barbarians to control Japanese forces and using force to fight against force.
You should know that the wealth of the Catholic Church is not as good as Eunuch Wei. The manpower, material resources and various resources they can use are also difficult for Eunuch Wei to see for the time being.
Therefore, as the archbishop of the Eastern Diocese, Eunuch Wei has no reason not to use Catholic resources.
Whether it is the Crusade or the Imperial Army, the church has to make contributions.
As an old saying goes, if you have money, you can give your strength.
Paul, don’t think that if I give me a title, I can ask me to take my pants as a charge for you.
My father-in-law half-closed his eyes. He believed that the news from Japan would shock and fear these missionaries who were quite devout than later generations.
Sure enough, the priests were in an uproar.
"Japan?!"
Stallone just returned from the Vatican and didn't know what was going on in Japan. He whispered to ask the two priests who came from the Macao Jesuits, but the two missionaries didn't know about Japan either.
Macau is the base camp of Catholicism in the East. The Jesuits in China were established in Macau. The church affairs of various countries in the East were basically the Jesuits in China. Now even the priests in Macau don’t know what Japan is happening, so Guo Jujing and Jinnige and his group of priests were even more confused.
This is the limitation of the times. Eunuch Wei received accurate information from Oda more than a month ago. Although the current Japanese leader Tokugawa Ieyasu does not implement the policy of locking the country, the shogunate is not keen on communication with foreign countries. In addition, it is suppressing Catholics, so it must have cut off contact with the Catholic Church.
Then the only thing that can bring the news is the Western merchant ship. The first thing that the merchant ship needs to go to after returning from Japan is Luzon Manila. When the news comes from Manila and then to Macau, it will definitely be much later.
"Architect, what the hell happened in Japan?"
Guo Jujing's surprise was no less than Stellen's, but he was even more shocked by what Archbishop Pang Maichen said about the Crusade. It was a glory to the church and a nightmare.
"Wen'an, you tell them."
Eunuch Wei ordered Sun Bixian, the clerk around him. This person was one of the 108 generals listed in "Dongdang Dian General Records", and his army was the veteran Donglin general **xing.
Sun Bixian is only twenty years old this year. He was a juren in the middle of the previous year, so he was considered a young man. In addition, because he was a disciple of ** Star, he was considered a hardliner among the teachers and students of Donglin who were tied up. Therefore, Eunuch Wei, who dared to come to inspect on the same day, was beaten by Eunuch Wei in public. However, what is unexpected is that after the study class, Sun Bixian, who was beaten by Ten Boss in public, took the initiative to sign up for the imperial army documents and had a very positive attitude, which surprised many people. It is said that after learning about this, Gao Panlong was so angry that he only had three meals a day.
After the internship of more than half a year, Sun Bixian had excellent assessments in all aspects, so he was named by Eunuch Wei to serve as a clerk. Another clerk was Kong Mingde, a student of Suzhou. The so-called clerk is a position similar to a staff member. He specially organized the documents reported by Eunuch Wei for all parties and wrote down the palindrome according to Eunuch Wei's intention. To some extent, it was a bit similar to pen.
The intelligence documents of Japan were Sun Bixian. After Eunuch Wei called him, Sun immediately stepped forward to tell the details of the Japanese shogunate suppression of believers to the Western priests present.
"Oh, my goodness!"
"Lord, how could this happen?"
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After a series of news about the cruel persecution of Japanese Catholics came to the ears of Western priests, the Western priests present immediately felt sad and extremely indignant.
"God will punish these Eastern barbarians!"
The priest Adrian, who came from France, clenched his fists angrily, and wished he could fly to Japan immediately to shoot the legendary Eastern dwarfs with God's spear of revenge.
"Architect, we want to fight eastward, and we cannot let the Japanese believers die tragically!"
Stellone's strong performance surprised Eunuch Wei. He thought that this cute-looking assistant bishop was the kind of person who refused to war and was committed to seeking dialogue solutions.
"Yes, we want to fight eastward and organize an Eastern Crusade!"
Several young Western priests also started to clamor and asked the Archbishop to immediately organize Eastern forces to support Japanese believers.
"The act of the Japanese shogunate is a declaration of war on the church and the pope!"
Eunuch Wei raised his hand and made the final decision. The shogunate's behavior must be a declaration of war on the Catholic world, which is unquestionable.
"Every believer of God cannot tolerate the Lord's children being persecuted by those evil devils! ... Children, it is time to show the power of God. We must let the evil rulers of the Eastern countries who are hostile to our Catholicism understand one thing, that is, God is everywhere."
Eunuch Wei's voice was dull, but there was determination in the dullness.
"Wait a moment!"
Kinnige raised his own question, "His archbishop, what are we going to fight against Japan?"
This question also stunned the emotional Western priests: Yes, what are they going to fight for the East? They have no army in the East, nor do they have a trustworthy king to drive.
"Get our fists!"
Archbishop Pang Maichen held his firm determination and raised his fist into the air, "Go to convey my orders, every corner of the Eastern Diocese, every bishop, every deacon, and every believer must contribute to this expedition! No matter which diocese he is, I just need them to mobilize immediately! ... Have money and work hard! Let me tell them that if our Eastern Diocese cannot protect our believers, we have no meaning of existence!"
"The reason why angels are angels is because we fight the devil! Go, go to every place you can go, go to every believer, and tell them that God's war is coming!"
Eunuch Wei stood directly under the statue of Jesus, and the cross above his head was slanted by the setting sun, emitting a dazzling light. His voice reverberated repeatedly in the church, which was the strongest voice in East Asia!
Undoubtedly, Archbishop Pang Maichen infected the Western priests present, making the priests long for this war of God.
But not every priest will be infected.
Guo Jujing did not, Jinnige did not, and Adolf did not.
Archbishop Pang Maichen did not force these objections and opposition priests to obey his orders as the top leader of the Eastern Diocese, but instead spoke a passage that would always be recorded in the Catholic Scriptures.
Chapter completed!