Chapter 609: The Eastern Church
Magic City, Pudong International Airport!
When the plane stopped, at the entrance of the VIP passage, there were several men in religious robes standing there waiting, among these men in religious robes, one of them was a blonde foreigner, and at this moment, compared to the solemn expressions of the others, this foreigner showed a smug look on his face.
"His Highness the Son of God is the reincarnation of the Lord, and this time a few of us came to greet him, which is a blasphemy and contempt for the Lord. ”
James looked at the bishops on the side, there was a look of dissatisfaction in his eyes, if there was anyone who was the happiest person for Fang Ming to come this time, it would be him.
The reason is simple, he is a bishop appointed by the Western Church, he came to China ten years ago, and according to the Vatican's wishes, after a few years in China, he will take over as the archbishop of China.
What he didn't expect was that the situation here was completely different from what he imagined, the Pope's order was useless here, and the church here practiced the three-self principle, self-preaching, self-reliance, and self-support.
In other words, the Vatican has no jurisdiction over this side at all, which leads to James's identity is extremely embarrassing, and almost no one here is willing to deal with him.
Of course, the Vatican is also full of dissatisfaction with the Chinese Church, and has not affirmed some major activities of the Chinese Church, and even the appointment and dismissal ceremony of the archbishop has been delayed.
After more than ten years of this situation, the two sides finally reached a mechanism for exchanging opinions, that is, the Chinese side called the archbishop to report the list of appointments and dismissals, if the Vatican side has no opinion, then the consecration ceremony can be held, if the Vatican side does not agree, it will be stranded.
In other words, the West has no right to nominate at all, and there are only the right to agree and deny, and it is in this situation that the Western Church will send James here, just to want James to open up the situation, and finally let the list submitted by the East have his name.
What I didn't expect was that James was completely hollowed out here, and it was impossible to nominate him, so the Vatican side also shelved the list sent by the Chinese side and did not agree.
For James, he hated the people in front of him, because it was these people who caused him to have not done anything in the past ten years, and wasted ten years of time in vain.
Originally, James thought that he could only do this, and waited until the fifteen-year period expired and then left here in a gloomy manner, but he didn't expect that at this time, His Royal Highness the Son of God would come.
Although the Eastern Church does not pay much attention to the Vatican's orders at all, and even the arrival of the Pope may not be able to change, and the Pope will not come, after all, the Vatican is not only the center of the Church, but also a country, and the identity of the Pope is too sensitive.
However, His Royal Highness is different, His Royal Highness is the reincarnation of God, which is recorded in the canons of both the Western Church and the Eastern Church, the status of the Son of God is extremely transcendent, and the Eastern Church dares to disobey the orders of the Vatican, but does not dare to slack off His Royal Highness the Son of God.
As long as His Highness supports him, the Eastern Church can only choose to compromise, otherwise he will anger His Highness the Divine Son, and when the time comes, he will directly say something bad about the Eastern Church to the believers, and the reputation of the Eastern Church will decline sharply.
"This god has not yet arrived, James is so proud, I am afraid that he has received the news from the Vatican. ”
"It's been less than a year since the coronation of the Son of God, and he suddenly visited us, I'm afraid that the person who came is not good, old man, you have to prepare in advance. ”
The faces of several men in religious robes who were a little far away from James were much more ugly, because they didn't know what the Son of God wanted to do this time, although there was a connection between the Eastern Church and the Vatican, but in fact, the Eastern Church was completely autonomous, and the Vatican had never sent a person since James was appointed ten years ago.
"I heard that this god son is Chinese. ”
These people are discussing, they are all heads of the Eastern Church, and the man in his fifties who is called Lao Fu is the supreme person in charge, with the power of archbishop, just because the Vatican side has no consent, only has the power of archbishop, but does not have the identity of archbishop.
"Let's see, in short, those who come are not good, and those who are good are not coming. ”
Fu Tianyang shook his head, he was also confused in his heart, he didn't know much about the identity of this Divine Son, only knew that this Divine Son was originally a Chinese, but after going to the West, he was discovered by the Western Church before the identity of the Divine Son was determined.
No matter how big the contradictions are on the Vatican's side, Fu Tianyang believes that the Vatican will not falsify on the issue of the Son of God, the reason is very simple, even if it is for the sake of power, the church is still a believer in the Lord, and will never dare to blaspheme the Lord.
In addition, there is another point that makes Fu Tianyang puzzled, that is, there is no indication from the above about the arrival of this divine son, and it does not tell them what attitude to use to treat this divine son, as if they don't know that the divine son is coming.
"It's coming!"
James's eyes lit up as he saw a group of people walking towards him, and the young man in the lead was the one in the picture given to him by the Vatican.
Ignoring Fu Tianyang and a few people, James directly greeted him quickly.
"This James is really in a hurry. ”
"There's no way, the Son of God came from the Vatican, and James was appointed by the Vatican, so he can be regarded as James's backer. ”
Several men around Fu Tianyang pursed their lips, Fu Tianyang looked at Fang Ming who was smiling not far away, and glared at a few people around him, "No matter what the other party's purpose is, but the identity of the Divine Son will not be fake, be respectful to the body, and follow me to meet the Divine Son." ”
Fang Ming held Alice by the hand, and behind him there were more than a dozen members of the church, but these were all clerical personnel of the church, all of them were just ordinary personnel, not that the Pope did not arrange for Fang Ming to be accompanied by a strong person such as an archbishop, but because he couldn't do so.
Ordinary teachers of Western churches can come to the East, but if they are cultivators, they will cross the boundary, and the Eastern cultivation world will not allow Western cultivators to come in, so they can only send ordinary teachers to follow.
"Your Highness the Son of God, your most faithful believer, James, greets His Highness the Son of God. ”
James trotted all the way to Fang Ming, and then without hesitation, he knelt directly at Fang Ming's feet, although the church did not have this kind of kneeling etiquette, but James didn't care, what he wanted was to make the Son of God satisfied with him.
"It's so shameful. ”
"It's not even a matter of dignity. ”
Seeing James's actions, several people on Fu Tianyang's side were about to explode, but Fu Tianyang pursed his lips, glared at a few people around him, and walked quickly to Fang Ming.
"Archbishop Fu Tianyang of the Eastern Church welcomes the visit of His Royal Highness the Son of God. ”
Fang Ming's gaze moved from James to Fu Tianyang's body, for Fu Tianyang, before he came, he got the information from the Vatican, this is the actual person in charge of the Eastern Church, he was in control of the Eastern Church more than ten years ago, but because the Vatican has not been consecrated, he has never really been crowned archbishop.
Of course, there is a big difference between the Eastern Church and the Western Church, that is, although the Eastern Church is also a missionary, they are just ordinary people, and because of the particularity of the Eastern Church, the Vatican naturally does not teach the cultivation method.
Fu Tianyang didn't see Fang Ming's response for a long time, and there was no change in expression on his face, but the faces of several people around him showed dissatisfaction, because in their opinion, this divine son was deliberate, and wanted to give the old man a dismount and hang the old man here.
"Bishop Fu, I have heard your name in the Vatican, and in a few decades, you have been able to turn the number of church believers from millions to tens of millions. ”
After half a ring, Fang Ming finally spoke, but with a playful expression on his face, Fu Tianyang played a small trick on him, Fu Tianyang called himself an archbishop in his words, but in fact, the Vatican only recognized Fu Tianyang's bishopric status, and did not recognize Fu Tianyang's archbishop identity.
And now, Fang Ming directly called Fu Tianyang as Bishop Fu, which can refer to the archbishop or the bishop.
Fu Tianyang blinked a few times, and the expression on his face remained unchanged, "Passing on the glory of the Lord and letting more people believe in the Lord, this is what I should do, I am not worthy of His Royal Highness the Divine Son's praise, I heard that His Royal Highness the Divine Son has arrived, many believers in the sect are happy, I have already arranged it, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Divine Son will move to the church." ”
"Bishop Fu leads the way. ”
Fang Ming nodded, took Alice's hand and followed Fu Tianyang, while James, who was kneeling on the ground before, was dumbfounded, because His Royal Highness the Divine Son had never taken care of him at all, nor did he let him stand up, could he just continue to kneel?
"God...... His Highness the Son of God. ”
Helpless, James could only speak, and hearing James's words, Fang Ming showed embarrassment on his face, as if he had forgotten James's existence, and said, "I'm sorry, I just forgot, James get up quickly." ”
James stood up awkwardly and was about to speak, when Fang Ming and Fu Tianyang were already walking towards the front, and in the end they could only follow stupidly.
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Zhangjiang Thanksgiving Church, a large church of the Eastern Church in the Demon Capital, Fu Tianyang brought Fang Ming here, at this moment, this church brings together more than 300 clergy and nearly 1,000 believers in the Demon Capital, these are all church believers in the Demon Capital, of course, these believers were personally selected by Fu Tianyang and selected from hundreds of thousands of believers.
After all, the status of the Son of God in the hearts of believers is too high, and knowing that the Son of God is coming, almost all believers want to rush over, but the church is so big that it is impossible to accommodate all believers, and in the end, the wisdom is to select some representatives.