However, although Gonggong Wei said that he accepted the appointment of the pope, it was because he was a believer in Bangzi in Henan, but whether it was nationality or official status, this appointment must be known and approved by the Ming Emperor.

Otherwise, it would be a mistake of political principle.

Father-in-law Wei, who has the attributes of a eunuch and loyalty, can make such a low-level mistake?

No matter how big the Pope is, it can't be as big as our emperor!

Of course, there should be no problem on the emperor's side, after all, in the eyes of the emperor, these Western missionaries are the same as our Ming monks and Taoists, and the so-called archbishop is just a presiding officer and a Taoist.

Stallon, Guo Jujing and others expressed their understanding of this, because in Europe, archbishops must also be recognized by the kings of various countries, otherwise clerical and secular power will easily lead to fighting.

Subjectively, these Western missionaries also hoped that the appointment of the archbishop of the Eastern Diocese by His Excellency Pang Maison could be approved and supported by the Chinese emperor, which would mean that the missionary rights of the Eastern Diocese and the Catholic Church had been officially recognized by the Ming Dynasty, which was what many missionaries dreamed of.

In addition, Syllegon told Wei Gonggong the good news that the Pope had officially approved the translation of the Bible and the Mass into Chinese so that the priests of the Eastern diocese could perform the sacraments in Chinese.

"If we want to get it, we have to get it, since we are an oriental diocese, we have to follow the local customs, and if we want to make the people here believe in God, we have to let them read and understand the teachings of the saints... As the old saying was said yesterday? ... Oh, yes, turn Hu into Han, turn Hu into Han. ”

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

The Bible is equal to the teachings of the saints?

The few bishops who could understand Chinese, such as Sylvester Stallone and Guo Jujing, thought about it seriously and felt that there was no contradiction. Jesus is a saint, and of course what he said is the teachings of a saint.

On the other hand, Guo Jujing and Jinnige were also very excited to be able to publish the Bible in Chinese, but the major events that Matteo Ricci worked hard for during his lifetime were also things that he was looking forward to, but unfortunately until Matteo Ricci died, the Pope did not agree. Now, this matter has finally been approved by the Pope, and it is thought that Matteo Ricci can be blinded under the Nine Springs. However, Long Huamin, the president of the Jesuit Society in China, must not be happy, and this conservative has no idea the importance of using Chinese to preach in the East.

As the biggest contributor to this matter, Stallone also had a faint sense of pride in his heart.

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

The three fires of the new official taking office are the latest instructions of the Pope, and Gonggong Wei must pay attention to it, so he will let Syllegro and Guo Jujing be in charge of this matter at the moment, and ask Jinnige to assist in translation, and strive to publish a batch before the end of the year.

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

After explaining the matter, Grandpa Wei was concerned about another matter, and he asked Stallone: "Who is the elder of our purple bishop and your Jesuit president?" ”

This is the point, who is the number one, but it is a major event that determines the development of the Oriental Diocese. Although the Pope gave himself the title of Purple Bishop, it seems that these priests had a Jesuit Society in China before.

So, is it the archbishop, or will it grow?

If you don't understand this problem, Grandpa Wei won't be able to sleep. It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, and if the president of Jesus is like a eunuch in the prison army, this archbishop should not be right.

The answer to this question was the Assistant Bishop of Wupin, Stollon, who told His Excellency Pommelson with certainty that the Archbishop had the final say in all matters of the Eastern Catholic Church.

"Your Excellency, President Long was only a bishop before he came to China." Guo Jujing added that in the seventh-order system of holy products, the bishop is several levels lower than the archbishop.

"Oh, Liupin."

Gonggong Wei expressed his satisfaction, he was a third-grade official, but that Long Huamin was only a sixth-grade official, and he would be killed no matter how he ate.

“......”

Regarding the archbishop's direct regard of the bishop as a six-grade official like China, Stallone and the others really couldn't say anything, but looked at each other and smiled bitterly in their hearts.

"Now that our family has become this archbishop, it is a sacred duty for the Pope, for the Church, for you, and even for the believers in the East..."

During the following visit to the Cathedral of the East, His Excellency Pommerson gave a series of speeches reaffirming the importance and greatness of the mission in the East.

Every sentence of the archbishop's speech was translated by Guo Jujing to the missionaries who had just come from Europe, and the archbishop was also extremely friendly, slowing down the speed of his speech as much as possible to ensure that Guo Jujing could say the spirit of his speech word for word, and these "gods" knew it.

"We must lead the area with the point, the city to drive the countryside, and the countryside to surround the city, we must try our best to recruit clergy from the local believers, and entrust them with important tasks, and we must actively coordinate with the Pope and the Holy See, and strive to send a group of oriental clergy to Europe every year to study and visit the Holy See... In the future, we must strive to ensure that the clergy of our Eastern Diocese can reach every corner of the world, and that the influence of our Eastern Diocese can spread throughout the world..."

His Excellency Pommerson's series of deployments made the eyes of the Western clergymen shine, as if God had opened another window in their hearts.

"I believe that as long as each of us dedicates the greatest blood of our lives, our Eastern Diocese will be able to become the brightest pearl of the Church and bring great glory to His Majesty the Pope!"

Archbishop Pommaison's high spirits led to the atmosphere and encouraged and excited the Protestant clergy who had come from far and wide to China.

His Holiness the Pope's decision is great, great!

Thinking of the Vatican's quarrel over the appointment of the archbishop of the East, Stallone was very embarrassed in his heart, and he sincerely felt that Pope Paul was really extremely enlightened and wise.

In fact, Paul V was an enlightened man on doctrinal matters, and he encouraged missionary work abroad, especially in the East. It was only after a few decades that the missionary work in the East, with the exception of Japan, was stagnant in all the other countries, much to the disappointment of Paul V.

Paul was also annoyed by the controversy over the clergy sent to the East, who was fed up with the controversy, and what he needed was not the pointless opposition and support, but the expansion of the church. After years of meaningless waiting, Paul keenly grasped an opportunity in a debriefing report that Catholicism had never had in the East.

That is, a big fish has been caught.

From Stallone's writings, Paul V saw an almost fanatical believer in God, and at the same time an official who was deeply loved by the people. Although this official was only the domestic slave of the Chinese emperor, the emperor's domestic slave was so influential in the Chinese ruling system that even the officials were even feared at some times. Such a figure, if he can accept the canonization of the pope and help the spread of Catholicism with his influence and power, will certainly be able to open up the missionary cause that has not progressed in the East for a long time.

Most importantly, Catholicism could use that Pommerson to break into the deep palace of the Chinese emperor and thus influence the heart of that ancient and powerful empire.

This is simply the opportunity God has given himself!

If the emperors, princes, concubines, and officials of the Ming Empire had become believers in God, Paul V believed that he would have gone down in history as the pope who had ever contributed the most to Catholicism. From a practical point of view, the development of the Eastern Diocese will also completely reverse the unfavorable view of the Holy See and the Grand Diocese towards the Pope himself, and the adverse influence on the Pope.

This adverse effect was mainly due to the connivance of Paul V on the family. His cronyism, his family's extravagance, and Paul's special fondness to his nephew Macantonio Borguezo, who made him Grand Duke of Verois, led to a constant suspicion of the Pope himself within the Holy See. It is said that some cardinals were secretly conspiring to overthrow Paul V.

In times of crisis, Paul V had to do something to change the perception of some people in the Holy See. So, what could be more important for the Pope than to open up an ancient empire with a population of hundreds of millions?

Maybe God played a joke with Paul, or maybe history gave Wei Liangchen such an opportunity.

He met by chance and became the purple bishop of the Catholic Church in the East.

It can also be said that Catholicism wants to use Wei Liangchen, but it does not know that Wei Liangchen also wants to use Catholicism.

It's a story of both sides taking what they need.

Historically, it was not until Paul's fourth successor, Innocent X, fulfilled Paul's vision, and the Catholic Church succeeded in baptizing the emperor and crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty was almost extinct at that time, and a new Tatar alien regime ruled China, which caused a devastating blow to the Catholic missionary cause in the East.

Now, the future becomes unknowable.

At the very least, Wei Gonggong believes that those bad histories cannot happen again.

After visiting the Oriental Cathedral, Gonggong Wei remembered another question, and he hurriedly asked Stallone what areas the Oriental Diocese consisted of.

The question is also vague because the Church does not have a clear division of the Eastern diocese. But as an assistant bishop, he had to answer for the archbishop. Therefore, he replied to the archbishop with the traditional concept that this oriental diocese refers to the countries of the East, such as the Ming Dynasty, such as Japan, such as Luzon, etc.

Geographically, there is no problem with this answer, these regions are the East in the eyes of Westerners.

"Oh."

Gonggong Wei nodded, and after looking around at the group of Western priests and a few local believers who followed him, his old man's expression suddenly became solemn, and then he told the Western priests very sadly that not long ago, his old man received a news that the Japanese shogunate was frantically persecuting God's believers.

"I think we need a crusade."

Gonggong Wei touched the big gold chain around his neck, and the church seemed to stipulate that the archbishop was not allowed to show off his wealth.