"It is necessary to continuously promote the integration of the church and the excellent culture of the Ming Dynasty, and the system of the church should be combined with the actual social situation of the Ming Dynasty as much as possible.

"In the past, I was called a priest and a bishop, and these titles were Western-style, which was not good, very bad. Why is it bad? Because the people of the Ming Dynasty don't understand and feel strange. ”

Gonggong Wei gave some explanations about the "hall master", "helmsman" and clergy in the five-level responsibility system.

Gonggong pointed out that the religious beliefs of Chinese people are free, whether they are native or foreign, as long as they lead people to goodness and as long as there is a reasonable existence, the Chinese can accept it.

In Chinese history, these religions have also been constantly integrated with social reality, so they are as close as possible to Chinese traditions, both in terms of doctrine and internal names.

Then, compared with the foreign titles of "priest" and "bishop", the titles of hall master and helmsman are obviously easier for the people of the Ming Dynasty to accept.

"Changing the name is not a small thing, it is a big thing. The big is the small, and the details determine success or failure......"

My father-in-law said a lot about chicken soup.

His old man still likes the down-to-earth titles of hall master and helmsman very much. In his previous life, the first thing he did when he turned on the computer every day was to see if his old man's works had any big names such as hall masters and helm masters this year.

In short, in the final analysis, the father-in-law hopes that he, the purple-clothed archbishop, can do a good job in the Eastern Diocese and make it bigger and stronger.

Then, he is willing to do anything that can be conducive to the expansion of the Eastern Diocese, can better attract more believers, and thus can improve the strength of the Eastern Diocese.

The attitude of the people at the meeting was still correct, sitting straight one by one, holding the planning plan in their hands and listening to Gonggong Wei while reading.

It's just that it seems that no one has taken a pen to record his father-in-law's speech, which makes his father-in-law feel a little regretful, and he can't help but think of Li Yanzhao, who always holds a pen and carefully records every word he says.

It seems that when the matter of Japan is over, it is necessary to launch a rectification movement in the Eastern diocese and start a great discussion about study and re-study, my father-in-law thought.

"Our Bible and various scriptures should also enrich the excellent humanistic traditions of the East as much as possible, and the gods of the East and the gods of the West can be combined! The heroes of the East and the heroes of the West can also coexist, because, whether it is the East or the West, we are all in the same world! ”

Father-in-law Wei once again brought out Father Matteo Ricci's statement that the "heaven" and "God" in China are the same person as the Catholic God.

"The true God is one, God is heaven, heaven is God, and the Oriental people worship God, so our church must revise our doctrine and perfectly integrate this heaven of the Oriental people with our Catholic God, so that our church is not a foreign religion in the eyes of the Orientals."

Gonggong Wei flipped through the list of Nantang clergy handed over by Xiong Sanba, and said happily: "I see, in the area of sinicization, Nantang is in the front. For example, everyone has taken Chinese names, well, Xiong Sanba, Luo Qinan, Zhuang Dejing, Li Sanchen..."

"What does it mean to take the name of a Chinese? It shows that every clergyman here sincerely wants to preach in the East and is willing to dedicate their lives to God in the East! ”

Wei Gonggong pointed out that in the future, all clergy who come to China should adopt Chinese names uniformly, and cultivate their cultural consciousness and self-confidence as Chinese.

"If none of our clergy are willing to take Chinese names, how can we prove that they really want to spread the gospel of God to the people of the East?"

"I see, in the future, we must not only take Chinese names, but also be Chinese!"

Speaking of happiness, Gonggong Wei further pointed out the importance of constructing a Catholic theological ideology with oriental characteristics. He pointed out that on the road to sinicization, we should not only have a formal sinicization, but also an internal sinicization.

Chinese elements should be added to the theological thinking of the church on a large scale and in depth, and the liturgical expression of Chinese elements should also be introduced into the church liturgy.

In terms of architecture, Gonggong Wei talked about the architectural style, painting, and experience of creating sacred music in the cathedral of the Special Administrative Region, and solemnly warned the clergy present that they must change the concept of Westernization of the church in the past, and firmly establish a model and model of sinicization.

"In the specific process, that is, we must strictly implement the requirements of the planning plan, and you must also boldly try and practice in specific work."

The sinicization of sacred music and art is an important manifestation of the sinicization of the church's liturgical life.

Gonggong Wei also attached great importance to this, and he improvised a song to the clergy present.

"Sit down, Duke Joseph, and listen to me. Gabriel, let's all sit down, let's pull casually. Little carpenter, after you got married, you married Niel Maria. She got pregnant before she came to the door, knowing that you were afraid of being a king.

Who is the father of the child, you can't sleep every night. This baby was created by the Holy Spirit, and was cast into the earth through his mother's womb. In the place of the world, he is the Messiah! ”

After taking a sip of tea, his father-in-law was still unsatisfied, but considering the time of the meeting, he still resisted the idea of singing a few more songs.

"Don't look at these songs, the words are simple, they are easy to understand, and they are also very catchy... The Chinese people just love this approachable way of propaganda......"

After sprinkling and saying three pillars of incense, my father-in-law's throat and eyes were dry.

Finally, the clergy he was present turned to the last page of the planning plan in their hands, which was the Eastern Diocese's performance evaluation regulations.

"The church has spent so much money for you to come to the East to preach, in order to better spread the gospel of God and develop more believers in God. But what have you done after all these years? I think a lot of people think of coming to the East as a sightseeing tour..."

Wei Gonggong solemnly introduced the diocesan performance appraisal regulations, according to which if a priest fails to develop more than 500 believers in a year, then his incense hall will be punished with a deduction of funds and a demotion.

In general, the regulations are formulated in accordance with the commission and deduction scheme of the salesman.

Such regulations can be said to dumb down Xiong Sanba and other Western priests: Do you still have a task to spread the gospel of God? And the punishment? And the rewards?

"The specific will be implemented by the leading group for the sinicization of the church."

Wei Gonggong said that he will organize the first joint conference of the Eastern dioceses this year, which will be attended mainly by the Jesuit clergy. In addition to officially setting the Sinicization Direction Planning Plan as the main task of the Eastern Diocese, the meeting is to elect the first leading group for the sinification of the Catholic Church, and on this basis, to rectify and merge the dioceses, and to implement the five-level responsibility system.

"This year is a new year, but also a year of struggle! I hope that this year we will be able to add about 1,000 Chinese priests to our church. ”

At the end of the meeting, when Gonggong Wei met with the representatives of believers at the meeting, he told them the good news with certainty.

Since it is an Eastern diocese, it is natural that a large number of Eastern clergy should be employed, which is a matter of course.

Subsequently, Gonggong Wei met with Xiong Sanba and other Western priests alone, and asked Nantang how much money he had received from Macau.