Chapter 1793 Episcopal Appointment of American Bishops

In addition to ordering the promotion of this plan for the "development of 100,000 Christians" among the people, Marin also formally submitted a written plan for the "development of 100,000 Christians" to the Holy See in the name of "King of America" and "Grand Master of the Order of Salvation".

At this time, the rumor of Marin's slave capture in the Americas had spread to the city of Rome, and Julius II, Marin's father-in-law, was having a headache for his son-in-law. After all, it's his own son-in-law, and he still has to help maintain his reputation.

But before Julius II could think of a countermeasure, Marin's written plan for "the development of 100,000 Christians" was submitted. An old conspirator like Julius II also has to admit that this plan and excuse are so beautiful!

Obviously, he was working as a slave, but when he came to Marin, he became a "development Christian", and he was really wise and very good at doing things......

Moreover, to the surprise of Julius II, this interface can not only help Marin clear his name, but also increase his prestige and merits as a pope - you see, during my tenure as pope, even the natives of the wild continent have increased by 100,000 Christians, what a face......

Therefore, whether it was out of the motive of protecting his son-in-law or wanting to brush up his own prestige, Julius II greatly appreciated and affirmed this plan.

For this reason, Julius II issued a special edict affirming Marin's plan to "develop 100,000 Christians" and said that the Holy See would provide all kinds of facilities for this purpose and give them a name.

Even, Julius II gave a privilege - the king of America could nominate the archbishop of the region of the kingdom of America.

That is, although nominally the power to appoint bishops on the American continent (savage continent) is still in the hands of the Holy See. But because of the right to nominate, Marin, the king of the United States, has essentially mastered the right to appoint bishops in the Americas.

Marin also knew what he meant, and immediately proposed the candidate for the archbishop of the United States, Bishop Griffin of the diocese of the New York colony, and nominated him as the archbishop of the diocese of the United States.

Griffin was originally one of the first Foolish disciples of Archbishop Taylor, and was the third disciple of Taylor. Of course, he was also the first priest to offer to serve as a priest in the American colonies. Over the years, helping Marin brainwash and fool the people in the colony in New York is also a lot of hard work.

Moreover, Griffin is a Frisian and knows not only German and Latin, but also Frisian, which can communicate with English. It just so happened that the largest number of immigrants in the New York colony were English refugees. So, he also had the heavy responsibility of fooling those immigrants from England.

Therefore, in this nomination, Marin nominated Griffin as the archbishop of the diocese of America under the pretext of "being the first willing to go to the wilderness to preach".

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In fact, at the age of 40, Griffin is not qualified to serve as the archbishop of all America. However, Marin has been desperately trying to hide the size of the Americas, and everyone does not know that the Americas are so big. Therefore, there is no idea about Griffin, the 40-year-old Archbishop of the Americas. If you know that the combined area of the Americas, North and South America is more than eight times the size of Western Europe (about 5 million square kilometers) (about 5 million square kilometers), it is estimated that the person who is willing to serve as the archbishop will lose his head.

Of course, before that, everyone has to break the head for the American territory......

The son-in-law had to save face, and Julius II hoped that by doing so, he would encourage adventurous young clergy to take the initiative to spread the "gospel of the Lord" in wild places like the Americas or Africa.

For this reason, Julius II convened a papal council and agreed to Marin's nomination on the grounds that "Griffin was the first brave missionary willing to go to the wild continent".

Not only that, but Julius II also gave a "gift package" - the bishops of the Americas, which were decided by the Archbishop of America and the King of America by consultation.

This decision is far-reaching, as it shows that the King of America has in fact control of the Church in the Kingdom of America, and the Archbishop is nominated by the King, and then the King can consult with the Archbishop of America to appoint and remove the Church...... Because the king will certainly nominate an archbishop who listens to him, it means that the king of America has control of the church in the country......

However, the current wave of this matter is not big. Why? Because the legendary "Kingdom of America" is actually a wild continent at present. The so-called control of the church is now nothing at all......

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Moreover, the fact that the king is in control of the church is not an exception. Because, this right has long been available to the king of France......

At the beginning, King Philip IV of France, as early as 200 years ago, took control of the Church and hijacked the Pope to Avignon. The puppet Pope Clement V, supported by Philip IV, not only cooperated with Philip IV to frame the Knights Templar and embezzle the Knights' property, but also agreed to Philip IV's "tithe" on the teachings of France......

This is the first time in the world that only the Holy See has taxed the secular state, and I have never seen the secular state collect taxes from the Church......

But Philip IV dared to do this, and directly turned the Pope into a puppet!

You must know that the "tithe" levied by Philip IV on the Church of France was not one out of ten of the "tithes" levied by the Church on the congregants, but was for the income of the entire French Church. This includes not only the "tithes" levied by the church, but also the land revenues of the church.

As a result, France has a more relaxed fiscal revenue than other countries, which can be used to feed an army of 10,000 or 20,000 knights. In other countries, not to mention the staggering cost of war horses, even one or two thousand infantry cannot afford to raise them......

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Of course, France is the only one in Europe that collects taxes from the Church. After all, they did it by turning the Pope into a puppet of France. Other countries do not have the courage to kidnap the Pope.

In other words, at present, France not only does not have to pay a share of the "tithes" to the Holy See, but also levies the "tithes" in the opposite direction to the teachings at home.

But the French have big fists, and it was authorized by the previous pope, so the Holy See does not dare to say anything even if it is dissatisfied with France.

Of course, Marin's approach is actually similar to that of the French, using the Pope for their own benefit. But the difference is that the French simply and brutally kidnap the pope; Marin, on the other hand, first "pajamas" the Pope's daughter, and "pajamas" two......

Then, the only two daughters were deceived by Marin, and the pope had no sons, so he could only pinch his nose to help his son-in-law for the welfare......

And after getting the right to appoint the diocesan bishop of the American continent, Marin was also very happy. This privilege is inconspicuous at this time, but consider that the Americas were so big and had so many people......

"No, this tithe problem, you have to drink the pope's father-in-law to talk about it......" Marin has the right to appoint bishops is not enough, but also eyeing the "tithes" of the Americas......