Chapter 231: The Sermon Ends

The Pope looked at the obedient Second Prince in front of him, nodded with satisfaction, he glanced at Grievous the Great unobtrusively, and placed his right hand on the Second Prince's head.

"At this holy hour, the Holy Church will welcome a new blood to join us, to abide by the teachings of God, to live the virtues of God, and to be worthy of the name of a saint. ”

At this point, the Pope paused slightly, looked at the stunned expressions on the faces of many people who heard the word saint, and continued to solemnly proclaim: "In recognition of his piety and devotion, I hereby declare that Moses Greaves will become me, the godson of Gregory III, a living saint, to inherit the office of cardinal." ”

He looked at the second prince, who was kneeling under his right hand, as docile as a sheep, and said gently and solemnly.

"Give grace to you this day, and walk in the light, and not disgrace the light. ”

The second prince respectfully kissed the Pope's right hand and replied in a loud voice that could be heard throughout the church: "I am grateful for following the doctrine." ”

Then the hymn sounded again, like the angels of the Temple Mount welcoming the Holy Spirit, and a beautiful and joyful melody filled the whole church again, to convey this holy joy to everyone.

So, under the witness of so many people, Moses Grievos became the godson of the Pope, the youngest privy councilor in history.

There was a thunderous burst of applause and praise in the church, and first the pious commoners, who fell to their knees and fanatically praised the new Privy Council, for whom the Pope's command, even more sacred and inviolable than that of Grievous the Great, and since the Pope praised the second prince for "keeping the teachings of God and walking in the virtues of God," he must be worthy of the name of "saint."

As for those nobles, it is naturally impossible to bow down like those commoners, but no matter what they think in their hearts, whether they agree with the Pope's decision or not, they dare not show it on their faces, let alone openly oppose it. So they all put on a look of elation on their faces, and they cheered and cheered as if they were rejoicing at the birth of a new "saint."

As for whether they had the joy on their faces in their hearts, only they knew. There are also many people who have a small calculation in their hearts, the second prince has become another privy bishop of the Holy Sect, this Holy Radiance City has entered an eventful autumn, where should he go?

However, there are still some people who are relatively familiar with the Holy Religion muttering in their hearts: "The Holy Church has only six privy bishops in total, and now there is suddenly one more, is the Holy Religion going to change the system and add a new archbishop?"

Just when these people were full of confusion, an old man walked out of the six archbishops. He walked a little tremblingly, with a silver hair and an old face, and he was already an old man. This is the eldest of the six archbishops, Privy Bishop Benedict, and is also recognized as the most authoritative interpreter of the Holy Scriptures, but this person has been living in seclusion in the Holy Realm on weekdays, and rarely appears in front of the world.

Privy Counsellor Benedict walked slowly up to the second prince and, as if with all his might, took off the holy belt that was draped over his shoulders. The navy blue, embroidered with gold edges, and the holy belt that many people dream of was held in his hand and carefully draped on the shoulders of the second prince.

Bishop Benedict carefully straightens the belt, with meticulous and reverent attitude, as if he had taken over the management of the church from the priest decades ago as a fledgling trainee priest, and this time he was going to pass on the sanctity to the next young man.

"I'm too old, and this belt is too heavy for my shoulders, and now it's time to hand it over to the young people, and I hope you can be worthy of this belt and carry forward the will of God. ”

"I will dedicate my whole heart to the gods in awe. The second prince took the holy belt and returned to the Tao in a respectful voice.

It seems that this time the Holy Sect in order to win over the second prince, but the blood has been paid, and an archbishop who has served for many years suddenly retired, and the influence brought is enough to set off an uproar, presumably the Holy Church has already made a lot of noise within the Holy Church.

But no one thinks that the Holy Sect's efforts are not worth it, you must know that this is for the prince who has the divine blood of Violet and has the right to inherit. In the more than 600 years of history of the Kingdom of St. Teresa, no matter how devout a king or prince was, he did not directly join the Holy Religion, and this was the first time in the world! The impact is incalculable.

Just when many people have ghosts in their hearts and don't know whether they are happy or worried, this New Year's sermon that can go down in history has finally come to an end. The invited commoners may simply go back and brag to those around them about what they have seen and heard, what they can see from afar what the Pope is really like, and of course the new Privy Council.

It's just that for the nobles of Shenghui City, this New Year's sermon is really like an earthquake, shaking the entire St. Teresa Kingdom, because anyone with a little political acumen can understand the Pope, or the intention of the Holy Church's move: the Holy Church is officially going to intervene in the battle for the throne of the Holy Teresa Kingdom, and they have also found their own agent: the second prince Moses Grievous. Just imagine, if the second prince really became the king of the kingdom of St. Teresa, wouldn't His Majesty the king become the adopted son of the pope? In this way, the Holy Religion, which already has a great influence in the world, will completely overwhelm the violet royal family, or even replace it.

Many people shuddered at the thought of the powerful strength of the Holy Sect, not only did the Holy Sect have a lofty right to speak, such as directly declaring someone a "heretic", or sending the nobles to the inquisition for reflection in the name of punishment, this alone made all the nobles fearful. The Holy Sect even has an extremely powerful force, and the strength of the Holy Sect Guardian Army is even stronger than the city guards of the Holy Radiance City, not to mention those military priests who are still serving in the army.

Coupled with the influence of the Holy Sect among the common people, it can be said that it is a hundred responses, if the Holy Sect really tears the face and calls on the commoners to rebel against the nobles, then how can it be good? Although the nobles have always looked down on these mud legs, thinking that these civilians cannot make any big waves in the face of real force, but if there are no these civilians, who will farm the land? Who will mine? Who will do the work? Should the nobles do it themselves?