"I've never thought about such a complex issue." Guo Ponu is obviously the same as Guo Kang, and he just reacted to this problem. She was indeed not as sensitive as Theodora, so she had to admit: "Then go back, I will help you ask your mother and see her advice." ”

"But what does little Jeanne want to do?" She thought about it, but she couldn't think of a reason: "She's on the French side, can't she just ask for a title and title." ”

"If you want me to say, although the royal family and her father don't have a good relationship now, her family is here. Now that there is more and more civil strife in France, others naturally need to squeeze out people like her father who are not very capable and still get in the way, so as to expand their own power. "But I think that as long as the Ming Dynasty and Rome are still in power, and when France stabilizes, the new king will definitely show favor to her family—not even this one." Even if the British king wins the battle in the end, he will become the new king of France and continue these policies. ”

"That's right." Guo Kang agreed.

Guo Ponu is serious, and he can still think about the problem well. It's a pity that she is too arrogant on weekdays and often doesn't bother to think about it so much. Today, I don't know why I'm more serious, but the whole person is much more reliable.

"And what else does she want to do?" Guo Ponu was a little curious: "Does she want to be the patriarch herself like the Roman Catholic Church?" ”

"The story of the Catholic Church is not true." Guo Kang corrected.

"Huh?" Guo Ponu once again said with surprise on his face: "Isn't the female pope real? ”

"There's no definite evidence anyway." Guo Kang told her: "Judging from the authoritative sources, it should be fiction. ”

"That's it......" Guo Ponu was still a little disappointed.

Guo Kang didn't know how to tell her.

The story of Pope Joan originated in the Middle Ages and is generally considered fictional by modern people – the problem is, in the late Middle Ages, many people believed it to be true.

Moreover, not only the common people thought so, but also many clergy, and even the top of the church at the level of regional bishops, were convinced of this, and they also recorded it.

There are two versions of this story. According to the French version, Joan was an ordinary village girl from Germany, but she was hungry for knowledge. At that time, the only one who could provide education to the common people was the monastery, so she disguised herself as a man, entered the monastery to study, and through her own hard work, became a famous local theologian.

Later, in order to further her education, she traveled to many places, and finally came to Rome, the center of the Catholic Church. Thanks to her solid theological skills, she rose through the ranks of the Holy See, and at the same time won the support of the common people because of her compassion and helpfulness. Therefore, after the death of the then Pope, she succeeded to the throne amid the cheers and applause of the clergy and the common people, and chose "John" as her name.

However, after ascending the throne, Joan fell in love with a man. More than two years after she became pope, Joan gave birth to a baby in public on the "Holy Street", which was the main street in ancient Roman times, during a procession.

The crowd was in an uproar, and the people who found out the truth were extremely angry and tied her to a ponytail and paraded through the streets. However, when the anger passed, the people remembered her usual good deeds, so they did not execute her, but imprisoned her. Her children were also adopted by the Church and eventually became a bishop.

Other versions have different endings, such as the popular Polish version, which is a bit harsher. This version also assumes that Joan was a German who later studied in Athens and later rose from notary, clergyman, and then to cardinal because of his high level of knowledge. After her presidency was revealed, she was stoned to death by the pope.

And the street where she gave birth is the "Holy Way" that connects St. Peter's Basilica with the Lateran Palace, the official residence of the Pope. It's just that after that, the popes were ashamed of it, calling it the path of shame or the way of avoidance, and they tried to avoid it.

Regardless of the version, the plot is very twisty and bizarre, so it is widely circulated.

"I think the authors of this story seem to know a lot about the inside of the church." Guo Kang told Guo Ponu: "If you look at the election of the pope, it is actually an unpopular knowledge point: the pope is not necessarily elected by secret ballot, in fact, there are three ways. ”

"Through loud cheers or applause from the participants, it can also be directly through the election. This is because it is a formal method that has been handed down since classical times and has the same legal effect as voting, which is actually more formal than voting according to the original Greek democracy. Guo Kang smiled:

"And the third is 'compromise'. This is actually a permissible system within the rules of the church. ”

"I see." Guo Ponu nodded: "No wonder so many people were fooled, it turned out to be made up by internal ghosts...... But what is it for? Paving the way for women to become clergy? ”

"How is that possible, it's pretty much the other way around." Guo Kang shook his head: "This story appeared during the reform of the Catholic Church, and the purpose is to use exaggerated stories to tell everyone how serious the corruption of the church is. You see, women can be popes, what could be more outrageous? ”

At that time, many clergy in Western Europe called for a reform of the Church, a greater discipline of the Church, a reversal of the Church's degeneration and revival. In this environment, the emergence of a female pope is a hint of poor church management and huge problems in the system - oh, maybe it's not a hint, it's a clear irony. ”

"They don't look at the story of the female pope like we look at Mulan." Guo Kang reminded: "The original intention of people is to prevent such people from appearing, and the story is also a lesson for everyone, not an example." ”

"That'...... Little Jeanne is out of play. Guo Ponu listened to his series of analysis, reacted, and was a little regretful.

"It's not true after all—or it's okay it's not." Guo Kang said: "Otherwise, it is estimated that it will be the same as Wu Zetian, and it will be more difficult to let women hold these positions in the future." ”

Of course, they don't end up with this kind of story. I've heard that the Catholic church saw us that way for a long time. He told Guo Ponu: "The Roman archbishop himself doubted it. ”

"They like this kind of hunting story too?" Guo Ponu asked.

"It's not. It was believed that the Eastern Roman emperors could appoint favored ministers and even eunuchs as bishops. The appointment of a woman, of course, is also conceivable. Guo Kang spread his hands: "If you have to say it, their suspicions are more logical......"

(End of chapter)