The Sun Never Sets In Spain - Chapter 208

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In the end, the cardinals still accepted the Pope’s statement, and there was nothing to do if they didn’t accept it. Pius IX said it very clearly, no matter who refused, he would not go anyway.

The Pope has compromised, and the only thing the people below can do is accept it.

The quarrel in St. Peter’s Basilica soon spread to Alfonso’s ears. At that time, it seemed that the Pope was unanimously accused of defending the power of the church to the death.

But in fact, there are already allies of Alfonso in it.

After all, not every cardinal is very famous, and most of them are still like ordinary people, and no one will recognize them for hundreds of years after their death.

If you don’t have the desire to go further and your faith is not firm enough, then you can do anything with money.

What’s more, it’s just to help the team at a critical moment and to tip off the news.

Of course, Cardinal Alfonso, who had bought this kind of purchase, did not dare to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, and it was more reliable for Andrew to know the bottom line.

Alfonso has already planned. Historically, Pope Pius IX died a few years later, so he would first push Andrew to the position of archbishop, stay for two or three years before running for the cardinal, and then participate in the pope election.

Now is not the Middle Ages, it is impossible to expect the Pope to launch a big holy war or something, but it is still possible to help endorse it and fight against political enemies.

The main purpose is to affirm the various decrees of the government and make it easier for the people to accept them.

In the anxious waiting of all parties, a week passed quickly.

Regrettably, the consecration ceremony in the Basilica of San Francisco did not fail as some had hoped.

This is probably one of the most talked about ordination ceremonies in history.

Even Prussian newspapers mentioned it, not to mention countries like Fao.

The battle of the papacy and imperial power is not only in Spain, but countries such as Britain and France have achieved victory through centralization of power and Prussia through conversion.

That’s the case, if Spain can use this matter to severely crack down on the authority of the church, it will be of great benefit to all countries.

At this time, in a villa around the Basilica of San Francisco, Alfonso and Adolphe were sitting together. They were just invited spectators, and there was nothing to do these hours.

The two drank Indian Assam black tea bought from the UK and chatted while drinking tea.

“Your Majesty, there is something I don’t understand.” Adolph said, “Why do you want to crack down on the church so severely? Now that the church is in our hands, their influence is our influence.”

“Heh.” Alfonso chuckled lightly: “Do you think the church has great authority?”

“…It should be quite big, at least it has a lot of influence in Xi’o, and the Catholic atmosphere in South America is also very strong.” Adolph thought for a while and said.

Alfonso shook his head: “It’s not big at all. Religion has long lost its dominance among the people. The reason why Catholicism has always maintained a high position in many countries is because the rulers need religious guarantees. Their sanctity, on the other hand, is to attack the church more than the gain, and the risk is too high.”

He said in a hurry:

“As for South America, there is only a belief in God and no order from Rome at all.

Spain today does not need to use the Church to interfere in other countries, because they simply cannot. ”

Andrew nodded in understanding.

In fact, the main reason was that Alfonso didn’t say that when he first ascended the throne, the country was in chaos, and the influence of the church was indeed very important. At that time, he won the support of many conservatives for him.

But now it is enough to rely on the military and the economy to maintain stability, and it will be more than worth the loss if the church maintains a huge influence in the country.

While the two were talking, the consecration ceremony was about to begin.

The ceremony was officiated by Pope Pius IX and attended by Archbishop Antonio of Toledo, Archbishop of Seville Perigrina, Cardinal Giovanni of Rome and others.

There were nearly a hundred senior clergymen from all over the place.

In addition, King Alfonso of Spain, French Ambassador Lagarde, Russian Ambassador Dušić and others were also present.

In this era, religious power and imperial power are intertwined, and it is difficult to say who is in the hands of the priesthood.

Spain rarely had conflicts with the church. From this perspective, the power of the king should still remain in the Middle Ages; in fact, because of the increase in the kingship of other countries, Spain also tacitly obtained some concessions from Rome.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the king to appoint the church to approve it, and the church to appoint the king to approve it. It mainly depends on the person.

In order to publicize Andrew’s identity and show the authority of the new Archbishop of Madrid, Alfonso called everyone who should be called this time.

No matter how unreasonable this triadic ordination may be, its legitimacy is beyond question under the infallible hands of the Pope.

During the entire ceremony, the reporters and officials watching the ceremony all looked like they were having fun, while the faces of the clergy were vaguely unwilling and angry.

Since this was a shameful thing, it was obviously coerced by Spain, so the church did not publicize it, nor did it announce who would come to the ceremony. At most, some gossip was circulated.

Therefore, before everyone came, they did not expect that the Pope would actually come in person.

Anger turned into anger. Many people sadly realized that the Spanish Church was over. Did not they see that Archbishop Antonio was watching and caring, without saying a word.

But it’s impossible to expect them to give in like this. The king’s tough tactics are obviously a test of the church’s power. If they endure it silently, they don’t know how they will be dealt with later.

If you say that again, you must resist, show your strength, and let the king not do too much.

This revolt has already begun, and it is part of the fact that the three Spanish cardinals are unwilling to preside over the ceremony.

In addition, some people even tried to ram the holy drive and interfere with the consecration ceremony.

It’s just that the gunman who didn’t know who arranged it was solved by the security personnel at the periphery, and it did not have any impact on the venue.

However, this still cast a haze for everyone present.

In the end, the ceremony was successfully completed, and Andrew took over the cane representing the power of the bishop and officially became the first bishop of the Archdiocese of Madrid.

He is also the youngest archbishop in Spanish history. In more than two years, he was promoted from assistant deacon to archbishop. This terrible upgrade speed made his popularity very bad.

Most of the clergy who watched the ceremony left directly after the ceremony, without even a polite word, and even disdain to be familiar with him.

Obviously, the confrontation did not escalate to the bright side until this time, and most of the clergy chose to stand on the side of the church without hesitation.