Chapter 499: , Charity Empire

In the "Caesar" Grand Hotel, no, it should be the luxurious living room of the "Caesar" battleship. Joseph and Pope Pius VII had a cordial and friendly meeting, and had a cordial conversation with the Pope on the issue of the construction of Irish spiritual civilization. discuss. Joseph made a suggestion to the Pope. He believed that the Holy See should use medical treatment and education as its main focus, so as to ensure the benefits and maintain the image of the church.
Pope Pius VII expressed his approval and thanks to Joseph's suggestion. At the same time, he also expressed certain concerns that the Republic of Ireland does not intend to establish a state religion, but is prepared to learn from France and implement the "religious freedom" policy.

I’m not saying that France’s policies are not good. It’s just that there are differences between Ireland and France. France has always been the core area of ​​Catholicism. The French have been believers for generations and are the most favored by God. The national religion, the French people will still adhere to the correct beliefs. But Ireland is different. These days, I talked with the priests in Ireland and found a lot of problems. Because of the persecution and suppression of the evil heretics, the Irish brothers have a strong attitude towards the doctrine. There are already many problems with their understanding. Although they are loyal to the true faith, the poison of heresy has penetrated over the years. At this time, how can a policy of religious freedom be adopted?" Pope Pius VII said.
"Xiaxia," Joseph said, "now in Europe, besides the Catholic Church, what are the important heretics? It is nothing more than the Orthodox Church in the east and the heretics who call themselves Protestants. Although these heretics are cunning, they are good at deceiving. The lamb of God, but if there are priests who uphold righteous faith, spread the true gospel to those lambs and uphold the power of God, wouldn’t they be inferior to those heretics?"
At this point Joseph paused again, and then said: "Relying on the power of God, the faithful Catholic Church is completely incomparable to the other two heretics in terms of the ability to preach. Under the crown, you see that we have How many seminaries are there, and how many seminaries are there for those heretics? Their theological theories are not comparable to ours. Moreover, how many priests can we train each year, and how many people can they train? So in terms of the ability to teach, In addition, with our help, the faithful Catholic Church can do far more things than those heretics when carrying out charitable causes.
For example, under the crown of the Pope, you also know that in terms of medical level, our medical level in France far exceeds that of other heretical areas. And if the Catholic Church sincerely cooperates with us, it will open various church-affiliated and charitable hospitals in Europe. Think about it, what kind of effect will it have? I don't believe that lambs who are led by heresy can not get sick. When they get sick, do they go to the low-level hospital of the heretics or our high-level hospital?
Perhaps some, too stubborn people will stick to their superstitions. But the medical effect of our hospital can be seen by anyone with eyes. Although in theory, the level of medical standards has nothing to do with the integrity of beliefs. However, the common people don't think so. They only think that since this hospital is owned by the Catholic Church, and it can save their lives in this way, it means that the Catholic Church is a true faith.
Under the crown of the pope, Christ said: ‘how ungodly people are in this age. There is no miracle for people of this age. "But isn't the advancement of medical treatment a miracle? Didn't perform miracles when he spread the truth? Without walking on the sea, without five fish and two cakes, would there be so many people following him? Even now, how many of those believers who believe in heretics are not affected by miracles? Now that the miracle is in our hands, are you still worried that the sheep will follow the heresy? "
Pius VII nodded and said: "The advancement of medicine is originally God's reward for our piety. It is just a large-scale construction of charitable hospitals, which is also a very large project."
Joseph knew the meaning of Pius VII's words. To put it bluntly, this old guy felt sorry for the money. Obviously, in an era that has not been baptized by modern life, even a pope still does not understand that charity is the most profitable business.
"Under the crown, have you actually thought about one thing?" Joseph said, "Jesus said:'Because anyone who wants to save his life will lose his life; whoever loses his life for me will have it.' Actually. , Anyone who only wants to keep the money around will definitely lose it; and those who abandon the money will get more money. Charity hospitals can receive donations, and our influence can be in many European countries. We can get tax-exempt treatment for charitable hospitals. In addition, we can also carry out hierarchical medical care, that is, our charity part is only for people with very low incomes, and the wealthy people who receive treatment here, we need Fees. And we can also make it clear that all the fees collected from them will be used for charity-but honestly, what activities of the church are not charities?"
Indeed, what activities of the church cannot be labeled as charity? Even if it is to build a luxurious cathedral with all kinds of extravagant things, it can also be said to show people's piety and please God-is this not public welfare, not charity? Even if you get the money, put it all in the bank and don’t use it, and only take part of the interest. For example, take 3% of the money every year to do good deeds~EbookFREE.me~ that is also for sustainability Do you do charity? Many charitable organizations in later generations actually spend only 3% or 4% of their total assets each year. This is almost the norm.
Obviously, Joseph's words suddenly opened a door for Pope Pius VII, allowing Pope Pius VII to see a landscape that he had never seen before.
"Ah, Dean Bonaparte, this is really... it is worthy of a good study." Pius VII smiled so that his eyes were narrowed, and the pupils in his dark yellow eyes seemed to become A seam.
Two days later, the battleship "Caesar" returned to Le Havre. At the invitation of Joseph, under the crown of the Pope, he boarded the train with Joseph and headed to Paris for a visit to France.
According to the temporary plan made on the ship, the Pope will go to Paris to visit Napoleon in power and Minister Lucien to discuss together how to build a "charity empire."
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