L'Eglise Aristotelicienne Romaine The Roman and Aristotelic Church

[Gropius]

My dear sons, I present myself: I am Cardinal Arduino Della Scala, current Dean of the Sacred College and Plenipotentiary Prelate of Holy Roman and Universal Aristotelian Church. On the occasion of the removal of Cardinal Nicollielo, the Holy Father assigned me to the Lusophone Consistory for the period necessary to make a reconnaissance of our beloved Church of Portugal, as Plenipotentiary Prelate. In carrying out my mandate I directly represent His Holiness the Pontiff and I ask all of you to contact me, even privately, for any communication. I am at your complete disposal and will work in the diligent support of His Most Reverend Eminence Eduardo. May Aristotle bless you all.

[Vicenzo]

Seja bem vindo Vossa Eminência, - se adiantou o Primaz de Portugal saudando o Prelado Plenipotenciário. - Peço desculpas pela tardança em recebê-lo e perdoe minha surpresa uma vez que não recebemos nenhuma notícia ou aviso de que era o desejo de Sua Santidade nomear Vossa Eminência para apoiar a Sua Eminência Monsenhor Eduardo. - Explanou Vicenzo. - Talvez Vossa Eminência seja caridoso conosco e possa nos explicar exatamente qual seria a tarefa que vos foi encomendada por Sua Santidade, já que assim nos será possível auxiliá-lo em maior medida.

[Gropius]

Your Excellency, thank you for your welcome! Don't worry about the delay, each of us has many commitments and I understand that something may be missed.

As I wrote to you in the short letter I sent you, as a Plenipotentiary Prelate I have the task of supervising the Consistories that have shown some hierarchical difficulty. The Portuguese Consistory has been missing two Cardinals for some time and, although His Eminence Eduardo has returned to work, His Holiness has considered it appropriate to follow this situation more closely, in order to avoid a recurrence of the problem of the recent past.

To you who are the Primate I ask for a reconnaissance of the Portuguese Church, a report on Its "state of health" and if you have particular requests to make, do so in total freedom. We are here to serve. Smiled.

[Vicenzo]

Your Eminence, indeed our church went through some difficulties on the highest echelons of our hierarchy and such was the reason of the letter I addressed His Holiness. I am very thankful for his kindness and desire to follow our congregation more closely, albeit it is my understanding that the situation in which we found ourselves is impossible to prevent in its totality since such does not depends on our mundane reasons but on reasons that are above our realm, I agree it is mostly possible to avoid, as you say, as we have a strong presence in the mid tier of our hierarchy, with dedicated and present people, although not many yet, unfortunately. But since the early days of His Eminence Eduardo, we have developed a stronger base with a steady growth on the numbers of our clerics. As far as I am aware all the portuguese parishes are attended and masses and confessionals are working properly and regularly to fulfill the needs of our parishioners. Finally, in spite of the daily difficulties, we have Bishops in all the dioceses and each bishop has a Diocesan Council that assists him. Gradually, the people are seeking the way of faith, studying in our Seminary and assisting the parishes. With the exception of the problem I've reported to His Holiness, the Portuguese Church grows gradually and solidly.

You must agree with me nonetheless that the path of the Church isn't an easy one, and demands great dedication and calling to advance over the hierarchy, and many yet are unaware of its great joys. This is also something our church is attending to, but we want to do it right, and not rush things over, for if rushed we may be fated to see only failure on our efforts and to it become as feeble as a nine-day wonder, something that it is not our desire. Hence we already begun to walk the longest of paths, a path that begun again more recently with the efforts of His Eminence Eduardo and a path I've intended to develop further even if by a little. For while our church is capable and able to support and sustain Portugal today, we must never lose the focus of the tomorrow. And as spring follows winter, so must the new generations take the place of the older ones.

On these days we are faced with a time of renovation, and we hope that the Holy See will assist us to keep moving forward, embracing and strengthening the Portuguese Church, so that we may keep taking the teachings of the Almighty and his Prophets to the portuguese people. - He said

[Gropius]

Dear Children, your new King, Brother Eduardo, is no longer a Cardinal of the Holy Aristotelian Church. Of course it is not easy to learn this news, just as it is not easy to give it, but he has been called to a mission which is nevertheless important for all. So let us rejoice at his election and not despair at the glorious future of the Portuguese Church.

In this regard, His Holiness will soon appoint a new Cardinal to be able to continue in brotherhood and friendship the pastoral mission that God sends us to accomplish.

I will stay with you for a little longer, I hope to be welcomed as a pilgrim into your home, lovingly and under the banner of Aristotelian friendship. For every request, do not hesitate to contact me, I am here for you.

God bless you all.

[Adonnis]

Nós vimos o anúncio, Eminência. Eu já o traduzi para o nosso vernáculo, para a divulgação adequada. O que nos surpreendeu foi que Sua Majestade Eduardo não foi elevado à dignidade do Cardeal Emérito, em reconhecimento aos anos de serviço prestados.

Permita-me fazer um comentário, Eminência, a fim de melhorar o contato com nossos irmãos portugueses. Sua Eminência usou o verbo "to learn". Na sua tradução para o português, você escreveu "aprendizado".

Acontece que em português, a tradução para este verbo teria o significado de informar, sendo mais apropriadas as palavras "informar" ou "comunicar".

Uma vez que você vai estar por perto por um tempo, devemos ter cuidado com a nossa comunicação para ajudar a sua Eminência para representar todos nós.

Estou disponível para ajudá-lo a qualquer momento que precisar.

[Gropius]

Thank you very much, my son. The mistake comes from my mother tongue: in Italian, in fact, "apprendere" means both "learning", but also "getting to know, being informed of something". So, falsely thinking that Italian and Portuguese are similar, I used the term "aprender" which at this point I understand means only "learning".
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Cardinal-Bishop † Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals † Grand Audiencier of the Holy See † Vice Chancellor of the Pontifical Chancellery † Archbishop of Strasbourg † Governor of the Patrimony of Titus † Prince of Viterbo † Marquis of Santa Marinella ♝Il cielo e la terra♗

[Adonnis]

Eu vejo, Eminência. Sabemos que os assuntos do Colégio Sagrado são confidenciais, mas, se posso perguntar, por que o Rei Eduardo não foi nomeado Cardeal Emérito? Não teria sido uma forma de reconhecimento por seus anos de dedicação à Igreja e a difusão da fé? Pergunto isto, porque toda a comunidade aristotélica portuguesa, de nós prelados aos fiéis, celebramos a aclamação de um Cardeal-Rei.

[Adonnis]

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