"Hmm?"
The title on the first page of the manuscript first captured Pope Pius IX's intense interest.
Before Leo XIII (the successor to Pius IX), there had not been a systematic treatise on the influence of Catholic ethics on economics, as devout believers always felt that the holy God should not be tainted by secular money. Therefore, to accommodate the faith of the believers, Pope Gregory had to expand capital through covert means.
Many times, Pius IX secretly envied those heretics (Protestants) who could openly associate their doctrines with money.
If Catholicism could make up for its own shortcomings, it could once again shine brightly, perhaps even suppress Protestantism firmly.
At this thought, ripples suddenly appeared in Pius IX's usually calm heart.
Could he perhaps become the greatest pope of this century in his lifetime?
This thought wildly grew like weeds in Pius IX's mind.
