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Re: Ecumenical Patriarchal Church

Postby Axxell » Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:58 pm

Martinulus wrote:(OOC: Hope you don't mind me continuing to flesh out things like the liturgical year and the liturgy, by the way, Patriarchalism has sort of become my brainchild.)


absolutely not! Indeed, given the work you have done in the past (so many compliments!!!), any advice or clarification on your part is extremely welcome! And then I will write you in private for some idea: not only in the bishopalism there will be ferment! :)
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Re: Ecumenical Patriarchal Church

Postby Axxell » Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:56 pm

Paulus IX calls for an Ecumenical Conference
The Arch-Patriarch: "Peace, respect and brotherhood in the sign of Elyahu"


Empyrean Temple, Auroria, 4220 - The head of the Holy Apostolic Hosian Church announced its intention to organize an Ecumenical Conference to open the dialogue with the other Hosianist Churches.
We are all brothers, we are all the children of God and all of us believe in our Lord Eliyahu said His Holyness the Churches of all Terra should look beyond their differences and find themself together in the signs of the respect and of the tollerance, in the sign of the brotherhood and the love, in the sign of our faith. Let's rediscover ourself, let's rediscover our love and faith for our Lord Elyahu.
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Re: Ecumenical Patriarchal Church

Postby Martinulus » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:08 pm

Arch-Patriarch Angelicus: compromise or renewer?
April, 4229

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The new Arch-Patriarch seems to prefer the clergyman's collar to the white Archipatriarchal cassock: "If it's good enough for the Bishop of Haldor, it's good enough for the Bishop of Auroria"

Empyrean City, Auroria - After the first Archipatriarchal abdication in centuries - officially due to troubles of age but speculated to be due to disappointment with the mission of ecclesiastical renewal - ended the pontificate of Paulus IX, many Empyrean watchers would have expected a long conclave. What they got was a shorter one, but not overly much - and the outcome has raised questions over the future direction of Aurorian Patriarchalism and of the uproar over the "Other Theology". Many predict the new Arch-Patriarch, whoever he would be, would have his hands full trying to bring the flock back together, and the choice of the Conclave would give some clarity.

They were confounded by the outcome of the Conclave itself, which delivered an unexpected name: 60-year old Cardinal Robrecht Bruderle, the little-seen Arcbishop of Haldor, wasn't a convocational insider - in fact, he seemed content to have administered his Archdiocese of Haldor as "almost a diocese-wide parish priest, approachable and always in a spirit of service, having endless patience and boundless amount of times for the lay volunteers as well as the clergy". He certainly wasn't one of the papabili, after reports from within the Conclave that it was deadlocked between a traditionalist from the Selucian tradition and a progressive from the Theognosian tradition. Many speculate that the new Arch-Patriarch was chosen for his inexperience and low profile in Auroria, where he wasn't often seen, making him easier to steer for the slightly disturbed members of the Convocations, who, overwhelmingly Selucian, were not happy with the new openness.

However, when the new Arch-Patriarch, clad in all the vestments proper to his position, appeared on the balcony, the crowds were in for a huge surprise: he had taken the name Angelicus, unlike any predecessor, after St. Angelicus of Subasium, who is generally honoured as a reformer of the Church back to a more simple, annunciate tradition. So far, it's not remained the only indication that the combating parties might've scored an own goal with the new guy. The following day, the new Holy Father must've caused many more heart issues in the arch-conservative upper regions of the Church when, instead of his white Archipatriarchal cassock, he appeared at an audience with the press in his normal episcopal clergyman's shirt and collar, stating that "what is good enough for the Archbishop of Haldor is good enough for the Bishop of Auroria."

Nevertheless, the Arch-Patriarch refused to be drawn on the pressing issues facing the Church. He insisted his predecessor, Arch-Patriarch Emeritus Paulus IX, could not have been wrong. "You know the teachings on the Michaelan Magisterium as well as I" and said the Ecumenical efforts would continue. On the other hand, he said he was not convinced of the need to take any side precipitously. "I'm a Bishop, a shepherd. You can take your time to get the herd back to the stables and that's what I will do - as Servant of the Faithful."
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Re: Ecumenical Patriarchal Church

Postby Martinulus » Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:30 pm

From: Imperium de Selucia daily

Alienus: madman or saint?
June 4229

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Dominicus Cassius Alienus, the controversial Angelican Friar leading the sect known as the Fratres Inanes

Auroria, Korgana - The Aurorian Convocations, ruling bodies of the Aurorian Patriarchal Church, have been in an uproar recently over a popular preacher who has been making waves. Angelican Friar Dominicus Cassius Alienus, who was recently rebuked sharply by the General Chapter of the Order of the Brothers of All, caused great consternation when he refused to enter any Angelican Friary which was supported by monetary payments, claiming that such was entirely counter to the Rule of St. Angelicus. Since this conflict, the wayward friar (who earned the cognomen Alienus because of this) has been wandering Selucia, sustaining himself on alms and contributions gained while preaching what he sees as the perfect annunciate poverty.

Gathering around him a group of followers calling themselves the Fratres Inanes (worthless or empty-handed brothers), Alienus has developed a somewhat ambiguous view of the Church. Refusing to enter church buildings which are richly adorned, Alienus preferred the squares, preaching that if the Church spent less money on such "vanities" and the "lavish lifestyles of priests" (against which he upholds the example of the new Papa Angelicus), it could minister more charitably to the poor and destitute. Church authorities have firmly disapproved of such statements, with the Bishop of Victoria taking some time away to his entirely vegetarian three-course Friday meal ("entirely in keeping with abstinence from meat on the fast day") taking some time away to openly call on the Minister-General of the Angelican Order to expel the wayward friar. The Minister-General himself appeared apologetic: "Our Seraphic Father St. Angelicus specifically noted that we should lovingly chastise our wayward brothers three times before disciplining them severely; alas, though I hardly have to say there is severe need to chastise Brother Dominicus, my hands are bound by the Rule!" In the meantime, Arch-Patriarch Angelicus himself has refused to comment.

Some of the poorer members of Selucia's Hosian community have taken to Brother Dominicus as a saint, while some see him as a madman. Caesar Senatus Caius Julius Angelicanus, speaking as a Secular Angelican rather than in any political capacity, when asked said that "... he's clearly being overzealous. I hope he sees sense at some point." Remigius Deodatus, the Minister of Education, a fellow friar who was denounced by Alienus as a rule-breaker for accepting temporal office, confessed "not to know what has gotten into the poor fellow."
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Re: Ecumenical Patriarchal Church

Postby Phil Piratin » Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:30 pm

April 4314

Kinky Kiki canonisation campaign begins in earnest

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Kiki Brahms, the Communist prostitute-spy better known as "kinky Kiki"

Only days after her brutal murder, calls are already being made for Kiki Brahms, better known as "Kinky Kiki", to be declared a saint. Seven injured veterans fighting in the Communist International Brigades have given written statements, claiming they were miraculously healed of their war wounds after praying to Kiki Brahms to intercede with God on their behalf.

Kiki's mother, Gertrude Brahms, a devout Aurorian from Dorvik, is leading the campaign for her daughter's canonisation, assisted by her local priest, Father Torben Grosse, and has a considerably sized group of supporters behind her.

However, the canonisation campaign has also attracted much opposition. Most Hosian commentators are expressing doubts that Kiki Brahms can be said to have lived a holy lifestyle, especially in her final years, when she was working as a prostitute-spy in Hulstria, and murdered a number of Nimitz regime officials and commanders - 11 in total, according to most accounts. Doubts are also being expressed about whether she believed in the Aurorian faith. According to most accounts, she drifted away from the Church by her late teens, although there is speculation as to how much she retained the Hosian beliefs she was brought up with.

On the Communist side, even many of her strongest admirers are opposed to her canonisation, because they detest all religion, especially the Aurorian Patriarchal Church, and do not want her memory to be "appropriated" for the purposes of promoting religion.
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Re: Aurorian Patriarchal Church

Postby Martinulus » Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:22 pm

Arch-Patriarch condemns persecution of Yeudis and forcible relocation of non-Yeudis out of the Holy Land

Empyrean City, Auroria, Selucia - His Holiness Arch-Patriarch Quirinus XIII has condemned the recent spate of religious persecutions on the continent of Majatra in his Angelus address, pronouncing excommunication on the leaders of the Selucian regime for their violent and murderous attitude to the Yeudish people. "Remember, Our Lord was High Priest of the Yeudi people. He belongs to them and suffers alongside them. If you hate them, how can you say your love the Lord? I forbid any Priest to give Holy Revelation to any man responsible for inciting such evil acts, until they come in sackcloth and ashes to the Mother Church begging for forgiveness!" The Papa is believed to have been furious with the Selucian authorities and will later today send a pastoral letter to all churches in the Selucian Church Province urging them to afford the right of sanctuary to persecuted faithful of the Yeudish and other faith, openly calling for Selucian Hosians to seek the confrontation with the Fascist regime. "His Holiness believes this will unmask the anti-Hosian claims of the Fascists for what they are," said a spokesman for the Empyrean.

Asked whether the Arch-Patriarch was afraid of the reaction of the government which borders the small amount of land controlled by the Holy See on all side, the spokesman denied this. "His Holiness is strengthened by the idea that his cause is the Lord's work."

In the same address to the faithful gathered, His Holiness the Arch-Patriarch also spoke of his concern for the situation in the Holy Land, particularly Yishelem, where the government has implemented segregation policies between Yeudish and non-Yeudish citizens and has celebrated the expulsion of minorities from the Holy Land. The Pontiff said this violated the peace in the Holy Land and spoke particularly of his concern that the Holy Places in the Land of Beiteynu would become inaccessible to the Faithful. "We pray for Yishelem often," said His Holiness. "For it was the place the Lord chose to manifest Himself to His chosen people and later to the whole world. It pains us to see the Holy City potentially fenced off to the billions of faithful men and women of all faiths who find in it a symbol of God's promise. And it hurts particularly that those for whom it is not merely their spiritual home but their physical home, are being forced into exile. I urge the Beiteynu government to respect the sanctity of the Holy Land, and should they not do so, then I pray that every government of good will in Terra will join a diplomatic crusade to save the Holy Land from these discriminatory policies."
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Re: Aurorian Patriarchal Church

Postby Phil Piratin » Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:34 pm

Kiki canonisation campaign gathers pace
(And now they're trying to get the Terran Patriarchal Church to make her a saint too...)

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Popular Kiki Brahms prayer card

The movement campaigning for Kiki Brahms to be canonised by the Aurorian Patriachal Church is gathering pace, with growing support on social media, and more and more reports coming in of people claiming to have been miraculously cured of their health conditions after praying to Kiki to intercede for them. Prayer cards are being widely circulated, although a number of priests and bishops have expressed their disapproval of this, and in some cases people have been prevented from distributing them at churches.

The movement is now also targeting the Terran Patriachal Church, which they are trying to persuade to acclaim Kiki as a "Blazhi", which is their equivalent of a saint. Kiki's mother, Gertrude Brahms, said "My daughter would have wanted to bring the religions of the world together, and the miracles she is now performing from Heaven give them the opportunity to do that - they can all learn something from her, and celebrate what she has accomplished".

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Gertrude Brahms also claims to have witnessed an image of her daughter's pet rabbit, Marie, in the moon, and claims "this is just one of many signs that Kiki is still alive and communicating to me - and to many others - from heaven".
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Re: Aurorian Patriarchal Church

Postby Martinulus » Mon Dec 11, 2017 12:46 pm

Convocation for the Canonization of Saints remains dead silent

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In the Empyrean, the entire matter is regarded as a bit of an embarrassment.

Auroria - the Scriba of the Convocation for the Canonization of Saints, Cardinal Walter Hvitby, Archbishop of Skalm, remains dead silent on the Communist campaign to canonise the Communist prostitute-spy Kiki Brahms. Apparently, the Convocation has spent half an hour reviewing various newspaper reports on her life and concluded she could not be declared hosios, the first step on the road to sainthood, but the Scriba refuses to acknowledge that they are spending any time on the case. Empyrean watchers say Cardinal Hvitby considers the entire affair an embarrassment and hopes it will blow over.

The Cardinal has stringently denied that he said the following: "Murder, fornication, deceit, and then a canonization? Is this a joke or something? Well good thing they are going to the Papesz about it too. This whole farce seems right at home with the anti-Hosios and his corrupt simonious bunch of power-grubbers. Maybe if they pay them enough money, who knows what they'll believe tomorrow."
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Re: Aurorian Patriarchal Church

Postby Martinulus » Tue Dec 12, 2017 12:26 pm

Arch-Patriarch Quirinus XIII blesses protestors

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Arch-Patriarch Quirinus XIII arrives in Victoria

Victoria, Insularia - The Aurorian Arch-Patriarch Quirinus XIII has travelled to Victoria to defiantly give the Archipatriarchal blessing to those demonstrating against the oppressive policies of religious persecution by the regime. Seen in the company of several Angelican Friars carrying icons depicting St. Medgar of Phönix, the noted Hulstrian freedom fighter, and St. Justus III, the successor of St. Michael Vigilius appeared in the Central Square of the city to assure demonstrators that the regime’s policies were not Hosian and reiterate his ban of excommunication on anyone associated with the regime. Sources close to the Archipatriarchate have suggested that the Supreme Watcher is so angry that he could even pronounce the dormant penalty of geographical excommunication, prohibiting entire parishes and even dioceses from publicly celebrating the Holy Revelation, the central sacrifice of the faith.

As an attack by the regime on the sacred soil of the Empyrean City state in Auroria seems ever more likely, Empyrean Watchers note that Archipatriarchal advisors had advised the supreme pontiff to flee to Ville-des-Saints before the regime could arrest him. Papa Quirinus’s appearance in Victoria is seen as a strong statement of defiance by the Arch-Patriarch, who is emerging as a key proponent of the freedom of religion worldwide after expressing his concern about the situations in Selucia and the Holy Land. The open call upon Aurorian Patriarchal churches to shelter Yeudis angered the regime.

Before pronouncing his blessing on the protestors, the Arch-Patriarch gave a short statement in which he utterly condemned the regime as blasphemers, apostates and heretics:

His Holiness, Arch-Patriarch Quirinus XIII wrote:Brothers and sisters - and I say so to all of you, of whatever creed or confession – peace be with you!

I have come to you today in solidarity to protest the policies of this un-Hosian regime and to wish you every strength and blessing in your righteous cause. Many of my predecessors in the See of St. Michael, including St. Justus III, who witnessed with his own eyes the persecution of Hosians in his native Hulstria, have spoken wise words on the freedom of religion, the free acceptance of a gift that is freely offered.

For religion is not something that can be forced – Our Lord did command Michael to sheathe his sword, even though this could have saved Him from His persecutors. True faith comes from the heart, from the whole being of a person, and cannot be enforced by a law. When the Church reaffirms her belief in the irresistible grace of the Lord, she did not pronounce that the Lord needed the help of a Fascist regime to make it so. To call this propagation of hatred and violence Hosian is blasphemy – it is worse than blasphemy, it is apostasy with your heart from the faith you pronounce with your mouth.

I have excommunicated them, and I warn them now: repent of your sins and stop using the Lord’s name to spread your hatred, or I shall be forced to take further measures to protect the sanctity of the faith and of the Church!

So I stand with you today, your brother in this fight, and if you will accept it, to strengthen you with the blessing of Almighty God. May the Light of God strengthen and guide you as a light to your path, and may the blessing of Almighty God, God and Spirit, who was, who is, and who shall come again, descend among you and remain there always. Amen.
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Re: Aurorian Patriarchal Church

Postby Phil Piratin » Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:47 pm

October 4316

Arch-Patriach offered welcome at Dorvish communist commune

Learning that Arch-Patriarch Quirinus XIII could be looking for a new place to live, Dorvish Communist politician Herman Faust-Essen has written to him, inviting him to to join his "Commune of Communism" in Largonia, Dorvik. He writes that "this is a very humble, friendly and contemplative place, and is much better than being stuck in some palace or mansion somewhere" and that "we have had religious people here before and they've had a good time - so far, we've had 2 priests, 3 monks and 4 nuns, and they all loved it here". Although he added "Actually one of the nuns was a bit of a nuisance - she kept praying over us and trying to get us to get down on our hands and knees, repent of our sins and turn to the Lord".

He also commented that at the present time, the Aurorian priest Father Albert Blankenburg is residing at the commune, "and has a special shed all to himself, converted into a sanctuary" where "he is attempting to accomplish a long-distance exorcism of Marcus Antonius Marinus Cato", Cato being the notorious Selucian leader responsible for an oppressive campaign against Yeudis.

Father Blankenburg has written a separate letter to the Arch-Patriach, explaining his "strong conviction that demonic influences are at work in what is going on in Selucia" and urging him "to come and join me here so we can pray together and jointly exorcise the demonic entities that are possessing the leaders of that nation".
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