Pontifical Enthronement of 1606

[Thatpyrodude 2008]

 

   

It was a particularly cloudless day in Carasca. It had only been a week after the savage killings of the unarmed pontiff and his men, yet the work must go on. Dark smoke emerged from the church, calling all inhabitants to the cathedral.

 

The remnants of the church gathered in the main hall, from acolyte to Cardinal, they were all present to watch this moment. The townsfolk rushed into the Cathedral as the doors opened, filling each and every seat to the brim.

 

The colors of White and Gold were on full display while the Red Carpet spans from the Cathedral doors to the Pontifical Throne

 

 

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Ves Argo, The Bishop of Carcasa stood beside the Pontiff-Elect as he begins to recite the Prayer of Penitence

 

   

"Almighty and most merciful Creator,

we have wandered and strayed from your ways

like lost sheep.

We have followed too much the devices and desires

of our own hearts.

We have offended against your holy laws.

We have left undone those things

that we ought to have done;

and we have done those things

that we ought not to have done;

and there is no health in us.

But you, O Lord, have mercy upon us sinners.

Spare those who confess their faults.

Restore those who are penitent,

according to your promises declared to mankind

in Horen our Lord.

And grant, O most merciful Creator, for his sake,

that we may live a disciplined, righteous and godly life,

to the glory of your holy name.

So say we all."

 

 

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Alexander faces the amassed clergy and holy soldiers, himself bearing an immaculate white frock as per custom.

   

Ves continued; “With the Lord Creator our witness and guide, it has been divined that the Priest Alexander of Mardon, born Alexander Gray, has been willed to fulfill the seat of the Church Pontificate. Do you heed the call of Our Creator to bear this vocation?

   

“I do so believe.”

   

“You have been ordained in our church, your household names forsaken and your life devoted in sole service to the teachings of our Creator. The vows of your past vocations remain firm; now you must make the declaration of assent.”

   

The Bishop then reads the Assent, preserved from a different time.

   

“The Church of Faithful is the One, Holy and Rightful Church of the Creator , worshiping the one true God, The Creator. It professes the faith uniquely revealed in the Holy Scrolls and set forth in the Faithful creeds, which faith the Church is called upon to proclaim afresh in each generation. Led by the Holy Light, it has borne witness to Faithful truth in its historic formulates, the Articles of Faith, The Book of Saints. In the declaration you are about to make, will you affirm your loyalty to this inheritance of faith as your inspiration and guidance under God in bringing the grace and truth of Horen to this generation and making Him known to those in your care?”

   

“I, Alexander of Mardon, do so affirm, and accordingly declare my belief in the faith which is revealed in the Holy Scrolls and set forth in the Faithful creeds and to which the historic formularies of the Church of The Creator bear witness; and in public prayer and administration of the sacraments, I will use only the forms of service which are authorized or allowed by Canon.” replies Alexander.

   

Do you accept the Holy Scrolls as revealing all things necessary for eternal salvation through faith?

   

"I do so accept them."

   

"Will you be diligent in prayer, in reading Holy Scrolls, and in all studies that will deepen your faith and fit you to bear witness to the truth of the Word?"

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

"Will you lead your people in proclaiming the glorious Word of Horen, so that the good news of salvation may be heard in every place?"

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

"Will you teach the doctrine of Horen as the Church of Faith has received it, will you refute error, and will you hand on entire the faith that is entrusted to you?"

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

"Will you be faithful in ordaining and commissioning ministers of the Church?"

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

“Will you be gentle and merciful for Horen’s sake to those who are in need, and speak for those who have no other to speak for them?”

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

"Will you endeavor to fashion your own life and that of your household according to the way of God and make your home a place of hospitality and welcome?"

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

"Will you work with your fellow servants in the Church for the sake of the kingdom of God?"

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

"Will you accept the discipline of this Church, exercising authority with justice, courtesy and love, and always holding before you the example of Horen?"

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

"Will you then, in the strength of the Holy Light, continually stir up the gift of God that is in you, that the good news of God may be proclaimed in all the Realm?"

   

"By the help of God, I will."

   

"Speak thus then the oath of the Pontificate, with the conclave and God as witness."

   

"I vow to change nothing of the received Tradition, and nothing thereof I have found before me guarded by my God-pleasing predecessors, to encroach upon, to alter, or to permit any innovation therein;

To the contrary: with glowing affection as her truly faithful student and successor, to safeguard reverently the passed-on good, with my whole strength and utmost effort;

To cleanse all that is in contradiction to the canonical order, should such appear; to guard the Holy Canons and Decrees of our Saints and Pontiffs as if they were the divine ordinance of Heaven, because I am conscious of Thee, whose place I take through the Grace of God, whose Vicarship I possess with Thy support, being subject to severest accounting before Thy Divine Tribunal over all that I shall confess;

I swear to God Almighty and the Favored son Horen that I will keep whatever has been revealed through Horen and His Successors and whatever the Saints and my predecessors have defined and declared.

I will keep without sacrifice to itself the discipline and the rite of the Church. I will put outside the Church whoever dares to go against this oath, may it be somebody else or I.

If I should undertake to act in anything of contrary sense, or should permit that it will be executed, Thou willst not be merciful to me on the dreadful Day of Divine Justice.

Accordingly, without exclusion, We subject to severest excommunication anyone -- be it Ourselves or be it another -- who would dare to undertake anything new in contradiction to this constituted Tradition and the purity of the Faith and the Faithful religion, or would seek to change anything by his opposing efforts, or would agree with those who undertake such a blasphemous venture."

   

As his oath come to close, Ves washes the face of Alexander and anoints his forehead with scented oils.

   

"Cleansed of worldly taint, you are reborn in the Creator's vision. Your heart blessed in the eternal compassion and truth of Horen; your soul aflame with the benevolent justice and fervor of Owyn; your body awash with the incredulous miracles and charisma of Godfrey; your mind attuned to the unworldly wisdom and vigor of Sigismund."

   

Bishop Ves then garbs the Gray in the pontifical cloth, and bestows the pontifical ferula.

   

"By this you are known to all as preserver of truths and lord spiritual."

   

Bishop Ves then retrieves the ring of St. Lucien, before sliding it upon the right ring finger of the anointed, and afterward, takes the pontifical mitre and rests it upon his brow.

   

   

I announce to you a great joy:

We have a High Pontiff!

The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord,

Alexander of Mardon. High Pontiff of the Canonist Faith

who takes to himself the name

LUCIEN V

 

[Reckless Banzai Screamer 15456]

"They said Lucienists turned Canonists....never. Canonists turned Lucienists!"

 

Rafael tightens the tinfoil hat around his head in order to keep voices sent by the Courlandic and Streltsy leagues out of his mind while he seeks rehabilitation.

 

 

[Endovelicus 614]

"Was there even an election?" Asks Vladimir. 

[Rudi 1747]

Ves Argo smiles the Sun's Smile.

[iris1612 1780]

5 minutes ago, TheAmazingPheonix said:

"Was there even an election?" Asks Vladimir. 

Nikolai would note that there was, in fact, an election, and that it was also a highly publicized election. He smiles, knowing that the open and clear way that the Canonist church conducts their Pontifical Elections makes it clear to everyone but a complete idiot that yes, in fact, there is always a Pontifical Election. He further muses that the only time in recent history when a pontiff was elected WITHOUT an election was in the case of Theodosius II, who was killed and is now reincarnated as the high priest of the True Faith. 

 

He donates a humble carrot to the Church of the Canon in honor of the newly elected Pontiff.

[osumanduas 1442]

*Pontiff Adrian I nods from the seven skies. 

[Aesopian 1640]

I should apply for the priestdom,Ti'gobser thinks.

[Guest]

"Hope he lives longer than the last Lucien. . ." Muttered a lost soul

[MunaZaldrizoti 8037]

3 hours ago, D0C104_F4T3 said:

Nikolai would note that there was, in fact, an election, and that it was also a highly publicized election. He smiles, knowing that the open and clear way that the Canonist church conducts their Pontifical Elections makes it clear to everyone but a complete idiot that yes, in fact, there is always a Pontifical Election. He further muses that the only time in recent history when a pontiff was elected WITHOUT an election was in the case of Theodosius II, who was killed and is now reincarnated as the high priest of the True Faith. 

 

He donates a humble carrot to the Church of the Canon in honor of the newly elected Pontiff.

"Woah...chill man." A peasant man would say, standing beside Nikolai.