Pontifical Encyclical: Virtutem Magnum

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Pontifical Encyclical:

Virtutem Magnum

 

To the bishops, priests, deacons,

and all the lay faithful.

 

The 5th of the Grand Harvest, 1629

 

 

 

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His Holiness EVERARD IV, High Pontiff of the Church of the Canon, Archbishop of Fernandus, Jorenus, Lotharum, Aleksandria, Visigia and Erochland, Prince-Bishop of St. Thomas, Savoy, Mont St. Humbert, Johannesburg, Esheveurd, Luciensport, Huss, and Dibley, Abbot of Laureh’lin, and Hariam, Bishop of Godfreo, Versace, Mardon, and Carace, Minister-General of the Humbertines, Successor of the High Priesthood of the Church, Supreme Pontiff of the Church of True Faith, Keeper of the Canon, Missionary to Aeldin, High Servant to the Exalted's Testaments, Humble Servant of the Faithful and Vicar of God does decree…

 

 

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“Grace to thee and peace from our Lord GOD, the Most Merciful, Singular, and Omnipotent.”

 

It is herein granted, by the Grace of GOD and the fellowship of His saints who have so faithfully adhered to the words of the Canon and have lived out the call to holiness in their lifetime, that the Church teaches and professes the seven holy virtues of the Canon.

 

“The youngest was Horen, who was neither tall nor short, not frail nor fierce, and he acted with wisdom and restraint. And thus he was quite humble and did not share his brother’s ambitions, except to praise GOD.”

Godfrey 13:1-2

 

Fide (Faith)

The most fundamental and crucial element to an individual is to keep sacred the divinity of GOD in one’s own conscience. The simple profession of belief in the Singular Creator is the bedrock of the Church to which it binds itself to the Seven Skies. The Scroll of Virtue introduces this principle as the primordial component to the spiritual vessel. Thus it is faith that was first instituted within us at the moment of creation in the breath of life emanated from GOD. We are introduced to his omnipotent mastery over all things and as the ordinator of existence in all, visible and invisible.

 

Caritas (Charity)

The virtue of charity is defined as the active pursuit to the principle of faith. It is the exercising of one’s moral principles in the faith of GOD and His Church. We are called as brethren in the Godhead to be cooperators in charity, the continual pursuit of to the betterment of the lowly and those less endowed in the grace of spirit and material wealth. In this way, we are fulfilling the reason of our faith and of the things created for our use by implementing the benevolence of GOD to those who have yet to receive it.

 

Castitate (Temperance)

As the created children of the perfect Creator, it is logical to understand that our mortality is imperfect and flawed. This is not to say that GOD is imperfect and flawed. Yet, it is to orient our faith to understand that the Father of all life is the progenitor of all things whereas we are simple products of this omnipotence. Moreover, we are prone to enthrall ourselves in the toils of temporal artifice rather than on the piety of our better nature. The virtue of temperance is a reminder of our flawed existence, the need to be careful adherents to the wisdom of GOD, and to be ever vigilant in our behavior.

 

Diligentia (Diligence)

Exalted Horen reveals the words of GOD and the warning against idle speech and slothful labor. Our existence is to pursue the glorification of the Lord and the institution of charity, praise, and camaraderie among our brothers and sisters. We, as faithful flock of Canonist virtue, are charged with devoting our labors and vocations to the fulfillment of the divine Plan, the continual effort to promote the truth and to work for others rather than to succumb to temptation.

 

Patientia (Patience)

The virtue prescribed by patience is an invitation of introspection on our part concerning the life that we experience has a time and order understood and controlled at the whim of the Godhead. Therefore, we are to remain ever faithful to the time and place GOD has destined us to be stationed, to deny oneself and our obligations to our own toils in favor of the common good and of the law revealed to us by the Testaments of the Exalted. We are given pain, sickness, health, cure, life, and death all because of the One who wills it. They were instituted to remind us of our humanity and of the salvation we aspire to partake in when the time and order of GOD has been met.

 

Fidelitas (Fidelity)

Forasmuch as GOD sees fit, we are charged with the preservation of loyalty and fidelity to the order of nature and to the estates of men that He has instituted to our existence. Resignation to the laws of the divine and to those whom GOD has anointed to oversee the betterment of His people are crucial aspects in the maintenance of peace, unity, and order in the fabric of society. However, we are reminded that it is not our rank or status in this life that determines our plight in the afterlife, it is rather than actions and steadfast virtue we choose to uphold in that station of life.

 

Humilitas (Humility)

The virtue of humility can be juxtaposed much akin to that of the principle of fidelity and patience. We are reminded that we are not to be the judges of men’s behavior nor are we the infallible ordinators for our laws shall pass away. Look to the Canon, the Testament of GOD to which was divinely inspired by His chosen Prophets to foster the faithful. We must be humble and perceive ourselves as such so that our actions shall be beacons of light to those who long to see the face of GOD.

 

 These great virtues are the principles of our covenant with GOD, the guidelines to which we must closely adhere for our own salvation. Thus as it has been duly ordained by the Creator, we are called to acknowledge these principles as the law in which we conduct ourselves, to orient ourselves in the likeness of these virtues so that we might find life and truth in our worldly journeys.

 

With these virtues now primal in our pursuit to unify all things through faith, We the Pontificate rejoice with great mirth at the one year conversion and baptism of His Majesty, King Abdes de Savin of Santegia to the true Church! Let all sinners and heretics find solace in conversion and the power of the Creator, GOD our Lord and Sovereign of the Skies and of the mortal plane. With good tidings and blessings, we celebrate.

 

With grace and blessings from Almighty GOD, His Most Exalted Prophets, His communion of saints and Aenguls, we pray. Amen.

 

REJOICE! GOD’S FAITHFUL TOIL NO LONGER!

 

 

Miserando atque eligendo

 

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