Sacerdotii in Nostra Ecclesiae

[Gnomistry 1115]

Pontifical Encyclical:

Sacerdotii in Nostra Ecclesiae

 

To the Bishops, Priests,

Neophytes, and all the Lay Faithful

 

16th of Horen's Welcome, 1671

 

Spoiler

 

 

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His Holiness JUDE I, High Pontiff of the Church of the Canon, Metropolitan of Rhodesia, Successor of the High Priesthood of the Church, Supreme Pontiff of the Church of True Faith, Keeper of the Canon, Pilgrim to Aeldin, High Servant to the Exalted's Testaments, Humble Servant of the Faithful and Vicar of GOD doth decree…

 

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Brethren in GOD:

 

The fraternity of the priestly ministry of GOD is a role vital to our Church. The priest is the instrument as such that GOD imparts His divine will and sacred trust to fulfill the sacramental duties as prescribed by the Holy Canon scrolls and the Apostolic tradition of my predecessors in this holy office. Firstly, we as ordained all share in the one priesthood of GOD’s church, and like the prophets and saints who illumined the path of holiness before us, are mandated to be the vessels for which such holiness may radiate.

 

The parish is the essential unit of the Dominion of GOD and as such, is the aggregate component to the universal Canonist Church. All parishes share a mission with the Vicar of GOD to preach and chastise, to guide and pray in the name of the Holy scrolls. The priest is the central figure of the parish who is responsible for his community, and guided by his obedience to the bishop and to the Church, he ministers to his flock. It must be clarified that the priest is not a position of perversion for prestige among the people. Rather, he is a servant of his obedience to GOD and to the spiritual welfare of those to whom he is entrusted to minister. The parish priest is the cohesion of the local church in which the ecclesial ceremonies and requisite practices are thrust upon him to carry out. In this way, he is called to give himself wholly to the Godhead that ordains his station.

 

At the core of the duties of the parish priest is the celebration of the sacraments. His mandate is to faithfully adhere to the life of the Church that in these sacraments, he may impart the salvatory obligations to his faithful flock. Moreover, the parish priest is the immediate source of spiritual solidarity for a given people. When a family presents their child for baptism, the responsibility of the priest is to welcome the soul of new life into the mortal plane, christening the child’s head with the waters of Gamesh so as to usher the child into the salvation of Horen’s covenant in accordance with the formulaic instruction from the Magisterium of the Holy Canonist Church. When a couple is prepared for marriage, the priest and under the guidance of the bishop, must ensure that the man and woman are in a state of grace as as to graciously prepare them for the vows of holy matrimony. For as GOD ordained Horen and Julia under the holy institution of matrimony, it is the parish priest who must bear witness to this testament, renewing the very act of holy union that was ordained by GOD. These same precepts must be applied wherein the scrutiny of the priest’s responsibility extends to his role as a counsel. Upon hearing confession, the duty of the priest must be to act in the mercy and benevolence of GOD, calling into mind the Scroll of Virtue. He must be the witness for the faithful’s contrite heart and impart the absolution of sin so as to save and renew the baptismal vows conferred upon the people. As such, the life of the Church heavily depends on the diligence and fidelity that the parish priest exudes in performing the sacraments to the faithful flock. Lastly, the source and summit of the parish priest is his commitment to regularly celebrate the liturgy, in essence bring to the faithful the celebration of the Mass. The priest must facilitate in bringing to the forefront of his ministry in presiding over the highest form of worship in the Church, reciting the litanies and prayers most pleasing to GOD. It must be noted that the pastoral ministry of the parish is greatly dependant on him who must serve as the spiritual subsidiary of the entire Church community.

 

The parish priest is defined by his ability to readily make the sacraments available to the people. We the Pontificate do also reaffirm that in this regard, the parish priest must remain stalwart in defending the sacraments. We so hereby declare them sacramentum defensor, defenders of the sacraments. In this regard, the entirety of the Church entrusts that the priest protects the dignity and stature of these sacred and ancient rituals so as to prevent their abuse or perversion on the part of those who seek to commit sacrilege and confusion.

 

I, Jude,Vicar of GOD devote this prayer to the parishes of the mortal plane, devoting them to GOD and His Exalted that they may continue to proclaim the Holy Canon to all nations and all peoples:

 

GOD, benevolent and just,

grant priests in abundance

to serve as ministers of your Holy Scrolls.

Raise up among the faithful,

diligent and holy priests who will

ceaselessly continue the work

of all your saints and that of the Exalted,

preaching the salvation of Your divine Will,

now and until the end of the age.

 

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SANCTI APOSTOLI EVARISTUS ET CLEMENS: DE QUORUM POTESTATE ET AUCTORITATE CONFIDIMUS, IPSI INTERCEDANT PRO NOBIS AD DOMINUM.

 

☩ IN NOMINE PATRIS, et Horenus, et Exaltus Honorem. Amen.

 

REJOICE! GOD’S FAITHFUL TOIL NO LONGER.

 

 

 

Sunt etiamnum fidelium

 

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