Bemusement Upon the State of Devotion

[LoLzboi 661]

STATUM RELIGIONIS PERPLEXUS

BEMUSEMENT UPON THE STATE OF DEVOTION

 

14th of Owyn’s Light, 1717

 

 

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His Holiness Siegmund, 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 bemuse…

 

 

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To the Brothers and Sisters who have been without a true and proper Pontiff by which to guide them for the course of the multitude of years I have been lost to the whimsical nature of the sea, I write to you this day upon that which I have come to reflect upon in my first year upon this new continent of Acras. It has taken me far longer than I had hoped to fully begin to grasp that which has taken place since my forced leave by Aurelius Horen, the so called ‘Divine’ Emperor, and in that time it seems to me that the good faith by which we wish to serve GOD dutifully and fully through has been wholly corrupted against this very action.

 

Bemusement of the State of the Political Realm:

 

Upon my return it had baffled me initially to learn that a once united and strong Canonist people had, once again, been divided amongst themselves by greed, and sin, and hatred untoward one another. Yet this is not the full extent of my bewilderment, for to learn that the so called ‘Divine’ bloodline of Horen had rebelled against themselves had truly thrown me to the wayside of expectancy unexpectedly. Truly, for the blood lines of the Horens to bear their teeth and gnash at each others necks, only a few short years after Aurelius Horen had abdicated his throne and disappeared into the sunset of time, is most definitely a sign that perhaps all came to pass as a punishment by GOD for abandoning Him and upholding a pretender in His place as a sullied icon. The same punishment handed down to he who did the same to the once deposed High Pontiff Theodosius II before meeting his own end at the physical manifestation of his cold deeds towards GOD’s humble servants.

 

Bemusement of the State of the Religious Realm:

 

Now in the modern age that is this war, I see two who claim divine right above one another. In this, I most certainly detest, yet perhaps there is merit to one cause that the other does lack. For instance, upon my return the Emperor Godfrey III wholly accepted me and all that that would bring without a blink of doubt in his eye, much more than the viper tongued words of those who whispered amongst themselves blasphemies and derogations towards GOD’s true Pontiff. Once more, to learn that a Holy Orenian Emperor had been coronated brought forth an anger in myself that I had not felt since Aurelius’ first proclamation, for how can a pretender to GOD’s most high mortal station ever hope to coronate a Divinely inspired ruler if he himself is not Divine by right of following in the footsteps of those men who were excommunicated for their treachery against Him? Especially when the coronation requires the Holy Relic of the Crown of Horen, an artifact that I am in possession of, for it to be truly done to the letter of what GOD requires? No, there is but one Emperor upon Acras and beside him but one High Pontiff, and to those men who look upon Joseph Marna with any esteem, I beg of you to truly head my words. You stand beside a pretender bearing a false crown, given to him by a pretender bearing false Laurels, all the while the holy men that surround them both dance and cheer for the continuation of bloodshed and paganistic ritual sacrifice of their enemies.

 

Reflections of an aging man:

 

In these last words, brother and sisters in GOD, I speak in the most plain of tongue for your understanding;

 

Let us not be drawn into hatred for these men who rise against their true Emperor and throw off the true Faith from their shoulders, for we should pity them and their misgivings for one day each will receive his penance as he deserves from GOD above.

 

Pray for them, borthers and sisters, perhaps there is hope yet for their souls.

 

 

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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.

☩ W IMIĘ OJCA, i Horena, i vysoka wznoisłw. Amin.

 

 

REJOICE! GOD’S FAITHFUL TOIL NO LONGER.

 

Velykyy plan jest wypaczony przez povstannya

 

[sergisala 3451]

“May GOD bless His Holiness Siegmund I!” a man would say

[HurferDurfer1 2978]

“How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man, stop coming back from the grave.” bottle

[Archbishop 1784]

“You seem to be glossing over the fact that Remus made John Alexander ‘High Pontiff’ before your mysterious return. You seem to be ignoring the many egregious sins and crimes of the Pertinaxi dynasty, including the terrible sack of Ves in which Renatian soldiers mercilessly cut down unarmed and innocent citizens and razed their homes to the ground. You seem to ignoring the fact that this ‘Anti-Pontiff’, John Alexander, officiated the marriage ceremony between Remus and his child-groom. A non-ordained clergymen officiating a wedding between a two underage people, surely you can see that is wrong. Perhaps you lust for importance and power blinds you to this or you willingly turn a blind eye as that does not suit you, I do not know. Even now Remus calls himself ‘Divine Emperor’ and you turn a blind eye. You are truly a sinful man, a craven who hides in shadows only publishing missives rather then attending to the faithful. We should also bring up the fact that if you were the ‘true Pontiff’ then the past two Emperors are illegitimate, making the current one illegitimate also. You were more than happy to excommunicate Cassius for killing clergymen based off 1 eye witness account of a pagan Rosenyr yet you stand idle when an entire city witnessed the murder of a clergymen in Adria at the hands of Dragon-Knights, what a world we live in. The fact you turn a blind eye to all of this just proves you are doing this for relevancy and power, you are no true Pontiff, you were deposed for corruption and madness before your pathetic attempt at removing the bishops so they couldn’t remove you for what you were, a vain old man whose grasp on reality slips every day.” said Archbishop Zachery.