Thesis - Perfecting The Ancient Vision

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Thesis – Perfecting The Ancient Vision

By Anseld Of Oren – Acolyte To His Eminence

Laurence August Pruvia – Cardinal Of Ves

 

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GLORIA PATRI ET HORENO, ET OMNIBUS SANCTIS!

“The youngest was Horen, who was neither tall nor short, not frail nor fierce, and he acted with

wisdom and restraint. Thus he did not share his brother’s ambitions, except to praise GOD.”

GOSPEL I:XL – XLI

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Hear ye’, hear ye’!

Good people of Oren,

 

Be not fooled by the fine-soled shoes on your feet, or the paved roads beneath them. Be not swayed by modern conceit, or visions of wealth and gems. Ye’ may look upon our ancestors and say, “By Jove, we’ve come so far. Look at those medieval savages- look at how they wallowed in mud and waved their lances around! The barbarians!” ‘Tis true, I concede. We have come far. And yet, with all their flabberghast and pearl-clutching, the typical modernist extends these stereotypes to Men Of The Cloth. With quiet spite and private contempt, they berate our spiritual guides and call them relics. Relics! Imagine that.

 

I harbor no resentment nor ill will for these folk. They are my brothers and sisters of the Empire, in most cases, with the exception of seditionists or foreign agents. But these same folk, in the comfort of their high walls and teeming burghs, have forgotten how close barbarity truly is. It hides in the forests and ruins of man. It festers in shadow. Any wayfaring stranger or common agrarian knows of what I speak- bandits and highwaymen. These vultures know not but lives of predation and theft. They do not embody the Canonist Virtue of Diligence. Their ‘labor’ is not GOD’s labor. It is wicked and sinful.

 

I say, GOD does not punish. He protects. And so too does His Word, which is meant to guide us toward lives of prosper and virtue. He intended for mankind a glorious, righteous Empire–Oren no doubt–with rulers who embodied His Word, guided by the vigilant hierarchy of the Church. And it is this great body, this beast of nations, which keeps the barbarity at bay. The very crux of civility extends from the Seven Virtues of Canonism, without which we would resort to bestial savagery. They are detailed in the Septalogue, received by no other than Exalted Horen himself, youngest son of the first man and father of humanity. Let us look to his example.

 

Fair Horen was a man of discipline, reservation, and faith. Neither fierce nor passive, as his brothers, but with a lasting devotion to GOD. He was a builder of cities. A leader among men. A guide. His ancient vision for us, derived from GOD’s eternal word, is threatened every day by those who wear the facade of ‘progress.’ I ask ye’- would any of them be literate, if not for the Church? Would ancient works of art, grandeur, and history have survived the hordes of time, if not for the Church? To these men and women I say thusly: the way forward is not a complete abandonment of our traditions and values. Horen’s tribe were not barbarians.

 

They were wise, pious folk... far ahead of their time. Their vision, of a people prospering in the great theater of virtue, has yet to be fully realized. Still, we are closer than ever. I beseech ye’, heed my words. The way forward is the perfection of Horen’s vision. We must follow his example, and the Church that upholds it, for it is precisely what separates us from the common beast, bandit, or barbarian. There is nothing ‘natural’ about it. We mortals have an innate weakness, a proclivity for sin. Through self-discipline, persistence, and intestinal fortitude, we must strive to do better. Better... in the eyes of GOD, for the true abundance is His abundance.

 

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GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO, ET IN TERRA PAX HOMINIBUS BONAE VOLUNTATIS!

“Horen wept for his people, for the sinful could not approach him. He went into the taber-

-nacle and spoke with his wife, who advised him of the sin that corrupted the world.”

GOSPEL II:XLIII – XLIV

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[Piov 2643]

Bishop Benedict nods approvingly upon reading the thesis, “A very well-written work by the one Anseld. Quite a promising theologian, I sense!”

[DahStalker 3692]

 Mariana weeps in slight joy upon reading, wiping a tear from the brim of her eye.