TERTIA AUREA BULLA JORENUS

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TERTIA AUREA BULLA JORENUS

THE THIRD GOLDEN BULL OF JORENUS

7th of Sigismund’s End, 1853 | 7th of Joma & Umund, 406 ES.

 

HIS HOLINESS EVERARD VI, High Pontiff of the Church of the Canon, Archbishop of Visigia, 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…

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SECTION I - Opening Prayer

SECTION II - Synod Appointments

SECTION III - Curia Appointments

SECTION IV - On the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn

SECTION V - Marital Dissolution

SECTION VI - Canonizations

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SECTION I

 

O Lord, we beseech Thee mercifully to 

receive the prayers of Thy people who call upon Thee; 

and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, 

and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same. Amen. 

 

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SECTION II 

 

It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel derived from the Exalted that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the College of Cardinals. We decree these appointments…

 

TMR, His Eminence, Fr. August Cardinal Providentia

TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Jordan Cardinal Jorenus

TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Francis Cardinal Albarosa

TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Alfred Cardinal Nescia

TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Fiodor Cardinal Allobrogum

 

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SECTION III

 

It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel derived from the Exalted that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the Curia. We decree these appointments…

 

Vice Chancellor, His Eminence, Jordan Cardinal Jorenus

Prelate of the Clergy, His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Providentia

Ecclesiastical Auditor, His Eminence, Alfred Cardinal Nescia

Pontifical Secretary, The Reverend, Presbyter Ileana

Pontifical Chamberlain, His Eminence, Fiodor Cardinal Allobrogum

Apostolic General, Her Excellency, Faux Amati

The Holy Mother, Her Excellency, Lotte-Adelinda von Alstreim

 

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SECTION IV

 

In recent years, it has been brought to Our attention that the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn has suffered in activity and loyalties, with some knights forgoing their oaths to Our Church and faith in favor of secular ambition. As a result, Our Curia have begun the process of reforming the order. More details on this effort shall be published as they are determined.

 

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SECTION V

 

It is with great sorrow that We write this, for after great conversation with Ser Viktor Baruch of Haense, We have learned of the true state of his union with Eugenie Cecile de Savoie, a marriage that has survived even attempted assassinations. However, the course of their marriage has been determined, so We will be guided by what lies ahead of Us. With the testimony We have received, We find that their marriage has no bright future and that the best option is to announce dissolution.

 

Therefore through Our Pontifical authority, We declare the union between Viktor Baruch and Eugenie Cecile dissolved, on account of the latter’s abandonment of her marriage and duties as a wife. Their children shall remain legitimate in Our eyes. Should either party desire to remarry in the future, they must seek Our permission before doing so.

 

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SECTION VI

 

Through Our Apostolic Authority, and with the approval of a majority of the College of Cardinals, We hereby Canonize the following:

 

ST. RICK FELDER OF KAEDRIN

Patron Saint of Heroes, Bannermen, and the Fight Against Setherien

 

There is sparse documentation that has remained on the origins of the Kaedreni man known as Rick Felder except for surviving writings belonging to him or the lingering tales surrounding this older hero of Imperial Oren and Kaedrin.

 

Rick Felder was born sometime in the First Empire where he’d pursue a military career under House Valois and then the Salvus Shields beginning at the age of 17. It wasn’t until he was recruited into the Order of the White Rose under Saint Peter and Saint Thomas did he find a truly calling path to pursue his deeds to come. Rick Felder participated in the sacking of Malinor, joined the vanguard in battle against the dwarves at Nation’s Crossing, had reportedly saved Saint Thomas from an elven assassin and was rewarded for his deeds in battle by Emperor Horen V.

 

What separated Rick Felder from some of his contemporaries however was when Rick Felder participated in the first Marked missions to explore the frozen north, the drakaar Setherien’s domain. When Exodus happened, Rick Felder chose to stay behind in the realm of Anthos in order to continue the fight against drakaar who he had multiple incursions with throughout the remainder of his years.

 

With the White Rose gone, Rick Felder would serve as a military spy to the Prophet Sigismund when humanity was brought back together after Exodus and later a tactician for King Heinrik Carrion. Rick Felder would join arms with his fellow White Rose man-at-arms veteran Blessed Jack Rovin in the Order of Saint Lucien where he’d lead expeditions into the north on a holy crusade to smite Setherien’s forces and find a weakness to the drakaar.

 

Rick Felder was responsible for the tactical planning behind much of humanity’s land reacquisition in the fight against Setherien allowing both halflings and mankind to resettle lands formally lost to Setherien’s Black Scourge. He would also rediscover the Golden Lance and ensured the proper ballista use that would slay Setherien once and for all in the realm of the Fringe.

 

There is little writing of Rick Felder after this battle with many assuming the hero had fallen into obscurity once his life’s work was completed though many of his descendants would rise throughout human history participating in some more of our race’s greatest moments. Most credit is often given to the Order of the Golden Lance for Setherien’s death but the Greater Houses and families of long lineage in humanity often retell the story of Rick Felder being the true hero against the drakaar. He’s most noted for being a White Rose veteran, a Knight Commander and Holy Ser in the Order of Saint Lucien and for his tireless efforts to protect the realm of the descendants from the great bane of the era. In his era he was most often referred to as ‘The Super Soldier’ and was dearly loved by his people.

 

MIRACLE 1

During the many skirmishes with Mordring’s Minions, the men of the Death’s End Company would often find themselves outnumbered and on the defensive. One such skirmish, however, came to be known as the “Battle of the Bridge'' whereby the company was nearly entirely wiped out by an undead horde so massive it would have required a nation to repel it. One lowly soldier was reported to have knelt in prayer as that horde swelled across the bridge; he prayed that the Super Soldier, Rick Felder, might aid them in repelling the attack. Screaming did that spirit of Rick Felder manifest before the routing men, glorious and golden. The spirit harked and raved that only cowards flee and that humanity itself depended on the success of the soldiers that day. Overwhelmed with piety and bravery, the Death’s End Company rallied and engaged in a counter charge so ferocious that the necrotics themselves turned in terror. The day was won due to the intervention of the Super Soldier.

 

MIRACLE 2

During the collapse of the Imperium Quintus, the men of the Empire sought to destroy their own capital with the aid of a Thanhic Explosive. Though the aftermath is well documented, little was known about what happened within the city in the hours prior. One such tale describes how a soldier of the Johannesburg Guard sought to die with his city in an act of solidarity and defiance against the Courlandic usurpers. As the clock’s hand neared devastation, that soldier closed his eyes in prayer so that he could face death bravely. Rick Felder’s spirit manifested before the guardsman and spoke with a booming voice. He said that Humanity still needed heroes and that his life would be wasted in an act of pride: work still had to be done. That soldier, awestruck, heeded the advice of the Super Soldier and fled the city moments before being caught in its frigid desolation. He eventually moved to Metz and served as a medic for many years, using his second chance to ensure that others did not perish before their time.

 

ST. KING CAIUS OF THE WESTERLANDS

Patron Saint of the Westerlands, Humor and the Fight Against Undead

 

Caius Horen was born during the Fifth Empire during the reign of John III to the small Barony of Senntisten. A rather sickly and craven boy, Caius’s father, Arch-Chancellor Leopold of Marna, constantly threatened to have him live the remainder of his youth at a monastery. This threat of losing freedom and family spurred Caius into working as diligently as he possibly could. He undertook squirehood and worked fervently in his youth for the bustling administration as an assistant. Eventually, he earned his spurs yet had not seen any battle.

 

The Arch-Chancellor could not remain in Johannesburg forever. Having discovered a necrotic portal to the Drakaar Mordring’s realm, the Sunless Sanctum, the men under Leopold’s employ moved westwards in order to establish the fortress of Death’s End. Suddenly, Caius was stripped of his warm heartland home and thrown into the frigid wastes which were brimming with undead. This did not stop his endeavours to prove himself to his family and peers - it made him work even harder.

 

Leopold was not yet convinced of his son’s valour and thus entrusted to him the sacred duty of “Door Boy” to prove his worth. While in the fortress, Caius flawlessly managed its keys and locks in order to sift out possible assassins and nefarious agents. While on the battlefield, Caius took arms with his fellow Companymen and conquered his fears when he fought knee deep in snow to protect Humanity and all which was sacred. As the Westerlandic Prince, Caius also engaged in numerous diplomatic missions throughout the world in hopes of acquiring aid to combat the undead threat. Over time, the soldiers of the Westerlands began to truly see Caius for what he was: a hero to be loved. It was why there was no conflict for Caius’s succession to the Westerlandic Throne.

 

Following the destruction of Johannesburg, Leopold had schism’d from the Church of Canon due to his disdain that the Church had propped up Courlandic usurpers. After his father’s abdication, Caius would remedy the schism and return the bustling Owynist sect to the Canonist fold. The situation in the Westerlands deteriorated, however, and Caius utilized his newfound charisma and courage to keep the morale of his troops high in those deathly wastes. 

 

Though a man of the people, his benevolence did not make him feared by would-be schemers. Courlandics who were spiteful of his lineage and the self-indulging eunuchs within Caius’s own council began to chip away at the man that was Caius. Soon, Caius and his only son would become the victims of attempted assassination. His son was not so lucky. Driven to the point of insanity, Caius adorned himself with clown’s makeup and vanished from the Westerlands as the eunuchs slew one another and the walls began to crumble. The Westerlands had perished, and Caius had gone into exile.

 

Two decades later, a band of Lucienists were fleeing North from the ruined husk of Johannesburg. Pursuing them was an endless horde of necrophages which demanded their flesh. Those Lucienists took shelter in the cold and desolate ruins of Senntisten where they discovered a clown sitting lonesome atop a throne. The figure introduced himself as Caius and with a chuckle he aided those men in the barricading of his fortress. A great battle ensued and many lives were lost; though, the living won the day. Unfortunately, Caius had taken an arrow through the ribs and in his final moments he had returned to reality. That clown had been replaced with a man accepting his fate, one who had performed one final blessed deed to protect those who would oppose evil. And so ended the tale of Caius Horen.

 

MIRACLE 1

A Rhodesian peasant was accosted on his travels by what he recalled as a robed skeleton that demanded a blood tithe from him in exchange for his life. The peasant attempted banter with the necrotic but the dark entity was insistent and came close to cutting down the Rhodesian. The peasant dipped his head low, unable to make visual contact with the empty sockets of this dark foe and fell to prayer, asking for GOD to send the Lord of Laughter to make light of this situation and save his life. Just as the robed skeleton had finished its malevolent monologue, a round red rubber ball appeared on its noseless face. The peasant looked up then, and through finding some humor in this despair he reached out to squeezed the red ball and it honked. Believing the peasant was of powerful sorcery, the necrotic opted to flee before more was done to his being.

 

MIRACLE 2

Far across the sea in the land of Gaekrin, a Lector Novitiate was tasked with the sacred responsibility of managing the keys and locks of Ard’Kharyll. When distributing keys to a Father Lector during a tour of the greater fortress, the door to the Lectorate’s orphan nursery inexplicably became jammed. The Novitiate, in embarrassment, muttered how King Caius never had to deal with such a problem. The Father Lector reached for the door knob to inspect it; suddenly, it began to glow. The Lector released an eldritch howl of pain as their true, dark form was revealed! The necrotic became stuck to the knob and that shriek gave way to burning embers as the creature was turned to ash. The Novitiate, awestruck, opened that door with ease. It appeared that Caius had not only protected Lectors from betrayal, but also the babes the creature sought to feast upon.

 

ST. PRINCE OTTOMAR OF MERRYWEATHER

Patron Saint of Children and Sutica

 

Prince Ottomar of Merryweather, born Ottomar von Alstreim, was raised in the recently established colony of Fausten, belonging to the Sutican Crown of Atheran Salvus. The news of his birth was met by celebrations and earnest prayers for his continued health among the Canonists of Sutica, both in the polity’s Arcasian heartlands and her overseas domain: the infant was bestowed the substantive title of Prince of Merryweather, created to commemorate the recent Sutican victory in the war against Oren and the established Peace of GOD among the Arcasian Canonists. The title, in effect, named Ottomar the future successor to the Crowns of Sutica and Atheran Salvus, as King Corwin I of Sutica had no children of his own.

 

These celebrations were of short nature. Mere months after Ottomar’s birth, the King of Sutica was overthrown in a treacherous coup of the Sutican Uialbenites, fearful of Sutica’s newfound commitment to Canonism and its values. The eventual knowledge imparted upon him of the loss of his rightful inheritance, however, did not disturb the child, whose mental development and earnest piety and devotion from his earliest days of conscience were nothing short of a miracle. It was said that Ottomar could recite the Canon from memory before learning to walk, and that between the ages of three and five he had obtained a grasp on matters of history, theology and architecture envied by many adults of the colony.

 

At the age of seven, after a thorough study of the incoming reports of the plights and pogroms of Canonists under the rule of Uialben usurpers in Sutica, Ottomar reportedly was so moved that he requested of the loyalist authorities of Fausten to ferry him over to Arcas, to parley with his people’s Elven enemies. The deputy governor of Atheran Salvus, compelled by the Prince’s fervor and unusual intelligence, and with the reluctant consent of Ottomar’s parents, approved an expedition of seventy-seven sailors and cuirassiers.

 

Invoking the Saints and braving the numerous shipwrecking storms of the Terran oceans, the expedition arrived in Arcas in late 1790, in the heat of the Inferi War. Dressed in Royal Alstreim regalia and carrying a tome of the Holy Scrolls, Ottomar disembarked with his entourage of guardsmen in the Sutican port, kept at immediate swordpoint by an angry and alarmed militia of Sutican mixbreeds, Uialbenites and Human apostates. Without fear and with utmost confidence, the child-Prince recited excerpts from the Canon, informing the Uialbenite mob that Divine will demanded the return of the Sutican Crown and an immediate end to their persecution of Canonists. When the mob sneered and raged at the child’s words, proclaiming that “Sutica belonged to no valah'', Ottomar simply replied, unwavering: “Sutica belongs to GOD.”

 

Such was the outrage of the assembled crowd at these words that they immediately beset upon the Salvian cuirassiers with steel and magicks, striking down the seven-year-old Ottomar and most of his guardsmen. In the ensuing chaos, the Prince’s body was recovered and spared from desecration by the surviving sailors who then immediately weighed anchor. Their testimony was that the child-Prince suffered his martyrdom stoically, without a single tear, as the Uialbenite mob tore at him. The Infant-Martyr’s body was transported back to Fausten, reported to have remained incorrupt throughout the entire voyage and in the following years. 

 

MIRACLE 1

The Uialbenite usurpers, following the vicious murder of Prince Ottomar, sought to utilize the architectural plans for a new Sutican capital devised for the upcoming exodus to Almaris by King Corwin, altered by the Infant-Martyr in Fausten during his studies of architecture and seized in various forms from both the King’s quarters and the Prince’s Atheran entourage of guardsmen. However, when the Uialbenite council unveiled the blueprints, intent on removing from them the plans for a grand Sutican basilica, the ink reportedly turned into flowing blood, staining the prints before dissipating entirely, leaving blank papers in its stead. The council was instead forced to raise an infamously dysfunctional makeshift city, known to have contained many weak points which eventually aided the Canonist Reclamation’s capture of the city.

           

MIRACLE 2

During the Sutican Rebellion, instigated against the Canonist government of Queen Johanna by apostates and overseas Uialbenites, the loyalist garrison at the Rhine found itself encircled and besieged by rebels. Cut off, the desperate men of the Banardian Brigade prayed to the Infant-Martyr for relief; mere hours later, as the garrison was about to break ranks, a reinforcement banner of Haeseni knights, reportedly compelled by an unshakable urge to set off towards the Rhine instead of encamping at Osanora, arrived at the most opportune moment for the defenders to break the siege. A pitched battle between the Haeseni and the loyalists, and the rebels, Rustlers and Uialbenites ensued. The rebel commander, Corbin Wick, was reportedly struck off his steed by a mirage of a childlike figure descended from the Skies, resulting in his capture and subsequent execution. Deprived of his leadership, the rebel force was routed; only a single rebel Elf survived and fled the field of battle.

 

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THE HOLY MOTHER CHURCH OF THE CANON

Under GODAN. maintained by His Holiness Everard VI

 

THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS

 

AUGUST CARDINAL PROVIDENTIA

Metropolitanate of Providentia

 

FRANCIS CARDINAL ALBAROSA

Archdiocese of Albarosa

 

JORDAN CARDINAL JORENUS

Patriarchate of Jorenus

 

ALFRED CARDINAL NESCIA

Archdiocese of Nescia

 

FIODOR CARDINAL ALLOBROGUM

Archdiocese of Allobrogum

 

THE CURIA

 

JORDAN CARDINAL JORENUS

Vice-Chancellor of the Church of the Canon

 

FRANCIS CARDINAL ALBAROSA

Prelate of the Clergy of the Church of the Canon

 

TR PRESBYTER ILEANA

Pontifical Secretary of the Church of the Canon

 

ALFRED CARDINAL NESCIA

Ecclesiastical Auditor of the Church of the Canon

 

FIODOR CARDINAL ALLOBROGUM

Pontifical Chamberlain of the Church of the Canon

 

THE HOLY DAME FAUX AMATI

Apostolic-General of the Supreme Order of Ex. Owyn

 

LOTTE-ADELINDA VON ALSTREIM

Holy Mother of the Canonist Church

 

CANONIST DIOCESES

 

 

METROPOLITANATE OF PROVIDENTIA 

Encompassing the city of Providence, to be shepherded by Metropolitan August Cardinal Providentia.

 

 

PATRIARCHATE OF JORENUS

Encompassing the entirety of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska & the Kingdom of Norland, to be shepherded by Patriarch Jordan Cardinal Jorenus.

 

DIOCESE OF HENRIKEV, encompassing the entirety of the Capital City of Karosgrad, to be shepherded by Patriarch Jordan Cardinal Jorenus.

 

DIOCESE OF VALWYCK, encompassing the lands to the north and east of the Capital City of Karosgrad, to be shepherded by Karl Otto Bishop Valwyck.

 

DIOCESE OF REINMAR, encompassing the lands to the south and west of the Capital City of Karosgrad, to remain in sede vacante.

 

TITULAR DIOCESE OF LEUMONT, encompassing the city of Leumont and the region of the Kingdom of Norland, granted to Patriarch Jordan Cardinal Jorenus.

 

 

ARCHDIOCESE OF ALBAROSA 

Encompassing everything beyond the Capital City of Providence that is within the Holy Orenian Empire, to be shepherded by Archbishop Francis Cardinal Albarosa.

 

DIOCESE OF ROCHEFORT, encompassing the Municipality of Redenford, and the surrounding lands including the County of Halstaig, to be shepherded by Archbishop Francis Cardinal Albarosa.

 

DIOCESE OF BURON, Encompassing the Municipality of Dobrov and the surrounding lands, to be shepherded by Vinzant Bishop Buron.

 

 

ARCHDIOCESE OF NESCIA

Encompassing the southern region of the northern continent, including the land of the Vasoyevi, Sedan, and Du Loc, to be shepherded by Archbishop Alfred Cardinal Nescia.

 

DIOCESE OF AQUILA, encompassing the lands of Sedan and Du Loc, shepherded by Jeremi Bishop Aquila.

 

 

ARCHDIOCESE OF ALLOBROGUM

Encompassing the entirety of the Principality of Savoy and the lands of the Southern Continent, shepherded by Archbishop Fiodor Cardinal Allobrogum.

 

DIOCESE OF SAN LUCIANO, encompassing the city of San Luciano, shepherded by Markos Bishop San Luciano.

 

DIOCESE OF FREIMARK, encompassing the County of Freimark and surrounding lands, shepherded by Fiodor Cardinal Allobrogum.

☩AD MAIOREM DEI GLORIAM☩

FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by Pureimp10

[argonian 12836]

Jurgen prays to St. Ottomar!

[rep2k 2477]

Erhard prays to St. Ottomar!

[Lectorate 537]

The Lectors of Owyn REJOICE as Saint Felder is finally recognized for the defeat of Setherien. A silent prayer is offered for the late Saint Caius.

 

 

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by Lectorate

[Asutto 1947]

7 minutes ago, Pureimp10 said:

METROPOLITANATE OF PROVIDENTIA, THE HOLY SEE 

Encompassing the seat of the Fidei Defensor and the Holy See, to be shepherded by Metropolitan August Cardinal Providentia.

"Oh" Simply remarked a young Princess Victoria

[LithiumSedai 4835]

Ulrich Lothar lit a candle for the canonized Saints - one for the Super-Soldier, one for the Waldenic King, and one for the Infant-Martyr. His hand quivered greatly before the latter, however, and a single tear escaped his eye. He prayed then to his elder brother, Saint Ottomar, for guidance in the coming days.

 

 

[UnBaed 8909]

As The Baroness of Woldzmir heard news of King Caius' ascension to Sainthood, a smile crept onto her face and her thoughts trailed back to her younger years.  A wayward girl seeking answers to her dozens of questions and dark mysteries, Moliana wouldn't have learned all that she had today without having gifted her relic of a painting of Caius to the library in the fortress of Du Loc.  Perhaps she had been blessed by him within her misfortunate adventures, at some point or another.

[Ramon 3877]

Fiodor prays to St. Ottomar

[Reckless Banzai Screamer 11508]

Paco smiled as the paladin revisionist history was thwarted. Saint Rick, Super Soldier for humanity, got the final hit on Setherien.

[_Sug 2554]

One St. Jude of Cyranium and Petrus smiles at the works of the Papal Bull.

[Felder 92]

 

 

 

Rick Felder smiles as he looks upon humanity.