QUARTUS AUREA BULLA APOSTOLICUS

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PEACE AND BLESSINGS
QUARTUS AUREA BULLA APOSTOLICUS
Fourth Golden Bull of the Apostolic City

6th of Owyn’s Flame, 1969 F.A | 6th of Malin’s Welcome, 173 S.A.| 6th of Jula and Piov, 522 E.S.

HIS HOLINESS SIXTUS 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, Sovereign of the Apostolic City, Humble Servant of the Faithful and Vicar of GOD does decree…

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SECTION I - OPENING PRAYER
SECTION II - DIOCESAN APPOINTMENTS
SECTION III - COLLEGE APPOINTMENTS
SECTION IV - CURIA APPOINTMENTS
SECTION V - THIRD EDITION OF THE CODEX IURIUS
SECTION VI - THE SYNOD ON HOMOPHILIC MATRIMONY
SECTION VII - ORDER OF THE BLACK SEPULCHRE
SECTION VIII - MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS
SECTION IX - CANONIZATIONS
SECTION X - PRO THRONO GODUINI
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SECTION I - OPENING PRAYER

 

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, whose word lasts into the eve of the world, Your will be done. We see Your flock once again united in peace, and we pray that You continue to bind them in this great pacific matrimony, that You will bless their hearts with love, brotherhood and appreciation. We ask also that You fill their minds with virtue and righteousness and that You may turn their attention back to Your miracles with eyes full of wonder. We ask that You keep us amongst ourselves in unity, as we have kept You in unity inside our hearts and minds. Amen.
 

 

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SECTION II - DIOCESAN APPOINTMENTS

 

It is through our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto us through the Laurel derived from the Exalted that we appoint the following members of the priesthood to shepherd and be pastor of the Church’s Dioceses:

 

ARCHDIOCESE OF ARTORUS
To be shepherded by Archbishop Mattia Cardinal Artorus

DIOCESE OF TYRIA
To be shepherded by Bishop Belisarios
 

 

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SECTION III - COLLEGE APPOINTMENTS

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 the College to be thus:

TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Josef Cardinal Jorenus
TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Matthias Cardinal Lotharia
TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Brandt Cardinal Albarosa
TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Frantzisko Cardinal St. Godwin
TMR, Her Eminence, Mr. Rhosyn Cardinal Casica
TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Mattia Cardinal Artorus
TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Villorik Cardinal Westerwald
 

 

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SECTION IV - CURIA APPOINTMENTS

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 the Curia to be thus:

Vice Chancellor, His Eminence, Matthias Cardinal Lotharia
Auditor of the Tribunal, His Eminence, Mattia Cardinal Artorus
Secretariat to His Holiness, His Eminence, Josef Cardinal Jorenus
Prelate of the Priesthood, Her Eminence, Rhosyn Cardinal Casica
Pontifical Chamberlain, His Eminence, Brandt Cardinal Albarosa
Commandant of the Pontifical Guard, His Eminence, Villorik Cardinal Westerwald
Palatine of the Apostolic City, His Eminence, Frantzisko Cardinal St. Godwin

 

 

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SECTION V - THIRD EDITION OF THE CODEX IURIUS

It is through our position as the Supreme Pontiff of the Priesthood of Clement and Evaristus that we hereby announce the third edition of the Codex Iurius Canonici Danielus Pontifex. The rewriting of the book of Canon Law is done and has since been published before the writing of this Golden Bull. We thank the Curia for assisting us where they did in writing this monumental modernization of the Church’s legal code and we thank our predecessors High Pontiffs Daniel VI and James II for being the giants on whose shoulders we stood.

Notable changes and additions to this new third edition of the Codex Iurius include sections on Defrockment, the Diet of Bishops and the Synod, a new Order of Canonici with the honorific title of Canonicus for particularly learned priests, a complete overhaul of the section on the Ordering of Pastoral Authority to make it clearer and more complete, as well as various other changes pertaining to the likes of Canonist Empires, Patriarchates, Non-Gendered language when it comes to laws about priests and more.
 

 

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SECTION VI - THE SYNOD ON HOMOPHILIC MATRIMONY

Recently, international debate encompassing all of Canondom was sparked by the rulers of Petra, Balian, Numendil and Hyspia when they published a missive called “Four Canonist Princes on Marriage”, in which they argued for the legalization of same sex marriage, known in theological terms as Homophilic Matrimony. They also declared they would make the secular laws of their nations fit this reform. More recently we have met with Queen Sybille of Balian to discuss the topic, as we felt these four princes had gone behind the Church’s back on a matter pertaining to the sacraments. We are happy to inform the Canonist flock that this was not the intention of the four princes and things have been smoothed over.

For the time being, the secular laws of these nations will not cater to supporting homophilic matrimony, as currently such a practice is still forbidden by Canon Law and the four princes are bound by the oath of their rulership to rule in a manner that adheres to Canonist religious doctrine. We have however, for those who may have missed the declaration, declared that there is to be a Synod on the topic of whether or not to allow Homophilic Matrimony. This Synod will be held next year at the Holy See. Every ordained priest is invited, though as to prevent the Synod from being hindered by political advocacy, laymen attendees and spectators will not be welcome. On a similar note, the sacrament of ordination is temporarily prohibited as to prevent radicals advocating for either side on the issue of Homophilic Matrimony from hastily joining the priesthood for the mere purpose of voting in the Synod. Ordinations will be opened up again after the Synod has concluded. In the meantime priests and laymen alike are urged to engage in public discourse on the subject.

 

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SECTION VII - ORDER OF THE BLACK SEPULCHER

 

The Order of the Black Sepulchre is the oldest holy order still in existence. Its purpose was to serve as an acknowledgement of exceptional service by laymen to the church, an honor to be bestowed upon worthy canonists. And an honor it is indeed to be a member of the order, with the name of the order referring to urns with ashes of Sainted and Blessed individuals that the order's members are entrusted to carry with them and protect.
Sadly however, much of this is mere theory at this moment in time. The Order of the Black Sepulchre currently has only one living member, as the last time that people were bestowed its knightly honor was under High Pontiff Pontian IV. This last living member, Cardinal Brandt - who was knighted while he was still a Duke, is still holding steadfast to showing exceptional service to the church, but there are none other than him to carry on the order’s legacy.

Needless to say it would be a shame to let such a historic and honorable order of the Church fall into obscurity and for that reason we have tasked our newly appointed Cardinal Villorik with doing something about this. Cardinal Villorik had been given the Curia position of Commandant of the Pontifical Guard, and as part of his duties, he is entrusted with organizing and managing the Church’s orders of knighthood. Cardinal Villorik will therefore be looking for suitable candidates to be inducted into the Order of the Black Sepulchre - honorable and virtuous laymen who have shown exceptional service to our Faith. Any monarch or head of a knightly order may write to the Cardinal to nominate individuals whom they deem suitable candidates. 

 

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SECTION VIII - MARRIAGE DISSOLUTIONS

Matrimony is a most Holy sacrament, granted by GOD through his clergymen that serve the flock. However while the union created between a man and a woman through the sacrament of Matrimony is meant to be an eternal one, sometimes the situation causes the Church to have to intervene, for one reason or another, through an official dissolution of the pair’s union. 

 

Today, We perform such once more, as it is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel derived from the Exalted that we officially dissolve the union of Cassian Reyes and Sandra el Khoury. We do this on grounds of the breaking of marital vows made by mister Reyes - not taking the name el Khoury as promised, as well as his apparent unfaithfulness to his wife, miss el Khoury. Additionally, miss el Khoury was found in recent years to be a vampyre, which has further broken the bonds of this holy matrimony despite her having been forcefully cured since then. As the couple has tried in vain for many years to make their sacred union work, we hereby dissolve it.

We also perform another matrimonial dissolution, as we officially dissolve the union of Ivan Arpa and Mathilda Augusta of Stassion at the request of Lady Mathilda. We do this on the grounds of Lady Mathilda fearing for her own safety with her claiming both her soul and body to be in mortal peril - a situation exactly outlined as grounds for dissolution in Canon Law - with her accusing her husband of being part of a heresy called Aurelianism in which they perform a kind of ritual sacrifice. In addition to this being grounds for dissolution of the couple’s holy matrimony, we task our Auditor with investigating the accusations of heresy.

We pray that GOD grants mercy to these separated couples, and we request that they seek our approval before once again receiving the sacrament of matrimony.
 

 

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SECTION IX - CANONIZATIONS

It is through our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto us through the Laurel derived from the Exalted that we make these canonizations, recognizing the miracles of these following men and raising them to the status of Saint;

SAINT HIGH PONTIFF EVERARD VI
Patron Saint of Female Priests and Penance, Symbol: Shepherd’s Crook

MIRACLES
 

1. During the time of short-lived Michaelite Schism, High Pontiff Everard VI sought to address the Canonist flock of Haense in the city of Karosgrad. There, during his speech, many reported that after a failed attempt on His Holiness’ life, the High Pontiff levitated up into the air for some time while he was speaking.

2. A Haeseni knight by the name of Ser Vlad is reported to have prayed to the by then blessed High Pontiff Everard VI in the middle of the square in the Haeseni capital of Valdev. Upon doing so, Ser Vlad began to temporarily levitate and fly much like the High Pontiff himself did during his life at the time of his first miracle.
    

SAINT HIGH PONTIFF TYLOS II
Patron Saint of the Blind, Chaplains and the Lechian People, Symbol: Olive Branch

MIRACLES

 

1. When serving as Cardinal within the lands of Savoy, Tylos II - then known as Fiodor Jazloviecki - prayed over the ailing Duke of Drusco, Remus Lucien Ashford de Bar, and in doing so helped cure him of his blindness and bedridden state. Said duke would later commit himself to the service of God and the Church, and himself be known and venerated as the Venerable Remus Lucien of Savoy.

2. Following the relocation of the reposed High Pontiff’s earthly remains to his family tomb at Warsovia, it was discovered that the bodily remains of High Pontiff Tylos II were incorruptible.

3. Once, when the relics of the blessed High Pontiff were being moved from Merryweather to Warsovia by the local Chaplain and a group of monks, they were beset by ravenous orcs and forced to flee into the local chapel, which was then promptly surrounded and broken into. Left with little else to do as they were backed into a corner, the monks venerated the relics of the blessed High Pontiff as the Chaplain prayed to him, whereupon a bright light appeared that scared the raiders and sent them running off, after which the door was miraculously slammed shut.

 

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SECTION X - PRO THRONO GODUINI

For a long time now, the Kingdom of Aaun and the Holy Mother Church of the Canon have held a special relationship of close cooperation. Aaun as a nation has shown incredible loyalty to the church in recent decades, proven in part by the Donatio Edmundi; the donating of a sizable plot of land outside its capital for the creation of our Apostolic City. Additionally, Aaun of course has its origins in ancient times as the kingdom of Saint Godwin and the Exalted Owyn, cementing its long-held ties to our religion, as it was Owyn - a King of Aaun, who founded our very priesthood.

Ever since a member of said priesthood, Father John became but a deacon and King John of Aaun, Aaun has wished to cement this legacy and its character as a Kingdom dedicated to our Faith. For this purpose, we wish to grant King John and future Kings of the throne of Godwin a special honorific to signify their loyalty to the faith and their perpetual commitment to the Church and the Creator. We therefore grant King John of Aaun the title of Apostolic Majesty, and allow Aaun to bear the title of Apostolic Kingdom, in the sense that this Kingdom and their King have earned the honor of being deemed latter day apostles of Canondom. We also grant the title of Apostolic Majesty to King Edmund II posthumously. The Kings of Aaun will be allowed to use this title as long as they find themselves in good standing with the Church.

 

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THE HOLY MOTHER CHURCH OF THE CANON

Under GOD maintained by His Holiness Sixtus VI

 

THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS

JOSEF CARDINAL JORENUS
Patriarchate of Jorenus

MATTHIAS CARDINAL LOTHARIA
Archdiocese of Lotharia

BRANDT CARDINAL ALBAROSA
Archdiocese of Albarosa

MATTIA CARDINAL ARTORUS
Archdiocese of Artorus

FRANTZISKO CARDINAL ST GODWIN
Diocese of St. Godwin

RHOSYN CARDINAL CASICA
Diocese of Casica

VILLORIK CARDINAL WESTERWALD
Diocese of Westerwald

THE CURIA

MATTHIAS CARDINAL LOTHARIA
Vice-Chancellor of the Church of the Canon

MATTIA CARDINAL ARTORUS
Auditor of the Tribunal of the Church of the Canon

JOSEF CARDINAL JORENUS
Pontifical Secretary of the Church of the Canon

RHOSYN CARDINAL CASICA
Prelate of the Priesthood of the Church of the Canon

BRANDT CARDINAL ALBAROSA
Pontifical Chamberlain of the Church of the Canon

VILLORIK CARDINAL WESTERWALD
Commandant of the Pontifical Guard

FRANTZISKO CARDINAL ST GODWIN
Palatine of the Apostolic City

 

CANONIST DIOCESES

 

THE HOLY SEE
Encompassing the entirety of the Apostolic City State, to be shepherded by High Pontiff Sixtus VI

PATRIARCHATE OF JORENUS

Encompassing the entirety of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska and surrounding territories, to be shepherded by Patriarch Josef Cardinal Jorenus 

 

DIOCESE OF ANDRIKEV, encompassing all the lands east of the river Lahy, to be shepherded by Amleth Bishop Andrikev.

 

DIOCESE OF WESTERWALD, encompassing all the lands west of the river Lahy, to be shepherded by Villorik Bishop Westerwald

 

ARCHDIOCESE OF ALBAROSA

Encompassing the eastern region of Aevos, including the lands of the United Kingdom of Aaun, the Commonwealth of Petra, and the surrounding territories, to be shepherded by Archbishop Brandt Cardinal Albarosa 

DIOCESE OF ST GODWIN, encompassing the entirety of the United Kingdom of Aaun as well as surrounding parishes not incorporated in other Dioceses. To be shepherded by Bishop Frantzisko.

DIOCESE OF CASICA, encompassing the entirety of the Commonwealth of Petra, to be shepherded by Rhosyn Bishop Casica

 

ARCHDIOCESE OF ARTORUS

Encompassing the central region of Aevos, including the lands of the Kingdom of Númendil, the Midlands, and surrounding territories, to be shepherded by Archbishop Mattia Cardinal Artorus
 

DIOCESE OF AQUILA, encompassing the entirety of the Kingdom of Númendil, to be shepherded by Callahan Bishop Aquila
 

DIOCESE OF ST. ARPAD, encompassing the entirety of the Midlands, to be shepherded by Alexios Bishop St. Arpad 

 

ARCHDIOCESE OF LOTHARIA

Encompassing the south-western region of Aevos, including the lands of the Kingdom of Balian and surrounding territories, to be shepherded by Archbishop Matthias Cardinal Lotharia 

 

DIOCESE OF TYRIA, encompassing the entirety of the Kingdom of Balian, to be shepherded by Belisarios Bishop Tyria.

☩ EST CYCLUS, NON MUTATIO ☩

IT IS A CYCLE, NOT CHANGE

 

 

[satinkira 5964]

"They will have the discussion on homophilic matrimony behind closed doors, they will come out and say, 'no, we will not allow man to marry man', and that will be that. They have no intention of seriously considering the topic - that is why they bar outsiders, because they do not want change, and instead want to follow outdated and foolish traditions that are condemned by most normal people, simply for the sake of it.." Yandel angrily rants to Malii, his teacher, before continuing work on his staff.

[ReveredOwl 5352]

Rhys var Ruthern weeps, his tests and ordination postponed a year due to radicals, of which he is not, attempting to influence the vote. "Those canonist princes knew what they were doing and openly defied canon law. Regardless of ones opinion on the issue presented by them, they stopped very short of schism and that should not be ignored." He remarked.