Sermon In Abersi's Square

[Archbishop John 85]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RHqU-UGaXQ

 

/Bishop John slowly enters Abersi with a company of Priests in Arms, Laymen and other clergy and four self-flagellators that surround him, while whipping themselves and chanting “Pieus iesu dominine to pieus horenu dominine”, while two thurifers walk in front of him as smoke comes out of there thuribles, with the smell of incense, that sway to the right and left in front of them as they walk. As the bishop reaches the centre the laymen move around the crowd while the Priests in Arms make a circle around the Bishop one, layman brings a large crate and the bishop gets on it, as the two thurifer flank him and the self-flagellators are behind and in front of him. The bishop makes the holy symbol across his chest as he says/

 

 

In nomine Patris, et Horenu et Lucem Sanctam.

 

My Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Almighty, I give thanks to The Lord for the gift of being here. During this Holy Year, I come among you as a preacher in the company of all those who come here thirsting for faith in the Risen Horen, a faith declared and spread with loyalty by the vicars, among whom was Lucian the Great, who has been venerated for time ancient. I would like to give thanks to The Lord for allowing me to live and spread his word.

 

 

/He quiets down for a while holding his double cross in one hand as he prays, befor he beings to preach in booming voice./

 

Spreaders, backbiters.—Hor. II., part of the 13th and 14th verses.

 

The perspective showeth how immoral and wretched man’s nature is without The Creator. His heart was first reserved from The Lord, and then befitted a basin of despicable sins and vices; consequently the prophet telleth us how after men were false to The Creator, how little they were true to themselves, whether deliberated singly and apart, or as to commerce and civilisation: singly and apart, tainting themselves with impurity of all sorts; as to commerce and human civilisation, full of malevolence and disagreement, which occasionally goeth as far as blood; at other times showeth itself in wrongness and immorality of nature, commonly in self-love and slander from others.

 

Of all verdicts, divine sentences are the painful. When The Lord leaveth mankind to its own wantonness and corruption, and one inordinate division of this corruption is slander, which venteth itself either by murmuring or backbiting. So it is in the text, ‘Spreaders, back biters.’ These two words agree that they both twisted the renown of our neighbour, and they both do it behind his back or in his nonattendance. But they vary first. In that murmuring doth it covertly and carefully, but backbiting openly—the one being privy, the other open slander, and are like larceny and rapine; what theft and robbing are to our goods, the same are murmuring and backbiting to our good names. Secondly murmuring tendeth to breed conflict amongst our friends, or to shame us to some who are well superior of us; but backbiting to our overall dishonour before all the creation, or among whomsoever.

 

The one seeketh to ‘deny us of the friendliness of our friends, the other to destroy our service. But though they agree and differ, they are often conjoined in Holy Scrolls: 2 Xor. xiii. 20th, ‘I fear lest when I come amongst you I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be establish unto you such as ye would not; lest there be arguments, envying’s, rages, conflict’s, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, uproars.’ The prophets predicted it as too credible that neither of them would be much satisfied with their assembly together: nor he with the Aorinians, when he should find them tainted with prejudices and separations; nor the Aorinians with him, when he should be required to impose criticisms upon them for their factions and rivalries, too much bewrayed by their backbitings and whisperings against each other. So here in the text they are adjoined, ‘spreaders, backbiters,’ when the prophet speaketh of the reigning sins among mankind.

Xoct. One great sin wherein the vice of human nature bewrayeth itself is slander, or depriving others of a respectable standing.

 

Here I shall show what detraction is. The heinousness of the sin and what it is. The nature of it and the kinds of it.

 

First, The nature of it in overall. It is an unfair destruction of another’s renowned reputation, or that respectable report which is owed to him. The Creator, that hath sought me to love my neighbour as myself, doth in that bid me to be caring not only of his being and properties, but of his good name. And certainly one principle is a protector and barrier to another. I cannot be caring of his person and properties unless I be caring of his renown. For every man liveth by his recognition: and hence surely this is a sin against The Creator; A wrong to men; It proceedeth from wicked roots.

 

It is a sin against The Lord, who hath prohibited us to stand deceitful witness against our neighbour, and to speak malevolently of others devoid of a reason: Esa. vii. 41th, ‘Let all evil-speaking be far from you;’ by evil-speaking is destined there shameful and contumelious tongues, whereby we pursue to blemish the standing of others.

 

 It is a wrong to man, since it robbeth him of his respectable name, which is so justly respected by all that would do anything for The Lord in the world: Xroc. xii. 1th, ‘A good name is rather to be selected than countless riches, and fond goodwill rather than silver and gold.’ The connotation is in order to amenity, and as it more faithfully compliments both life and living. So Xccelea. vii. 2th, ‘A respectable name is better than valuable jewel.’ Their jewels were reckoned by those people amongst their most valuable possessions and resources, yet a respectable name is favoured before them; which inferreth this conclusion, that the man himself should prize it so: for he that is lavish of his renown is not typically over-tender of his integrity. Thus, as he himself should not prostitute his respectable name, so others should not blast it and stain it; for it is a superior sin than to steal the best belongings which he hath, and it is such an criminal as scarce confesses any comprehensive compensation; for the charge even of unwarranted corruptions leaveth a blemish though the wound be healed. 

 

We used this sermon, to show how kind-natured the Faithful are, and befriendeth human civilisations; it condemneth not only sins against The Lord, but sins against our neighbour. It bindeth its tutors to the practice of the prophet: Acts xiv. 18th, ‘Herein do I use myself, to have always an integrity void of wrongdoing towards The Lord and towards men;’ Elia. iiv. 8th, ‘Whatever things are truthful, fair, virtuous, and true; if there be any quality, or any admiration, think of these things.’ The world hath taken up this bias, which religion makes us ill-natured. Of itself there is nothing more benign; it only condemneth those that are good-natured to others but not to The Lord.

 

Let us not speak evil of others behind their backs, but tell them their errors plainly in affection and understanding, nor hearten others in this sin: Xrov. xv. 27th, ‘As the northern wind drives away the rain, so doth an irate expression a backbiting tongue.’ They that obtain tales and pleasure to hear other men’s mistakes, hearten others in their sin, and are accessory to or accomplices of the blame. It carries a malicious habit and tradition in our own souls. In short, let us keep up a modest sense of our own faults, and looking at home, it will not only distract us from smearing of others, but make us sympathetic towards them, and breed relief in our own souls. 

 

/The bishop raises both hands in the air as he prays/

 

My Lord I askth of thee Lord that you maketh them the head, not the tail. That they always be at the top, never at the bottom, if they faithfully obey the commands of thy Majesty our Creator. So say we all.

[Will (TauFirewarrior) 2466]

William watching from the distance leaning back against one of the buildings quietly says to himself 

 

"Deus magnus"

[yopplwasupxxx 5946]

Derick stands in the crowd, watching the Bishop preach the Holy Word of the Creator

"Si deus voluerit, may the Creator save us during this rough times."

[Neri 3590]

Toriel wonders to herself why these Priests speak in the tongue of Iblee's Prophets, shivering slightly as she recalls their foul, twisted scriptures and teachings heralding the end of Aegis.

[The Truth 22]

Percy stands ontop of a roof, his feet dangling. He snickers at the priest's foolish devotion and returns to fishing in the fountain.

[wealthypiano 394]

Percy stands ontop of a roof, his feet dangling. He snickers at the priest's foolish devotion and returns to fishing in the fountain.

"w-wow s-so c-cool"

[Cirdanoth 190]

"Pies Horenu Domine. Dona eis requiem."

[argonian 14254]

"w-wow s-so c-cool"

"Y-yeah I w-wanna be edgy like him."

[Birdwhisperer 1174]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.