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THE THIRD GOLDEN BULL OF HOLOFERNES Section I Funus Pape due to the unexpected and recent death of His Holiness High Pontiff Lucien the third a new pope has been selected by the Synod, they have selected Archbishop Oliver of Brelus who has chosen the name of High Pontiff Tobias the first. Section II Divinae Regulae The lands of the Pious House d’Amaury are henceforth considered Holy grounds. Lorraine has air blessed by GOD himself from and as such is a sign of Augustus of House d’Amaury’s divine right to rule over the lands along with the right of his family. Any and all claims to Lorraine of other houses are henceforth considered null Section III Plena Operatio A log book was the old way of keeping track of activity, it was effective in keeping everyone honestly away from sloth, but it felt like much more of a chore with a quota rather than the effectiveness of spreading GOD’s word. From now forward every clergy member is required to keep a journal of how they have spread the word of GOD that saint’s week. The minimum requirement will be similar to that of the old way (five confessions and a mass) however this is not the only way to spread the word of GOD and as such a few confessions can be substituted with proper almsgiving and charity or for Bishops the training and management of Acolytes, Deacons, and priests. Section IV The Synod With the passing of Archbishop Jarlath of Ayr Archbishop Perendono of Valenza will be reinstated into the Sacred College of The Synod on a trial basis to ensure that he is once again fit and prepared to take on the duty of Pentarch once more. At the moment only one member of the Synod will be added and one spot will remain vacant, in a case the His Holiness is to pass before a fifth pentarch is chosen a member of the clergy will be discussed to be a temporary member to ensure there is not a tie in the voting for the new High Pontiff. During this time all members of the Synod are encouraged to bring their suggested fifth pentarch to His Holiness with a variety of reasons on why they deserve the position. DEUS BENEDICAT, HIGH PONTIFF Tobias I, Archbishop of Luciensport, Prince-Bishop of Visiga, Huss, and Holofernes, Successor of the High Priesthood of the Church, Principal Missionary of the Gentiles, Supreme Pontiff of the Church of True Faith, Keeper of the Canon, High Servant to the Exalted's Testaments, Humble Servant of the Faithful and Vicar of God.

Tobias I smiles as he looks to his fellow clergymen and the pious laymen with a sense of pride washing over him, finally his prayers have been answered and he can bring the Church to the glory it deserves. He raises to the Altar extending his arms out in a motion to bless the entire crowd. "Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua. Hosanna in excelsis. Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini. Hosanna in excelsis. Amen." Tobias begins to walk down the isle filled with faithful men and women sprinkling holy water upon them all, he opens the large cathedral doors to see an even bigger crowd of people waiting to see the new pontiff, he repeats the prayer in a boastful voice to the crowd outside before making a sign of the Lorraine cross, while looking up to his predecessor and God in the sky.

Oliver clears his throat before speaking in a calm tone "Greetings my brothers, I formally wish to announce my ability to be pontiff. I am the most fit for a multitude of reasons including but not limited to the fact that I am supported by the people our blessed Church needs to once more spread the love of GOD again. I have diplomatic experience as the Nuncio of Oren for many of years, as nuncio I both mended relations and ensured relations with Oren and it's assets were positive. As the Archbishop of Metz I solely recruited a total of seven new acolytes, many of which went to become priests of both Metz, and other places like Savoy. I recruited a mass ammoutn of funds and actively preached, gave alms and accepted confessions daily. During my time as Archbishop I also came up with the idea of selling blessed Lorraine crosses which have brought the church a profit of Two hundred and eighty eight minas by themselves finally I was the one trusted to give His late Holiness' last rites. May all who announce their running be blessed by GOD and may GOD's will guide all of our choices. If accepted as High pontiff by the sacred college of the Synod I would improve papal influence and ensure our economic growth will be better along with continuing His late Holiness' wish for a more active Church."

Archbishop Oliver Blackwell kisses the Pontiffs ring one last time after finishing his last rites. "Rest well in the seven skies friend... Rest well" Oliver goes to grab his brown robes as he begins his fast, he has a lot of prayer to do.

"An excellent read Deacon Alec"

ACCEPTED

I crown you emperor of Humans

Ryanheff74, Arteh, and MrNewVegas101

Oliver smiles "Mylas is a good man of undeniable devotion to GOD... A man who humbly talks of prayers as a means of his success is a true man of GOD"

Accepted