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ENCYCLICAL LETTER DEUS EST PACEM GOD IS PEACE OF THE HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS In Response to “O’ Father, where art thou?”, And Addressed to the Wider Flock. On the Peace of GOD and the place of the Church in War. HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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. Lo! War’s relief is Peace, yet there is a grievous cost for Peace. “You will know him, for with peace he gathers the sons of Horen, where the sword has divided them.” (Gospel 7:53) Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. We have not been deaf to the cries of war, yet as elucidated by Our brother, Minuvas, in Our silence it seems as if We have. As We, behind these walls have tried to preserve Peace between those of whom We shepherd, it is to the wider flock which We have been mute and it is that neglect which We acknowledge. So, it is in this Encyclical Letter that We intend to rectify this silence and too, clarify Her place in war among men. As We spoke unto Our flock in Sextus Aurea Bulla Providentia, it has been since times immemorial that Peace has been lauded as a thing of good, a thing of God, both by the Exalted and those who succeeded them as the bearers of the Laurel, the High Priests and High Pontiffs of the Church of the Canon. Exalted Godfrey did bring Peace unto man as he trekked to the lands of Renatus (Gospel 6:12) and so too did His Holiness, Blessed Everard IV in the Encyclical Letter “Pax Dei et Treuga Dei”. Throughout the faith’s storied history, it has been known that Peace is the will of God and so have His Prophets and His Vicars upheld that will of God, God’s Peace. So, it is war that is a blight upon man and Peace it’s cure. Yet now in conflict, we find ourselves suffering on battlefields and at home as that blight slowly corrupts these lands. This, We say now, is not God’s will; death and misery upon that which He created, that intended to be without sin and enveloped by virtue, is not His intention. We look to the Scroll of Auspice for that answer, there being no war or anger or death in that paradise, that which He shall decree upon the demise of the Enemy; only unity and Peace, from the Seven Skies to the Void. There, there shall be no conflict and only Peace. That paradise, the end of times, is the very answer to the namesake of this Encyclical. You may ask: how can We say God is Peace? We say firstly that God is many things; God is Love, as is the motto of High Pontiff Everard V and so too is He Mercy, as He is the Most Merciful. We can too say He is not anger nor violence. Too are the end of times characterized by Love and Mercy in the absence of anger and violence. Characterized by many things, the end of times are of virtue, as He is the embodiment of virtue, and so too, therefore are the end of times an embodiment of Him. The end of times are that which He intended, that which is perfect, and Him being all that is and the source of all that is perfect, so too must all that is of paradise be of Him. It is a paradise characterized by Peace which means that God is too of Peace and therefore, Peace of God. Lo! were the armies of God called to work Peace upon the world by Exalted Horen and so they did, “And by God’s will I redeem you of your failures, and send you to work Peace upon it.” (Auspice 2:9) It is true; God is Peace and therefore, Peace a thing of perfection. And so, while the Empire may suffer in that great struggle of conflict, as God is Peace, so is Peace eternal. There is no death to Peace; even the most bloody war cannot kill that which is of God. As long as God remains in the hearts of men, so too shall there always be Peace. Therefore, there shall be an end to this war; that of resolution in faith and in God. We shall see Peace again reign supreme upon this terra for God shall always reign and no machinations of man, not even Iblees, can end that which is His. However, as war is waged, it is asked; what shall the Church do? While the Church shall not fight in this war, as men dedicated to our flock, it is we ordained men who will serve in other ways. To heal the Canonists injured in battle, to recover the bodies of the deceased, to offer the Houses of Worship as places of safety for the innocent Canonist souls, and to pray for the descendants mired in conflict. We can offer a spiritual wealth unparalleled to lands deprived of the grace of God. To administer the Last Rites to the dead and to spread the message of Peace is what we as Priests must do for God is Peace and in a world plagued by that contrary to His will, it is through us that God shall behold the Canonist flock that righteous thing. Now, while We know that this public letter to Our office was made in the intention of goodwill, We must ask the layman to not doubt the Mother Church when, whether behind closed doors or in the world, it works tirelessly for God’s will which is, in its perfection, that which is best for the faithful. We do indeed work for the greater good of all Canonists, even despite Our silence, and while silence may be deafening, the felled tree may be unheard but it still has been felled. We ask for the trust of the faithful in these times of war, for We are forevermore dedicated to the will of God; that of Peace, for God is Peace. Written in and published from the Holy See, given to all Our flock on the thirteenth of Tobias’s Bounty, in the year of our lord, 1819, the twelfth of Our Pontificate. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT, Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

SEXTUS AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA THE SIXTH GOLDEN BULL OF PROVIDENTIA 12th of Godfrey’s Triumph, 1819 HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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 ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ SECTION I - Exhortation SECTION II - Diocean Restructuring SECTION III - Synod Appointments SECTION IV - Curia Appointments SECTION V - The Monastery of St. Robert SECTION VI - On the Sisterhood SECTION VII - Promulgation of Doctrine SECTION VIII - Writ of Annulment SECTION IX - Jubilee Year of Martyrs SECTION X - Venerations ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ SECTION I “Pax Dei” The message of peace is an essential teaching of our faith, elucidated by the Lord God and His Prophets in the Holy Scrolls. Whether it be the foretelling of the third son of spirit, Exalted Sigismund, “You will know him, for with peace he gathers the sons of Horen, where the sword has divided them.” (Gospel 7:52) or the detailing of the life of Exalted Godfrey, “He was called Godfrey, for he brought GOD’s peace.” (Gospel 6:12) it has been since times immemorial that peace has been known as a righteous thing. Interwoven into the tapestry of faith has always been peace, the Peace of God; from the Exalted to the Pontiffs, it has been peace which has been lauded as a bringer of great things and of great faith. And so, in the spirit of this rather necessary teaching among the verses of the Holy Scriptures, We do make the proposition that God Himself is peace and therefore, to make peace is to will God unto this terra. It is in peace that the Canonist nations prosper. In peace that we are not bogged down by sin but lifted in worship. In peace that we may dedicate ourselves to faith rather than conflict. So, it is God who wants peace for peace brings virtue, unity, faith, and among them all that which He calls us to. Therefore, We call unto you; will God unto these lands by gracing them with that great thing of peace. Ensure in peace that virtue is practiced among the masses and then, truly then, shall we know God. DEI GRATIA 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 Dioceses throughout Almaris. We decree these appointments... METROPOLITANATE OF PROVIDENTIA, THE HOLY SEE Encompassing the seat of the Fidei Defensor and the Holy See, along with the Barony of Dobrov, shepherded by Metropolitan, Gawain Cardinal Providentia @JoanOfArc, along with his Coadjutor-Bishop, Fr. Basil @Basil Moroul. DIOCESE OF GRENZ, encompassing the Barony of Dobrov and the surrounding lands, to be shepherded by Ivard Bishop Dobrov @JustGrim. PATRIARCHATE OF JORENUS Encompassing the entirety of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska & the Kingdom of Norland, shepherded by Patriarch, Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos @rep2k. ARCHDIOCESE OF HENRIKEV, encompassing the entirety of the Capital City of Karosgrad, shepherded by Yaromir Archbishop Henrikev @Pureimp10. DIOCESE OF VALWYCK, encompassing the lands to the north, west and east of the Capital City of Karosgrad, to be shepherded by Karl Otto Bishop Valwyck @Drew2_dude. DIOCESE OF REINMAR, encompassing the land to direct south of the Capital City of Karosgrad, shepherded by Adelric Bishop Reinmar @MadOne. PRINCELY-ARCHDIOCESE OF ALBAROSA, Encompassing everything beyond the Capital City of Providence, that is within the Holy Orenian Empire, the Free Trade Nation of Sutica, Elven territories, and the Nation of Luciensburg, shepherded by Prince-Archbishop, Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ along with his Vicar, Ferdinand Archbishop Nescia @Totalitarianism_. ARCHDIOCESE OF NESCIA, encompassing the Free Trade Nation of Sutica & Elven Territories, to be shepherded by Ferdinand Archbishop Nescia @Totalitarianism_. DIOCESE OF CORDOBA, encompassing the Osanora region & other Hyspian settlements, shepherded by Agustin Bishop Cordoba @Timer. DIOCESE OF SANCTIA, encompassing the State of Luciensburg and the Municipality of Esbec, shepherded by Guy Bishop Gottsgrenze @Balthasar. DIOCESE OF ROCHEFORT, encompassing the Municipality of Redenford, to be shepherd by Robert Bishop Rochefort @Tiresiam. DIOCESE OF POCITANATA MAIKA, encompassing the Grand Duchy of Vasiyeva, to be shepherded by Vladrick Bishop Pocitanata Maika @GhostSHTR. TITULAR DIOCESE OF METZ, granted to the First Apostolic-General of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn, Armande-Philippe Bishop Titulur Metz @LithiumSedai. 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 College of Cardinals. We decree these appointments… TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Gawain Cardinal Providentia @JoanOfArc TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos @rep2k TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ TR, His Eminence, Fr. Adelric Cardinal Freising @MadOne TR, His Eminence, Fr. Robert Cardinal Rochefort @Tiresiam TR, His Eminence, Fr. Ailred Cardinal Reinmar @argonian SECTION IV 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, Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ Ecclesiastical Auditor, The Reverend Monsignor, Fr. Johan Vuiller @Harald Prelate of the Clergy, His Eminence, Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos @rep2k Pontifical Secretary, His Grace, Robert Bishop Rochefort @Tiresiam Apostolic General, His Excellency, Armand de Rennes @LithiumSedai The Holy Mother, Her Excellency, Sister Roxelana @Axelu SECTION V Through the dutiful work of His Grace the Coadjutor Bishop of Providentia, Father Basil, the Monastery of St. Robert has been completed and can now be used in it’s full capacity by the Church and the monastery’s inhabitants, the Wigbrechtians. However, We are well aware that no monastery is complete without its Abbot and so, him being a Wigbrechtian and too, the man who constructed the monastery, We do appoint His Grace, Father Basil, as Abbot, presiding now over the Monastery of St. Robert. May the Lord bless him and the Wigbrechtian Friars as they set out on the path ordained by the Lord, in poverty and humility as men of monastic vows. ((Monastery OOCly designed by Trenchist!)) SECTION VI As has been brought to Us by such respected sisters as the Mothers Roxelana and Liserli, it has become quite clear that the vocation of female monasticism has been rendered to a duty rarely utilized to its full extent by the Church, even despite a nun’s, at times, unchallenged faith and piety. While We, called to uphold the received tradition, do not see it fit to allow women to take up the vocation of the Priesthood, as there exists no precedent in support of such reform, it is Our intention to see the place of women in the Church neglected no longer and therefore do deem it a righteous mission to see female monastics take a more integral role in the Church. It was affirmed by Our predecessor, His Holiness Owyn III, that the Mothers among the faithful may take up roles intrinsic to diocesan affairs, without a Bishop’s authority over matters of episcopal purview but retaining its role as a superior over their counterparts of similar vows. We do wish to affirm something similar, forming the offices of Reverend Mother of Providentia, Reverend Mother of Albarosa, and Reverend Mother of Jorenus, all to be under the authority of the Holy Mother and to have direct authority over the nuns within their diocesan sphere. Their superiors shall too be their episcopal peers in their place as ordained men as well as the Metropolitan, Prince-Archbishop, and Patriarch (depending on which diocese they serve within) so as to allow the integrity of diocesan structure to be maintained. With these three positions established, We do make these following appointments: HOLY MOTHER OF THE CANONIST CHURCH, an appointment once bestowed during the Pontificate of Blessed Jude I, to be appointed by the High Pontiff and have full authority over matters of the Sisterhood on Our behalf. Currently held by the Holy Mother, Sister Roxelana THE SISTERHOOD OF PROVIDENTIA, encompassing the Metropolitanate of Providentia, to be under the care of Reverend Mother, Sister Liserli. PRIORESS OF PROVIDENTIA, to act as a Vicar of sorts to the Reverend Mother, to be in Sede Vacante. THE SISTERHOOD OF ALBAROSA, encompassing the Prince-Archbishopric of Albarosa, to remain in Sede Vacante. PRIORESS OF ALBAROSA, to act as a Vicar of sorts to the Reverend Mother, to be in Sede Vacante. THE SISTERHOOD OF JORENUS, encompassing the Patriarchate of Jorenus, to remain in Sede Vacante. PRIORESS OF JORENUS, to act as a Vicar of sorts to the Reverend Mother, to be in Sede Vacante. With two among three in a state of Sede Vacante, We do charge Our Sister among the Curia, the Holy Mother Roxelana to see these positions filled and in turn charge the Reverend Mothers to ensure cohesion of these structures, care for the wider flock of the Fathers, and in their capacity for motherly love, offer their sage advice to the Bishops of whom We have appointed. SECTION VII PROMULGATION OF DOCTRINE “On the Matter of Autopsies” With concerning developments in the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska on the matter of autopsies, We were called upon by a lawyer of the Kingdom’s most respected courts some time ago to comment on such matters which remained elusive to them. We too found a clear answer to this question rather difficult to find and while We do, in review of the Codex, know of sufficient laws to combat this matter, We nevertheless wish to clarify. In preface, this promulgation will rely upon these two laws, “§4. A person who is gravely irreverent of a corpse, sacred place, sacred object, an individual suitable for veneration, or a relic, has committed the crime of sacrilege.” and, “§6. In any case, the decedent’s body is to be treated with reverence and solemnity.” found in Chapter One under the Second Title and Chapter Four under the Second Title respectively. It is in Our belief that the body should be buried in the state it was in at birth, where possible, and in contradiction to the preparation of a body for burial which may require similar processes, autopsy is done purely for secular means and investigations rather then with the intent of the laying to rest of the lost soul. It is in this that the integrity of Creation as it was made is deemed to be a priority over the knowledge of cause of death and so forth, the treating of the deceased with reverence of utmost import and surely above knowing such things of absolutes. With that, We do hereby clarify that the aforementioned laws among those of the Codex of Canon Law are to be upheld in the matter of autopsies and that the procedure of an autopsy is an affront to the expected treatment of the deceased; with reverence and solemnity as duly ordained by Our predecessors. SECTION VIII WRIT OF DISSOLUTION Of the Sacrament of Matrimony It brings Us great sorrow to pen a Pontifical Letter to dissolve a union intended to be indissoluble. However, in the example of our Lord God, the Mother Church is a merciful one and so, within Our rights as afforded to Us by the Codex of Canon Law, We do deem this warranted action by the precedent set by Our predecessors. Abandoned, now ten years by his wife, His Royal Highness Franz of the House Barbanov raises five children alone and without the help of their mother in her absence. Finding no ways to contact Lorena Marianne Barrow as well as no other avenues to solve this predicament, he has requested of Us this Writ. While We regard all unions as eternal, We are nevertheless a merciful father and therefore dissolve the union between Franz Leopold Barbanov and Lorena Marianne Barrow on the basis of abandonment. We demand of both to seek Our permit for the officiation of future marriages, lest they be considered invalid. We pray for the safety of Madam Lorena and for the health of His Royal Highness and his children. SECTION IX In these times of conflict, it is to the martyrs which Our mind has been drawn; to their noble sacrifice, that of faith and for God. To the martyrs of the Diet of Karosgrad or those of the Franciscan Massacre, it is their sacrifice which is the epitome of faith, the faithful soul unflinching in the face of death, in full trust of God and utmost devotion to Him above all. In celebration of this surrender to God, We do announce the Jubilee Year of 1820, that of the many Martyrs venerated by the Mother Church, to begin in a year’s time upon 1819’s conclusion. In preparation, We do ask the faithful to take part in prayer so as to ready themselves to surrender themselves before God in pilgrimage, penance, and virtue, as did the martyrs. SECTION X Through Our Apostolic Authority, We affirm these following venerations. VENERABLE FATHER, FRANCISCO, Made Venerable for his faithful service to God, dedication to his flock in his station as Francisco Cardinal Sutica, devotion to peace between the Hyspian peoples, and sacrifice for such a cause at the hands of the late leader of the Norlandic Hyspia. VENERABLE FISKE VANIR, Made Venerable for his faithful service to God, dedication to the righteous mission of the Mother Church as a layman and long-time Monsignor among the Curias of Pontiffs, and his devotion to the flock of Jorenus, the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT, Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

LEGENDA SANCTORUM The Lives of the Saints Vol. II For the Keeping of the Histories of the Canonist Faith: The Canonized, Beatified, and Venerable WRITTEN AND PROMULGATED BY HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS c. 1818 TABLE OF CONTENTS ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ SECTION I - “On those Revered Figures of Faith” SECTION II - The Four Exalted SECTION III - The Canonized SECTION IV - The Beatified SECTION V - The Venerable SECTION VI - The Lives of the Saints SECTION VII - Sources ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ SECTION I PONTIFICAL LETTER ON THOSE REVERED FIGURES OF FAITH SOLEMNLY PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS 9th of Godfrey’s Triumph, 1818 Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. Brothers and sisters. From times immemorial, it has been the lives of virtuous men and women, decreed by God through miracles in this mortal world, who we have venerated, their lives celebrated among the days of our Liturgical Calendars and their actions revered. Exemplars of faith and piety, it is these men and women, so profoundly moral in their service to God, who we look to for guidance in our daily lives, striving to act akin to them as they devoted themselves to the Lord. It is they who we pray to for intercession and who we know, through the miracles of the Saints or the deeds of the Venerable, that assuredly reside in the Seven Skies. It is too from times immemorial that the Church has passed down and chronicled the stories of these Saints, yet not of such immense scale as Our more recent predecessors did. It was the last Legenda Sanctorum, written and compiled with the imprimatur of Blessed High Pontiff Daniel VI, which was published nearly a century ago, in the year 1724. From this time, there have been many men and women who, by the grace of God, have been revealed to be among the Saints, the Blessed, and the Venerable, and therefore Canonized, Beatified, and Venerated by his successors. With that said, We have written, compiled, and published here the Second Volume of the Legenda Sanctorum and pray that it shall serve the flock well as we all strive to serve our Lord best, in the examples of the Venerated. SECTION II The four Exalted, the Prophets of GOD the Almighty and the revealers of the Holy Scrolls are listed here along with the respective Scrolls they revealed to mankind through divine inspiration. THE EXALTED Ex. Horen - Golden Laurel Revealer of the Scroll of Virtue Patron of Humanity, Covenants, Humility Ex. Owyn - Flaming Sword Revealer of the Scroll of Spirit Patron of Purity, War, and Fire Ex. Godfrey - Silver Scepter Revealer of the Scroll of Gospel Patron of Dominion, Glory, and Justice Ex. Sigismund - Iron Globus Cruciger Revealer of the Scroll of Auspice Patron of Clairvoyance, Wisdom, and Sight SECTION III The Canonized are those who have lived a life of exemplary piety, characterized by virtue and faith in the Lord God, as well as the revelation of at least two miracles done by their hand. Saint Nafis of Al-Dirahk, Patron Saint of Farfolk, Fishermen, Diamonds, Converts and Revolution. High Priests, Saints Clement and Evaristus of Paradisus, Patron Saint of the Keepers of the Canon Patron Saint of the Keepers of the Canon. Saint Noah of Petrus, Patron Saint of Bishops, Mayors, and Confessors. Saint Tara of Paradisus, Patron Saint of Captives, Wives, and the Wilderness. Saint Alexander Frederick of Furnestock, Patron Saint of Democracy, Imperials, Rights, Lovers, and the Impoverished. Saint Foltest of Aeldin, Patron Saint of Bastions and Siegeworks. Saint Tylos Barclay of Kalden, Patron Saint of Stonemasonry, Cavalry, and Lost Causes. Saint Harald Vuiller, Patron Saint of Priest Combatants and Demonic Banishment. Saint Andrik Vydra, Patron Saint of Victory, Military Excellence & the Schism War. High Pontiff, Saint Everard II, Patron Saint of Forethought, Divine Retribution & Pontifical Statehood. SECTION IV The Beatified are those who have lived a life of exemplary piety, characterized by virtue and faith in the Lord God, as well as the revelation of at least one miracle done by their hand. Blessed Vladimir "the Golden-handed", Beatified in Tertia Aurea Bulla Rhodesinsis for his faithful service to God, dedication to theological understanding and his writings as a renown theologian of Ruskan Orthodoxy, as well as his devotion to teaching students of the Priestly vocation, his last years spent as a teacher after his retirement from his episcopal seat. High Pontiff, Blessed Pontian II, Beatified in Secundo Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God, his hunger for furthering his theological knowledge and theory, his publications as an erudite theologian, and for his pious and steadfast labor in his study of Canon Law. High Pontiff, Blessed Siegmund I, Beatified in Quartus Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God, renowned pursuit of theological understanding and writing, and his staunch championing of Canonist Orthodoxy which is still remembered by the faithful Priests of Orthodoxy today. Blessed Mauricio of Azog, Beatified in Quintus Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God and his courageous pursuit in battling demonic forces, by popular legend having had set foot in the depths of Hell and killed many of the Enemy’s servants. High Pontiff, Blessed Daniel IV, Beatified in Octavus Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God, his renown among clerics of the Church as a prolific Canonist author, and his steadfast opposition to the schism of the time, the Lotharic Communion. High Pontiff, Blessed Daniel VI, Beatified in Octavus Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God, work in mending the Heartland Schism, and his unparalleled devotion to the reform of various practices within the Canonist Church as well as his involvement in the writing and promulgation of the Codex of Canon Law and Legenda Sanctorum Vol I. Blessed Robert II, Beatified in Octavus Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God and his choice of cloth over crown as he abdicated his seat as Emperor in favor of his younger brother and proceeded to be ordained under the Church. High Pontiff, Blessed Lucien V, Beatified in Prima Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, devotion to the laity as a man of the cloth, and work as Pontiff in mending the rifts which plagued the Church and wider world at the time, forming the Canonist League and mending the Owynist Schism along with many other measures to see peace among men. Blessed Fyodor Carrion, Beatified in Prima Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, his virtuous disposition even despite his struggles of impairment, his work in the creation of a renowned harvest system, healing the lands of the Kaedreni wastes, and his contribution in the construction of the Great Cathedral of Magian Flame. Blessed Father Seraphim of Leora, Beatified in Prima Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, stalwart defense of the Church from the various heresies through his renowned Theses and homilies, as well as his discovery and publication of the Aengulica Hierarchia in the lands of Rhen. Blessed Adeline of Alstion, Beatified in Prima Aurea Bulla Providenta for her faithful service to God, devotion to the people during her husband, Emperor Godfrey III’s rule, and her steadfast loyalty to the Church as a great patron of the time, funding various public works which would benefit the holy institution as well as the poor for ages to come. Blessed Father Fabian the Lesser, Beatified in Prima Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, his dutiful commitment to the Church and the High Pontiff, Saint Daniel I the Great, and his profound pursuit to the greater understanding of the faith, most known to be his lifelong mission of the translation of the Holy Scrolls. High Pontiff, Blessed James II, Beatified in Tertia Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, dedication to theological understanding, recovery of the lost Scroll of Auspice, and his central involvement in the battle against the Inferi Incursion and the migration of the descendants to Almaris. Blessed Father Pius of Sutica, Beatified in Tertia Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God and his theological writings which became widely known throughout the Church for their expert examination and interpretation of Scripture, foremost among them being his Canonist Commentary on the Flexio Scrolls as well as his various Epistles in which he admonished and gave guidance to many both of and outside of the faith. Blessed Father Amadeus d’Aryn, Beatified in Quintus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, devoted tenure in the Mother Church as Father, Cardinal, and Vice Chancellor under the Pontificate of His Holiness, Bl. James II, and his tenure as a renown statesman who led honorably the Everardine party for years in the House of Commons, always keeping at heart the betterment of those people he served. Blessed Father Otho of Valwyck, Beatified in Quintus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, and devoted tenure as a Bishop of the Mother Church, dedicated to bringing the faith of God to his flock, both landed peers and common man alike. Blessed Father Carlos of Cordoba, Beatified in Quintus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, and inspiring past of redemption through those means of penance which led to his great piety in the Priesthood and eventual sacrifice. Blessed Nicolas Barclay, Beatified in Quintus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, service to the Church as Secretariat to the Pontiff, Pontifical Delegate to Humanity, and devoted tenure as Equester-Imperator, Praefectus Castrorum, and a Holy Sir of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn, steadfast in his mission of the defense of the clergy to his death. Blessed Aldric Del Riviere, Beatified in Quintus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, and dedicated service to the Mother Church as a Holy Sir of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn which, in his devotion to his duty, eventually led to his sacrifice. SECTION V The venerable are those who have been memorialized by the Church for their virtuous and good deeds in life and who have, through their piety, assuredly received place in the Seven Skies. Venerable Julia of Haense, Made Venerable in Prima Aurea Bulla Ves for her faithful service to God, charitable nature, devoted service to God and Church as a one upholding the nun’s vows, and her role in founding the Order of St. Catherine alongside Saint Judith. Venerable Adeline of Helena, Made Venerable in Secundo Aurea Bulla Helenam for her faithful service to God, great piety in worship, and her virtuous and just rule as Empress of Oren. Venerable Lucien of Reza, Made Venerable in Tertia Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God, devotion to his Canonist brothers, and his martyrdom at the hands of Orcish pagans in defense of fellow Canonists. Venerable Marcus De Rubrum, Made Venerable in Quintus Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God, virtuous disposition, and having become the first martyr of the Mali’ame-Orcish insurrection. High Pontiff, Venerable John I, Made Venerable in Septimus Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God, virtuous service as an ordained man of the Priesthood, as a High Pontiff, and too, his martyrdom at the hands of an apostate feigning the need for a Canonist rite. Venerable Marie Palaiologina, Made Venerable in Octavus Aurea Bulla Helenam for her faithful service to God, and her refusal to participate in her liege’s war against the Order of St. Lucien and the Canonist Church, instead offering refuge within her Duchy to Canonists. Venerable Father Humbert, Made Venerable in Decimus Aurea Bulla Helenam for his faithful service to God, and his role as a monk in the Judeite Order, codifying the order’s rules. He too made great strides in refining and regularizing the tradition of monasticism in the Church. Venerable Father Jasper Sarkozy, Made Venerable in Prima Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, virtuous disposition during life in his care for the common people, his service to the Church as a titan of the Holy Synod, as the author of the Legenda Sanctorum, and too, works which would become the basis of the modern Codex of Canon Law, and much more. High Pontiff, Venerable Pontian III, Made Venerable in Tertia Aurea Bulla Albarosa for his faithful service to God, virtuous service as a clergyman, contribution as one of the authors of the modern Codex of Canon Law, and his pursuit for greater ecclesiastical relevancy and Pontifical authority in a modern day and age, a pursuit which would lead to his assassination by secular elements. Venerable Father Anton Barclay, Made Venerable in Secundo Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, virtuous service to the Church as Archbishop of Jorenus and too, a Cardinal of the Holy Synod, as well as his outspoken works in defense of the Mother Church during times where the Lendian Heresy threatened to tear Her apart. Venerable Father Javier, Made Venerable in Quartus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God and the lay faithful, showing great dedication in his vocation as a Priest of the Church of the Canon. Venerable Father Jago Brownfolk, Made Venerable in Quartus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God and his sacrifice on the fields of Korvassa, in battle against the demons responsible for the fall of Arcas, the Inferi. Venerable Henry Marshall, Made Venerable in Quartus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, long standing service and dedication to the people of the Holy Orenian Empire, and steadfast devotion to justice throughout his long life of one-hundred and four years. Venerable Primrose Kortrevich, Made Venerable in Quartus Aurea Bulla Providentia for her faithful service to God and sacrifice of her life to the Atheran worm so that many lives may be saved from untimely death. Venerable Farley Stafyr, Made Venerable in Quartus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, stalwart defense of the Second Empire from Dwarven invasion, and dedicated service to both nation and family in his competency as a Lord and his noble way of life. Venerable Arianne Helvets, Made Venerable in Quartus Aurea Bulla Providentia for her faithful service to God, modest way of living, and selfless sacrifice of her life during the Scyfling invasion for the refugees of which she defended. Venerable Father Benedict, Made Venerable in Quintus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, dedication to his duty within the Mother Church as Priest, Bishop, and Cardinal of Jorenus, as well as his steadfast devotion to his service to the Haeseni people, both as a Father of the Church as well as a Prince and Lord Palatine. Venerable Jurgen von Herrick, Made Venerable in Quintus Aurea Bulla Providentia for his faithful service to God, bravery in combat, service to the sick and injured as a most compassionate physician, as well as his renown humility and virtue. SECTION VI The Canonized are those who have lived a life of exemplary piety, characterized by virtue and faith in the Lord God, as well as the revelation of at least two miracles done by their hand. SAINT NAFIS OF AL-DIRAHK UNCUT DIAMOND Patron Saint of Farfolk, Fishermen, Diamonds, Converts and Revolution Nafis of Al-Dirahk, born Nafis Yar in the Caliphate of Khalestine, was an orphaned boy born of Qalasheen descent, taken under wardship by House Kharadeen. With this background of a patriotic upbringing, Saint Nafis himself grew too to take pride in his nation and nationality, aspiring therefore to take up arms as a soldier for the Caliphate. This he did, involving himself in the purges of monsters and dangerous foe of the Vailorian Khalestine. Yet, even in times of peace, Nafis sought no rest, instead providing for his family by means of fishing at docks or by ship. It was thereafter that he would serve, only briefly, among the ranks of the Order of St. Lucien, departing from the Order then to instead become a mercenary at the Duke War’s conclusion, later forming his own mercenary company dubbed the Hallowvale Contracting Mercenary Company, it’s ranks filled with many who he fought alongside in the Kingdom of Oren, along with disenfranchised Qalasheen. This would lead to Khalestine coming under the rule of the recently formed Kingdom of Vandoria which was led at the time by Frederick “Decimus” Rovin, once a pupil of Nafis. Despite his many successes, Saint Nafis was nevertheless captured by Urguan during the Eighteen Year’s War, held for four years and only to be released as Imperial forces advanced, freed from his prison by said Imperial forces. It was then that he returned home to Vandoria, only to be awaited by the Grand Empire of Vanderguan which had become successor to the late Kingdom after House Winter, Kharadeen, and the Dwed had united to form this new state. This angered Nafis, proceeding to lead a rebellion against the Dwed, named the Qalasheen Spring. After little success, with the employing of guerrilla warfare, it was Nafis and the rebellion which came out as the victors, the Saint taking the seat of Lord Protector over the restored Kingdom of Vandoria thereafter. With the Caliphate dismantled by his hand and reformed into a Sultanate, the newly made Lord Protector enshrined Canonism as the state religion, having been introduced to the faith and baptized by High Pontiff Lucien III during the Dukes’ War, after he had conquered Vandoria. Nafis would later die of Black Lung, old in age, his impact and legacy lasting, those accomplishments among them being the Sultanate, his actions as Lord Protector which would later affect the spread of Canonist rule for the better, and his legacy continued by his son and daughter, Almas Yar-Lowedge and Rakim Yar. MIRACLES: 1.In battle, the son of Saint Nafis, Rakim Yar, adorned the metal mask of Nafis, which the Saint had worn in combat with the undead. It was then that Rakim was hit by an arrow from the enemy which pierced through the mask and knocked him unconscious, only to wake at the battle’s conclusion, unharmed and his armies victorious. 2.A group of soldiers, stranded in the dead, tainted River Piscatoris, prayed to Saint Nafis for his intercession, soon to receive a bountiful catch of monkfish which swam in from the sea. Free of taint among dead and impure waters, the catch provided enough food for them to find their way safely home. 3.With an unfair tax levied upon Canonist Farfolk residing in Emir Osman al-Mubak’s nation, a missionary of the one true faith would seek audience with the Emir on numerous occasions to request the removal of this tax, rejected each time with the threat of death at the last. After the missionary prayed to Saint Nafis however, Emir Osman was found dead with diamonds pouring from every orifice of his body. Replaced by a new Emir, the tax would be removed and the Canonist Farfolk compensated with those diamonds from the body of Osman. Canonized in Prima Aurea Bulla Ves HIGH PRIESTS, SAINTS CLEMENT AND EVARISTUS OF PARADISUS LEFT HAND BEARING A LAUREL RIGHT HAND BEARING A LAUREL Patron Saint of the Keepers of the Canon Patron Saint of the Keepers of the Canon Born of the same womb, the brothers, Saints Evaristus and Clement’s tales are known widely within the Church as the first heads of faith; the joint bearers of the Laurel of which would be passed throughout generations to their successors, the many High Priests and High Pontiffs of centuries to come. Anointed dual High Priests by the second Prophet, Exalted Owyn, they would be bestowed the Laurel and therefore charged to guide the faithful in that manner which God did ordain righteous, “Owyn obeyed the command of GOD and anointed the brothers Evaristus and Clement, who jostled in the same womb, as joint bearers of the laurel of Horen.” (Gospel 5:3). Evaristus and Clement would be entrusted too with the Scroll of Virtue and Spirit respectively, becoming Keepers of the Canon, a title all their successors would share. It was at the command of Exalted Owyn that the High Priests would guide man as shepherds over their flock and would form at the Prophet’s behest what was the early Church, ordaining the first Priests of the Canon which would travel to convert and teach those who the two Saints could not reach, “At Owyn’s command, the brothers set shepherds over the flock of men, and so created a priesthood for their instruction, in anticipation of the second son of spirit.” (Gospel 5:5) It would be Saints Evaristus and Clement who would be responsible for the early, wide spread of the Canon’s teachings, ensuring not only that God had faithful but learned faithful who knew truly the Word of God and that way of life which He does deem virtuous. MIRACLES: 1.It is recorded, after the sacking of the Priestly See of Pontian I, that upon their relocation, the bodies of Saints Evaristus and Clement were discovered to be incorruptible, their earthly forms unravaged by the centuries of assumed decay since their deaths. 2.After the man James had been anointed by Exalted Godfrey as Pontifex over the Church (Gospel 6:59-61), the apparitions of the first High Priests descended from the heavens to the residence of the newly made Vicar of God. It was then that they offered him their blessing and guidance. 3.It was the toll of child birth which brought a young mother to the brink of death, bearing twins. Yet, after her family prayed to the Saints who had jostled in the same womb, Saints Evaristus and Clement, the pair of infants were delivered safely and the mother saved from that grim fate, going on to raise her children due to the pair of Saint’s intercession. Canonized in Octavus Aurea Bulla Helenam SAINT NOAH OF PETRUS AN EGG Patron Saint of Bishops, Mayors, and Confessors Saint Noah knew humble beginnings, born to a rancher near the renown city of Petrus. There, in that city which served as the capital of many of the great Human Kingdoms and Empires, he became a watchman, dedicated to the city’s protection. Yet, it would not take long before he was inspired to take up the cloth; a natural inclination, surrounded by the Canonist faith in such a city as Petrus. There, he would be ordained and serve many years as a clergyman in the Duchy of Adria before being appointed it’s Bishop, administering the Episcopal See for many years as it’s shepherd. He was known to be a dedicated and virtuous man, as well as a famous Epulonist, committing his time foremost to the people of which he served, even being elected Mayor. In this dedication to his service, he would find himself devoted to the selfless defense of the Brelus Cathedral during the city’s sacking. For this, he was lashed in retribution by Augustus d’Amaury, yet in strenuous will, survived this terrible injury and continued to serve his flock, even being granted the honor of becoming the personal confessor to Bl. John Sigismund. MIRACLES: 1.A starving family, having had a barren harvest before winter’s beginning, were practically dying. However, after the father had prayed to St. Noah of Petrus, unofficially confessing his sins in preparation for looming death, the next morning when he and his family awoke, they would find that their hens had produced dozens upon dozens of eggs over night, feeding them for the next week and allowing the father the strength to head to the far away market in the village over to purchase food to allow them to survive to the winter’s end. 2.Having taken on a penance of his own, a man was going on a pilgrimage, trekking to each Cathedral on the continent. As he walked the longest road of his journey to his final destination, the man was exhausted and so, knowing him to be one associated with confession, prayed to Noah of Petrus. Upon waking up to continue his pilgrimage, the man found a basket filled with eggs and a Bishop’s crozier, allowing him a full meal and an aid so that he could make it the last way. Canonized in Octavus Aurea Bulla Helenam SAINT TARA OF PARADISUS PEONY FLOWER Patron Saint of Captives, Wives, and the Wilderness A figure known from Scripture, Saint Tara of Paradisus was the wife of Saint Joren of Paradisus. To be a devoted wife, the woman born in Aaun was known for her virtuous disposition and kind hearted nature and so, caught the eye of Saint Joren who would later marry her, “It came that Joren Son of Horen found a wife of virtue and dignity, who came from Aaun. Her name was Tara, and her kindness warmed the halls of Joren’s keep, and he resolved to wed her.” (Gospel 4:6-7) However, accepting Harren’s invitation to be wed to her in the Holiest of cities, it was known to be a trap and Saint Joren and Saint Tara would be beaten, chained, and captured. It would be seven years later, upon the defeat of Harren by the second Prophet, that they would be freed by Exalted Owyn, Saint Tara having held resolve in her captivity through prayer and faith. MIRACLES: 1.Upon her being taken captive by a malicious man, a young girl would pray to Saint Tara of Paradisus. Upon the fourth night of prayer to her, the young girl would fall asleep, to be met by the apparition of Saint Tara in her dreams. When she awoke in the midst of twilight, she would find the door to her room unlocked, freed from her captivity and allowing her to escape and flee to home. 2.A woman’s husband had been taken by forces unknown and had disappeared months prior, leaving the wife alone to raise three children. One night however, after a prayer to Saint Tara, she would too be met by the woman once held captive in her dream, yet not personally. Instead, she would be led along the roads outside her village by a petal from a peony flower, to a window of a rundown house. There, she would see her husband inside, only to wake up soon after. Reporting this immediately to authorities, they would be terribly skeptical but nevertheless pursued it in a lackluster fashion to calm what they thought were a raving woman’s leads. They would find this house however, as directed, and too, her husband inside, allowing him to be returned to his wife and children. Canonized in Octavus Aurea Bulla Helenam SAINT TOBIAS OF ROSEMOOR BLUE RIBBON OR BLUE STRIPES Patron Saint of Emperors, Restorers, and Benefactors A man known for his steadfast dedication to virtue and faith, Saint Tobias of Rosemoor was born to Exalted Sigismund and one of his father’s successors on the throne of the Holy Orenian Emperor. Characterized by his devout faith, he is remembered fondly by the Church as an Emperor dedicated to Her wellbeing, making a historic donation to Her, that being the granting of land from the Imperial State to the Mother Church in the “Donation of Tobias''. It would be, after thirteen years adorning the Crown once worn by Exalted Godfrey, that Saint Tobias would abdicate his throne which would pass on then to his son, Alexander I. It would be the remainder of his life that he would devote to the mission of avenging his son as well as fighting against the forces of the Undead. Through prayer and faith, he would persevere and pass on forty years after his abdication in the year of 1520, at the age of one-hundred and twelve years lived. MIRACLES: 1.As a man surrounded by undead awaited death by their grievous hands, a bright light would shine before him. From that light grew the apparition of Saint Tobias, a saving grace sent from the heavens. Before these undead foe, he raised an illuminated hand, sending each fleeing for their graves. Saint Tobias would disappear thereafter, the man saved and allowed to live another day. 2.A Church in the countryside was surrounded by demonic forces. The laity within cowered in fear, praying for their saving. Soon enough, it was reported that a blue ribbon flew through an open window and floated throughout the hallowed chamber as if carried by a supernatural breeze, guiding the laymen to a more secluded door which allowed them to escape without hindrance from near death. Canonized in Octavus Aurea Bulla Helenam SAINT ALEXANDER FREDERICK OF FURNESTOCK THE MURAL CROWN Patron Saint of Democracy, Imperials, Rights, Lovers, and the Impoverished Born in Atlas as an Imperial Prince to the Empire of Man, his early years were spent in deep study on such topics as compatriotism and the principles of democracy, taught by scholars from the Republic of Holm and Raevir Cossacks. After these formative years, he would dedicate himself to the sword, fighting against the Vaeyl Insurgency which embroiled the south of the continent, making an intrinsic effort in bringing the Canonist faith to places where it once could not reach. As an advocate of democracy, he would be permitted, under careful scrutiny, the position of Lord Privy Seal under Aurelius I and formed the Imperial Parliament. As an advocate too for the involvement of the Church in affairs of it’s Canonist Princes, this representative body, first of its kind, allowed the Mother Church a voice in the Empire. After having a miraculous experience, being reported to have whispered to a candle (which later burned his eye, causing it’s removal), he would abandon his material wealth as well as his birthright, instead taking up the cloth to serve as a preacher in the Earldom of Nordengrad. He would then relocate and serve in the Bishopric of Cyrilsburg, leading the Palatine Guard stationed there. Years later, he would reveal that that candle spoke with the voice of God, commanding that he abandon that birthright, the Principality of Alstion, and instead devote his life to steadfast service in the Church. In his twilight years, as a man of frail frame, he would continue to devote himself to those values which he was taught during his childhood, returning to the Imperial Capital and being elected to the seat of Helena. He would later officiate the union between Joseph Clement de Sarkozy and Anne Augusta Helene which would create the House Novellen. He would pass on in the year 1754, aged one-hundred years. Remembered for his humility, he was found on various occasions sleeping on the streets as a vagrant and too, famously had six consecutive wives. MIRACLES: 1.A vagrant and former companion of Saint Alexander was assaulted by a criminal and stabbed by a rusty blade, much the same as the wound inflicted upon the Prince at a battle against the Vaeyl. At first, he did not seek medical treatment, however, after reportedly seeing the apparition of the Saint, he made his way to a clinic and made it just in time, having avoided the onset of tetanus due to the apparition’s warning. 2.As Saint Alexander was replaced in the Imperial Senate after his passing, Bl. James II found himself becoming skeptical of democracy and its processes. Due to this concern, he drafted a public statement in condemnation of it, however while he wrote it, a flame from Saint Alexander’s candle leapt from the wick and fell unto the page, rendering it to ashes. His Holiness took this as a sign from God, calling the Diet of Helena and establishing democracy as a policy of the Church. Canonized in Tredecimus Aurea Bulla Helenam SAINT FOLTEST OF AELDIN AN INFLAMED TREBUCHET Patron Saint of Bastions and Siegeworks Saint Foltest of Aeldin, known for his steadfast service to God in virtue among those of the Kaedreni culture, Foltest remains to be a figure of much import and inspiration. Through his life, he was known to defend God’s Creation, both Man and land, with great devotion, from threats heretical, undead, and so on which hindered the influence of God on His terra. Characterized by selfless sacrifice and bravery, in ages past, accounts tell of his rescue of Canonists from the burning Brelusian Cathedral which threatened to kill all inside, the Saint fearlessly entering the maw of flames so as to save the congregants within from an untimely demise. Too, many accounts of his victories in battle against those aforementioned heretical and daemonic foes continue to be told among the Kaedreni to this day, his life known as a heroic one and one molded by virtue. MIRACLES: 1.During his rescue of the congregants within the Brelusian Cathedral, a miracle occurred. As the flames continued to ravage the Church’s structure, Foltest of Aeldin would exit unhindered and uninjured by the flames which would have singed his skin at least or killed him at worst. 2.A lone, Kaedreni soldier, surrounded by demonic foes during a battle against the Inferni Incursion, prayed to Saint Foltest for his intercession (whether that be strength and defense, or safe passage to the Seven Skies). Upon this prayer, his sword began to glow a bright white, allowing him to cut each demon in one strike, saving him from such a grim death. Canonized in Prima Aurea Bulla Providentia SAINT TYLOS BARCLAY OF KALDEN A WHITE STALLION Patron Saint of Stonemasonry, Cavalry, and Lost Causes A man of common birth, Saint Tylos Barclay would be of little renown until the war which would consume much of his lifetime. The War of Two Emperors would see Tylos of Kalden become a soldier, pledging himself to the Emperor, Joseph I, joining among his armies to battle against the Pertinaxi-Horen dynasty. Devoting the entirety of his savings to purchase armor and a horse, Saint Tylos would set out with little else to war and would fight in many, resulting victories for the side of Joseph. Befriending many fellow men of the Josephite forces along the way, such as the future Lord Protector, Adrian de Sarkozy, all these men would soon be tested as their successive victories would eventually come to an end. As the forces of Oren sieged the Capital City of the Empire of Renatus, Helena, they would soon see defeat as they were successfully pushed back by the Pertinaxi forces. Upon this defeat, the banner of Joseph I was weakened, various states once devoted to the Orenian side, now deserting it. With this, the Pertinaxi armies tore through the countryside of Joseph I’s Empire, yet Saint Tylos, ever brave and devoted, dedicated himself to, along with fellow troops, to an offensive of guerilla warfare. This effort would be relatively unsuccessful, being vastly outnumbered, yet their self-sacrifice would do immense good, even allowing the citizens of Reza the time to evacuate before a Renatian attack. Upon the conclusion of the War of Two Emperors, Saint Tylos would once more dedicate himself to battle, joining under the banner of Ludvig VII in Kalden. While once more the greater war would be lost, in his own acts of heroic bravery and battle, Saint Tylos would act as an exemplar of virtue in such times of bloodshed. Nearing the end of his life, he would give up sword and shield to instead take up the mission of recovery, riding throughout the countryside and spreading the word of God whilst aiding in the healing of the nation. He would pass on after decades of devotion to this final work, ending a life of virtue and dedication in service. MIRACLES: 1.As the city of Reza was expected to be besieged by Renatian forces, Saint Tylos and his small contingent would devote themselves to helping in the city’s defense and the citizenry’s evacuation. Beginning construction on an outer wall, they would soon be faced by a deficit in resources. Readying himself for a night of slumber, the Saint would lay his cloak over the small pile of rocks. Yet, upon rising the next morning, after a night of prayer, revealed under the cloak would be a miraculously large pile of stones, allowing the construction on that outer wall to be completed. 2.During the latter years in Arcas, at the height of the Inferni Incursion, the apparition of Saint Tylos appeared on a white steed within the confines of the city of New Reza, a miracle witnessed by many within the former capital of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska. Canonized in Prima Aurea Bulla Providentia SAINT HARALD VUILLER A SILVER EAGLE Patron Saint of Priest Combatants and Demonic Banishment Born as the heir to House Vuiller’s holdings, Saint Harald spent his formative years in the city of New Reza. However, at fourteen years of age, the Vuiller would instead take up sword and shield and join the armies of Man. As he traveled the continent alongside his brothers in arms, Saint Harald’s interest would be piqued by the work of the clergy, finding himself at the Cathedrals and Churches of each city the army brought him to, worshipping alongside the laity there. Even among the armies did he keep true to the teachings instilled in him by his family, dedicating his time after each battle to the burial of the fallen troops. He was dubbed “the Battle Bishop” for this particular devotion to virtue. After sixteen years of service, his parents passed and he was called home from the field by his sister. Having buried his parents, he would return to the capital city of Hanseti-Ruska with the ambition of joining the Brotherhood of St. Karl, yet from them, was met with nothing but animosity. Thrown out of the city, Saint Harald was not aware that it was because his sister had been accused of witchcraft. From deep prayer came vision, revealing to him the fiendish cultist, a man of Iblees who had cursed his sister. He would hunt this man down and successfully so, yet not in time to save his sister. She would be sentenced to death but at her execution, she would break free of her bindings and escape death by drowning, swimming far from home and away from wrongful punishment. Years of hard work had brought about wonderful results; he had cleansed his family name. Joining the Brotherhood of St. Karl as their chaplain, he would later be ordained by Boniface Cardinal Ves. Yet, even among such triumphs of these years, there were too great tragedies, most prominently the kidnapping of his wife who would never be found. However, through prayer, worship, and service did he endure. Making great donations to the Church, such as the relinquishing of his ancestral home of Vuillermoz to the Church, which would become Her Holy State, Saint Harald would too dedicate himself to simpler studies, spending time reading the Holy Scrolls as well as many Theses of theological renown. He would meet his end with sword in hand, defending the city of New Reza from the attack of a demonic entity and saving thousands of lives in the process. MIRACLES: 1.After strenuous battle with the demon before the walls of New Reza, Saint Harald would be raised high in the air by the demon, only to be petrified; turned to stone. Yet, after many blows were delivered to the demon by the Vuiller’s brothers-in-arms, he would be relinquished from the demon’s grip, only to fall through the air. However, his body was saved as a beam of light struck its stone surface, causing it to float safely to the ground. 2.Decades after his death, the apparition of Saint Harald would appear to such figures as His Holiness, Bl. James II, Sister Roxelana, and High Pontiff Jude II, and others on various occasions, espousing fatherly guidance to all he met, akin to that which he told during his life. Canonized in Prima Aurea Bulla Providentia SAINT ANDRIK VYDRA A FLEUR DE LIS SCEPTER Patron Saint of Victory, Military Excellence & the Schism war Born Andrik Vydra and known regally as Andrew I, the Saint is remembered as the King of Akovia and later, a King of Oren. During his time as Sovereign of such a Kingdom, Oren went through vast reforms under his rule which led to a nature of prosperity which had not been known and would not be known for years before and after. He is too remembered for his involvement in the Schism War, his great faith and bravery in battle leading to the victory of the Canonist League and the disbanding of it’s schismatic counterpart, Godfrey Horen ceding the City of Petrus to the Saint and after, a peace treaty signed, leading to a reformed and united Kingdom of Oren. He would pass on in the year 1498 at the age of thirty-seven, leaving a legacy of a man beloved by his people; one of piety and of devotion to his duty as a crowned Sovereign. MIRACLES: 1.In battle at Milvian Bridge, facing foes innumerable of all races and the Undead armies of the Enemy himself, the forces of Saint Andrik would achieve victory and the Saint would leave the field unharmed, despite having faced many of those foes at once as a lone combatant. 2.As an Akovian peasant, Saint Andrik would stand before the near entirety of Humanity in the confines of the Cloud Temple, of which all would bend knee to him, seeing his Holy Mandate to be one of truth; to unite mankind. Within hours, all temporal rulers would recognize him as the King of Oren. Canonized in Tertia Aurea Bulla Albarosa HIGH PONTIFF, SAINT EVERARD II THE CHECKERED EAGLE Patron Saint of Forethought, Divine Retribution & Pontifical Statehood Born Edmond de Montfort, the nephew of the late Saint Daniel I would grow up to rise swiftly through the ranks of the Church and, upon the death of his predecessor, Blessed High Pontiff Daniel II, would be elected the Vicar of God, the last of which to be raised to such a throne unanimously. Known for his stable rule, Saint Everard II would serve as an exemplar to his successors bringing about what would be considered one of the longest Golden Ages the Church had ever known. Dubbed ‘the Watcher’ and ‘the Wise’, he was well regarded among clergy and laity alike and would greatly impact the world stage at large throughout his Pontificate. Responsible for such things as the restoration of the Horen dynasty with the coronation of John I, the founding of various missions to both Elven and Dwarven nations, as well as being the first among Pontiffs to codify Canon Law, His Holiness’s works would affect the Church and all fellows of Canonist faith for centuries to come. However, among those who supported him, there were dissenters who objected to his expansionist policy and Pontifical restoration, most notably John Turnball. While the majority of the schismatics would be arrested and executed at a Diet called by John I himself, those remaining would assassinate him in 1537, causing the abrupt end to his twelve year long reign. He passed on at the age of forty and would leave behind him a legacy of piety, stability, and the Everardine Age. MIRACLES: 1.During what is known as the Redmarck massacre, where the entire Adrian retinue were murdered by the de Sola’s, the High Pontiff would leap from the highest point of the castle and land safely despite its immense stature, going on to report it to the authorities. 2.In Luciensport, the Archaenguls Michael and Gabriel would descend from the heavens before the High Pontiff, requesting aid in their fight against Iblees. Afterwards, witnesses reported that for an entire week, Saint Everard was illuminated by golden, heavenly light. 3.Everard II would stand between John of Carnatia and his army, and Augustus Valkenwrath, the mayor of Alsace, during the citys’ sacking. As the High Pontiff spoke unto the men, it would alone freeze the troops of John of Carnatia, allowing the people of Alsace the time to flee. Canonized in Tertia Aurea Bulla Albarosa SECTION VII Those Golden Bulls in which these canonizations, beatifications, and venerations were affirmed. TERTIA AUREA BULLA RHODESINSIS High Pontiff Jude I PRIMA AUREA BULLA VES High Pontiff Daniel VI SECONDO AUREA BULLA HELENAM High Pontiff Daniel VI TERTIA AUREA BULLA HELENAM High Pontiff John I QUARTUS AUREA BULLA HELENAM High Pontiff Pontian III QUINTUS AUREA BULLA HELENAM High Pontiff Pontian III OCTAVUS AUREA BULLA HELENAM High Pontiff James II NONUS AUREA BULLA HELENAM High Pontiff James II TREDECIMUS AUREA BULLA HELENAM High Pontiff James II PRIMA AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA High Pontiff James II TERTIA AUREA BULLA ALBAROSA High Pontiff Owyn III SECUNDO AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA High Pontiff Jude II TERTIA AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA High Pontiff Jude II QUARTUS AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA High Pontiff Jude II QUINTUS AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA High Pontiff Jude II ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD

Jude II, within the confines of the Papal Apartments, receives the document with a smile, "A most joyous day when the publications of our Canonist nations focus not on those matters day-to-day but of those of God. A wonderful contribution made by the Patriarch and an act to be applauded by Their Ladyships." The aged Pontiff commented to an Acolyte nearby before setting the paper aside, proceeding to pray for those unions impeded by marital troubles, "May Saint Julia intercede for our brothers and sisters united in union, who face the struggles so often seen, and through her prayers, have their shared bond of love be made ever lasting by the power of God who did ordain marriage between man and woman a righteous thing."

PONTIFICAL EXHORTATION VIDE VICTORIAM PER UNITATEM OF THE HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS ADAPTED TRANSCRIPT OF PONTIFICAL MASS The Feast of the Final Revelation 11th of Horen’s Calling, 1815 Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. Brothers and sisters. Today we celebrate a most joyous occasion, that of the Feast of the Final Revelation. It is during this most merry yet too, reflective time that we as Canonists draw our attention to one particular Scroll, that being the final revelation itself: the Scroll of Auspice. It is this which speaks not of our faith’s history or any particular teachings as the Scrolls Virtue and Spirit do but instead, what is to occur in ages to come; the end of times. It is the resolution of sorts to the Scroll of Gospel, in the contents of it’s three visions speaking, or rather foretelling the final rise and death of the Enemy and, after that, the fruition of God’s plan and the coming of Paradise. However, while this image in and of itself, that of God’s sole rule unimpeded by Iblees, is most inspiring, there is a message not so likely seen among those sacred verses and yet, so very relevant in this day and age. This message is that of unity. We call your attention, most beloved flock, to verses five and six of the Vision of Strife, “Lo! The virtuous dead are descending, and at their fore are the sons of spirit, and the sons of the first man and woman. And leading them is Horen renewed, and he ordains the estates of their armies.” Imagine that, brothers and sisters. This imagery depicts millions of faithful souls, all the virtuous, descending from the heavens to finally vanquish that enemy which has tempted them and their brothers for millenia and has, in sickening defiance of his Creator, so wretchedly betrayed Him. They will now, UNITED, defeat that age old foe of their Lord, of our Lord, and bring unto this world, His peace. We ask you all: how does that, as a Canonist, make you feel? We know personally, it inspires Us greatly, not only as a Canonist but as a brother to Our fellow Canonists. It is these three Visions, whether it be the verses describing the stance of the virtuous, that live, against Iblees in the Vision of Portent, of the armies of the virtuous dead in the Vision of Strife, or the united souls in union with God in the Vision of Paradise, which bring in such a stirring manner, to mind the relevancy of unity now more than ever. For peace, for prosperity, for faith itself, it is unity which is paramount to our mission as those servants of God and paramount always, mind you; not just then but yesterday, today, tomorrow, and those days after it. So, with this message, We pray, kept close at heart; do take heed of Our words. We call you now to be a brother among brothers, a sister among sisters. It is unity which shall always be relevant in the faith for, We assure you; if it is how we win the final battle, by God will it be how we win each battle before it. As the descendants fought, united, the Enemy in Gospel or how we, so very recently, fought the demonic Inferi, it is through unity that we shall prevail. So be united and so too shall we be victorious; for Godani. Given in Karosgrad, within those hallowed halls of the Basilica of St. Henrik, to the faithful flock of Hanseti-Ruska. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT, Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

QUINTUS AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA THE FIFTH GOLDEN BULL OF PROVIDENTIA 13th of Sigismund’s End, 1814 HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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 ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ SECTION I - Exhortation SECTION II - Diocean Restructuring SECTION III - Synod Appointments SECTION IV - Curia Appointments SECTION V - On Relics SECTION VI - Beatifications SECTION VII - Venerations ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ SECTION I “Do Not Betray To Defend” It has been a constant throughout the faith’s history that it’s defense is paramount to our duty as Canonists. Yet, even in such virtuous defense of the faith, there are troubles, those being the measures of which one is willing to take. There are those of the flock who find it necessary not only to guide but to accost and in so doing, betray the virtue of which we as Canonists preach. It is these men and women who, in the face of the sinner, neglects their spiritual duty to admonish and instead resorts to insults and harm. Mind you, We speak not of the heretic or the apostate or such men and women deserving of due justice, but instead those who could and are willing to seek confession and yet, are met with the unkind and absolutely horrid affront to the Canonist Scripture from those who are called to abide by it. It is these men and women who display such a contradiction of Canonist values that completely undermine their defense of the faith. It is these men and women who betray to defend; betray the values which God does call us to keep close at heart while naming themselves the defenders of those said values. It is these two things which clearly present themselves as absolute opposites and therefore, it is to those of the flock who betray to defend that We admonish. We call unto you; if you find oneself succumbing to the prejudices of the day which are exacted in such an unwarranted manner against those who would find much more value in guidance rather than attacks, We beg of you to instead admonish. Follow the example of the stern father; speak unto them the righteous path and guide them to the confession booth so that they may seek absolution. This is the only true defense, for how can we defend what we do not follow? DEI GRATIA SECTION II It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the Dioceses throughout Almaris. We decree these appointments... METROPOLITANATE OF PROVIDENTIA, THE HOLY SEE Encompassing the seat of the Fidei Defensor and the Holy See, along with the Barony of Dobrov, shepherded by Metropolitan, Gawain Cardinal Providentia @JoanOfArc, along with his Coadjutor-Bishop, Fr. Basil @Basil Moroul. DIOCESE OF BURON, Encompassing the Barony of Dobrov and the surrounding lands, to be shepherded by Ivard Bishop Dobrov @JustGrim. A coat of arms shall be prepared in the coming days. PATRIARCHATE OF JORENUS Encompassing the entirety of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska & the Kingdom of Norland, shepherded by Patriarch, Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos @rep2k. ARCHDIOCESE OF HENRIKEV, encompassing the entirety of the Capital City of Karosgrad, shepherded by Yaromir Archbishop Henrikev @Pureimp10. DIOCESE OF VALWYCK, encompassing the lands to the north, west and east of the Capital City of Karosgrad, to be shepherded by Karl Otto Bishop Valwyck @Drew2_dude. DIOCESE OF REINMAR, encompassing the land to direct south of the Capital City of Karosgrad, shepherded by Adelric Bishop Reinmar @MadOne. PRINCELY-ARCHDIOCESE OF ALBAROSA, Encompassing everything beyond the Capital City of Providence, that is within the Holy Orenian Empire, the Free Trade Nation of Sutica & Elven territories, shepherded by Prince-Archbishop, Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ along with his Vicar, Fr. Ferdinand @Totalitarianism_. ARCHDIOCESE OF NESCIA, encompassing the Free Trade Nation of Sutica & Elven Territories, to be under the supervision of Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ until a successor is found. DIOCESE OF CORDOBA, encompassing the Osanora region & other Hyspian settlements, shepherded by Agustin Bishop Cordoba @Timer5011. DIOCESE OF GOTTSGRENZE, encompassing the Municipality of Esbec, shepherded by Guy Bishop Gottsgrenze @Balthasar. DIOCESE OF ROCHEFORT, encompassing the Municipality of Redenford, to be shepherd by Robert Bishop Rochefort @Tiresiam. TITULAR DIOCESE OF METZ, granted to the First Apostolic-General of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn, Armande-Philippe Bishop Titulur Metz @LithiumSedai. SECTION III It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the College of Cardinals. We decree these appointments… TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Gawain Cardinal Providentia @JoanOfArc TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos @rep2k TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ TR, His Eminence, Fr. Adelric Cardinal Freising @MadOne TR, His Eminence, Fr. Robert Cardinal Rochefort @Tiresiam TR, His Eminence, Fr. Ailred Cardinal Reinmar @argonian SECTION IV It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the Curia. We decree these appointments… Vice Chancellor, His Eminence, Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ Ecclesiastical Auditor, Vacant Prelate of the Clergy, His Eminence, Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos @rep2k Pontifical Secretary, His Grace, Robert Bishop Rochefort @Tiresiam Apostolic General, His Excellency, Armand de Rennes @LithiumSedai Prelate of the Sisterhood, Her Excellency, Sister Roxelana @Axelu SECTION V It was the recovery of relics, for Our predecessor, Bl. Jude I, that was a most important focus throughout his Pontificate. With plans for a reliquary in the Holy See being drawn up by the ever faithful Coadjutor-Bishop Basil and Father Johan, We too seek to share in this goal. Therefore, as We begin preparation to store relics already in the Church’s possession, We call unto those who keep relics of their own to donate them at their earliest convenience to the Church, specifically the Metropolitanate of Providentia, so as to see them preserved, protected, and venerated in the proper manner and conditions. We thank you in advance for your kind donation to the Mother Church and pray that your contributions shall, for generations to come, encourage a higher understanding of those Saints who we revere so dearly as the Canonist faithful. SECTION VI It is a joyous day when We may see friends and brothers honored for their martyrdom and sacrifice. Through Our Apostolic Authority in the Pontificate, We do affirm these beatifications. BLESSED FATHER, AMADEUS D’ARYN Beatified for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, devoted tenure in the Mother Church as Father, Cardinal, and Vice Chancellor under the Pontificate of His Holiness, Bl. James II, and his tenure as a renown statesman who led honorably the Everardine party for years in the House of Commons, always keeping at heart the betterment of those people he served. BLESSED FATHER, OTHO OF VALWYCK Beatified for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, and devoted tenure as a Bishop of the Mother Church, dedicated to bringing the faith of God to his flock, both landed peer and common man alike. BLESSED FATHER, CARLOS OF CORDOBA Beatified for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, and inspiring past of redemption through those means of penance which led to his great piety in the Priesthood and eventual sacrifice. BLESSED NICOLAS BARCLAY Beatified for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, service to the Church as Secretariat to the Pontiff, Pontifical Delegate to Humanity, and devoted tenure as Equester-Imperator, Praefectus Castrorum, and a Holy Sir of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn, steadfast in his mission of the defense of the clergy to his death. BLESSED ALDRIC DEL RIVIERE Beatified for his faithful service to God, martyrdom during the Diet of Karosgrad, and dedicated service to the Mother Church as a Holy Sir of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn which, in his devotion to his duty, eventually led to his sacrifice. SECTION VII Through Our Apostolic Authority, We too affirm these following venerations. VENERABLE FATHER, BENEDICT Made Venerable for his faithful service to God, dedication to his duty within the Mother Church as Priest, Bishop, and Cardinal of Jorenus, as well as his steadfast devotion to his service to the Haeseni people, both as a Father of the Church as well as a statesman. VENERABLE JURGEN VON HERRICK, Made Venerable for his faithful service to God, bravery in combat, service to the sick and injured as a most compassionate physician, as well as his renown humility and virtue. Too, by the account of Mister Vaz’s Open Letter to Our office, he is responsible for at least one miracle which shall be investigated in the coming months. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT, Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

PONTIFICAL LETTER WRIT OF ANNULMENT: OF THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. We write this declaration from Our most Holy Office with sorrow to hear of such incident in a union which has lasted decades. Yet, in peaceful agreement, each spouse has come to the conclusion that they cannot continue and after much discussion between the Pontificate and the two spouses, so do We concur. Therefore, We hereby declare the union of His Imperial Highness, John Charles, and Her Imperial Highness, Wilhelmina Beatrix, void, annulled on the grounds of their marriage being an unconsummated one and too, severe impairment of this union, characterized by separation, distrust, and other such factors spanning many years which have created an air of struggle amidst this bond of over thirty. We do pray for each of the pair and hereby demand that each seek Our permit before entering any future unions. May God bless them. Dei gratia, Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD Twelfth of Tobias's Bounty, 1814

After having been presented, at the Monastery of Saint Robert, it's finished architectural plans, Jude II found himself in quiet thought. Still somewhat pained by the scar upon his already terribly burnt hand, the tired gaze of the aging Pontiff was particularly drawn to that injury, much to the confusion of those attendants around him. Suddenly, Jude's lips parted, "Shall we pray?" Hesitantly, the Priests and Monks which surrounded his chair nodded, bowing their heads along with the sexagenarian. "Oh Almighty God, King of Kings, Lord of Lords." he began. Much like he had done for Bishop Hernando, he too did for Father Alfonso, "I do beseech You, as Your most devoted Vicar, to behold my beloved brother, Father Alfonso, eternal peace." There he paused, "--Why--... Leave me.. please." he asked, to which those around him once more hesitated, "Leave." came in a more stern tone from the Holy Father, a command they heeded, departing to the other room. A long sigh would escape the Pontiff, "Why... must he be taken, Father?... Why not I?" Jude then arose with struggle and, keeping pressure off his feet, took hold of candle and then matches, lighting it at the table near his chair as he had become rather accustomed the past days. To his friend and for that friend's sacrifice, he dedicated that candle with guilt, "May he be granted eternal peace, Lord. Surely, he is deserving of that..."

MATRIMONIUM SUBCRIPTIO THE MARRIAGE REGISTER OF THE HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS 1814-Present “And as I made for you the worldly pleasures, so too have I made the pleasures of the spirit, and the love of the husband and wife.” (Virtue 3:5) Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. It has been throughout this most holy institution’s history that the Sacrament of Matrimony has been so highly regarded, founded firstly by the Lord even before His Church’s inception. The love of the husband and wife is first seen in the example of Exalted Horen and Saint Julia, that lasting bond seen so strongly between the pair, their marriage providing guide for those joined by the Sacrament in millenia to come. Yet, it is until the reign of High Pontiff, Venerable Pontian III and the tenure of his Auditor, Boniface, that a Marriage Register to keep in record those affirmed unions was sparse in the Church and no official record was kept. It was after the migration from Arcas to Almaris that the Marriage Register of Venerable Pontian III’s Pontificate went defunct, something of which We wish to rectify so as to ensure unions are as the Lord intended; ones of virtue and of those laws which God did deem righteous. Therefore, as the former Auditor of the Tribunal did outline, We too outline these rules of which shall be expected in this iteration of the Mother Church’s records. Firstly, We expect all unions to be recorded here if they have not already in the previous Register, so as to ensure clarity for Us and Our clergy. Secondly, these records shall be private, only to be accessed by the clergy themselves. Precedent set by the previous Register shall stand; law enforcement agencies of Our Canonist Princes may request information from these records when investigating such crimes as fornication, adultery, miscegenation and all those relating to these marriages of which we of the cloth alone may unite. They will not be given access to the records themselves but shall be presented with information by means of copy or word of mouth during investigation or at court by a Priest of the Church’s choosing. Unlike the first Marriage Register however, those administering the Sacrament are expected to record those Sacraments affirmed by themselves. However, if it is easiest, those unions of the past or those administered before the promulgation of this register may be recorded by either party. If so, only one spouse must record their union, not both. If you, a spouse, are recording your own union and have forgotten the clergyman who did administer the Sacrament, you may instead write down the name of a legitimate and trustworthy witness who the Church may contact. Lastly, any found lying or misleading Our Pontificate’s records will be brought before an ecclesiastical court under that diocesan administration where they live. REGISTER APPLICATION Full Name of Man - Date of Birth of Man - Name of Woman - Date of Birth of Woman - Location of Ceremony - Date of Ceremony (Year) - Name of Clergyman who performed ceremony - ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER YOUR SERVANT, Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

As Jude II strolled the Palace Gardens of Providence alongside his attendant and friend, Sister Catherine, and two Holy Knights of the Supreme Order, the Pontiff found his mind occupied by the death of his loyal Bishop, Hernando. Setting his papers aside, Jude would carefully ease onto a secluded bench among the trees a bushes which dotted the pathways, "Sister, Holy Sirs... shall we pray?" The trio nodded their heads, standing close beside the bench. As their hands clasped before them and their heads bowed, so did the Pontiff's, "Oh Lord God... as we think of- Mmph... today, I, Your most humble Vicar, do beseech Thee to behold my beloved brother, Bishop Hernando, eternal peace." After a short pause, the aging Pontiff would continue, "It is he who served Thee devotedly in his episcopal office, even finding the sacrifice of life in his service to his flock, in trust to them and in You, Almighty Lord. Yet, sadly there were those who intended to deceive and so, Bishop Hernando lies dead and has, I pray, ascended to the Seven Skies." A long pause was given, Jude leaning back in discomfort on the bench, "I pray to Thee that You may grant Bishop Hernando bountiful reward for his actions in life, as both man and shepherd. This I pray, King of Kings, Lord of Lords. Amen." The burnt hand of the Pontiff rose from his lap to press against head, chest, and shoulders, Jude crossing himself along with those attendants present upon the prayer's conclusion. The tired gaze of Jude then rose to the sky, in contemplation--prideful contemplation of his brother's life and service.

Within the confines of the Papal Apartments, it would be at daily morning mass, celebrated in the small Pontifical chapel, that Jude II would hear of the news. Amidst the blessing of the congregants, the aging Pontiff would set aside the aspergillum, instead beckoning those present to join him in prayer. Having received both news and copy of the Obituary from the courier, Jude would kneel at the altar, setting carefully upon it's surface that parchment. It was then that he prayed: "We give you thanks, Almighty God, For the bountiful blessings you have bestowed. Look with favor on your people, Great descendants of Joren, Siegmund, and Karl. We pray that we might be delivered from all trials, And that our children be safeguarded against all evils. Grant us peace and may Your virtue reign supreme. Sustain your chosen ruler, our king and his successors. Give them insight and wisdom to govern wisely, And to honor the holy testaments of Your word. This we ask in the name of the Exalted and saints, Amen." It would be that morning mass, or the remainder of it, which was dedicated to the beloved Cardinal Benedict, as he had done for Jude upon his enthronement to the Pontifical seat. That night however, was of more personal mourning and there, upon the balcony of the Pontifical Residence, he lit a candle for what he prayed was the last death for a long while, "May God bless brother Benedict, duly deserved for his work here in life, with peace in the heavens." The Pontiff nodded, "God bless, Benedict." before he found himself once more in the seclusion of those halls.

ENCYCLICAL LETTER QUI DOCTRINAM EX DIVINA INSPIRATIONE THOSE TEACHINGS OF DIVINE INSPIRATION OF THE HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS Addressed to the Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and the Laymen of the Church of the Canon On the Necessity for Canonist Education HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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. The next generation, taught not by the secular but by those teachings divinely inspired. “And so I shall guide you in a theater of virtue, and the virtuous shall not live except by My Word.” (Virtue 1:7) Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. It is God, the Most High; the Most Merciful, Singular, and Omnipotent (Spirit 1:1) Who is all-knowing and Who, in His nature ever omnibenevolent, endows upon the faithful of Creation the potent wisdom divinely inspired. This wisdom is the basis for all things good for its source is the all-good and the source of all good things, that which has bestowed upon His Creation the virtues and the goodness of the soul, only to be perverted by the Enemy. It is this wisdom which is paramount to our societies, those of Our Canonist Princes, for it is that wisdom which is, as stated prior, the basis of all things good that mold those nations of Canonist creed into ones befitting that label of Canonist, forever identified not by name alone but by the virtue of the society and more importantly, those individuals which it encompasses. It has been Our goal, throughout and ever still now in the sixth year of Our Pontificate, to stress the necessity for the Lord in all things; and yet, in such a modern day and age where apathy to the immoral action of the unrepentant sinner runs rampant, it is a task of great challenge to bring once more into the concerns of the faithful the issues of iniquity, relativism, secularism, and so on which eat away at the very foundations of Canonist society. However, to restore all things in God, measures must be taken to see this challenge overcome. To do this, we must organize our nations from the ground up in the way which God did ordain and such a foundation is that which God delivered to us through His first Prophet, “And so I shall guide you in a theater of virtue, and the virtuous shall not live except by My Word.” (Virtue 1:7). CHAPTER ONE “The Wisdom of God” In millennia past did God create the planes of existence and so too did this spark the creation of that which would deny Him: the Enemy who spoke unto God in sickening defiance of the omnipotent Lord, “And Iblees replied ‘For you name us as servants, and I shall devise of no virtue until I am your equal.’” (Gospel 1:23) However, the Denier too said this, “And now my touch is the touch of the Void, and it is with all things in your creation.” (Gospel 1:24) It is this curse, engendered by those words spoken by Iblees, which has plagued us, His Creation, with those temptations and sins contradictory to His design. Those temptations are the inception for the necessity of His wisdom, for it is we, whose free will has been corrupted, that need the guiding hand of His word to be drawn into the fold, molded once more into that which He did ordain the nature of things; that which is good, brought forth into life through His Goodness. The very necessity for His wisdom is interwoven in the necessity for salvation; eternal salvation or everlasting union with God. In fact, it is salvation which relies solely upon His wisdom, for if it is in our natural nature to sin (Gospel 1:24), then it is only through His wisdom that we may be corrected and made worthy of that which entails the virtue of the individual. CHAPTER TWO “Canonist Education” As We have reflected upon God’s wisdom and its key role in the eternal deliverance of salvation, We now reflect upon the necessity for Canonist education over that of the secular world, using not the teachings of fallible ideology born of man but of the infallible and single truth of God: His wisdom. As said prior, to restore all things in God, a necessary facet of such a movement is to instill the Canonist morals and values of the faith from the foundation upwards throughout all of those nations of which the Church encompasses; for to restore is to build and to ensure that such a restoration endures, it must be built on a strong foundation. As many have, We consider the foundation of our societies to be the next generation and so, to see to it that the Canonist faith and the virtue of which We preach finds itself at the heart of those nations, We do believe that to have those that shall inherit the Empires and Kingdoms of Canonist conviction receive a proper, Canonist education is paramount to the restoration of God in all things and the insurance of salvation among those of the Canonist faith. After all, it is the wisdom of God which we know molds us into those of virtue, for it is the virtuous who shall live by nothing else except His Word. This is the importance of Canonist education, for it is not spoiled purely by the fallible but instead ensures the endurance of the Canonist life tenfold in the coming years, decades, and centuries. It molds our children and their children and their children after into virtuous men and women who see the wealth of virtue and the necessity to see Him in themselves, in their households, and in the societies in which they live. It is they, the generations to come, which shall be the movers and the shakers and to see to it that they are learned in Canonist values is to see the world made in God’s image not just now but too, in many years forward. So, to find those words of Scripture in the classes of our children is to mold them into those that shall mold the world, not solely motivated by the secular world nor of any secular ideology but first and foremost, of the faith of the Lord. It is to see them impacted with values which shall last a lifetime and ensure their eternal souls in, what We pray, a century to come. It is too to see the souls of the nation in which they reside enduring in Canonist faith, the people of years to come, always willing God to be in each and every hall of governance and of leadership, securing the light of God in places which can so easily become dark and depraved in His absence. CHAPTER THREE “The Canonist and the Secular” Yet, We wish to clarify that Our intention is not to demean or discredit the secular education of which many of Our Canonist nations promote, for the sciences and certain philosophies not necessarily of the Church are nevertheless of great value to the progression of Creation on God’s path moving forward. However, what We do demean, discredit, and vehemently deem abhorrent is the philosophy of relativism which, in the absence of Canonist education, permeates throughout our societies and does not raise but harms the next generation of which shall inherit those nations of the one true faith and the many souls within them. The philosophy of relativism teaches that such things as morality are derived from man and it’s societies and cultures and are not absolute, ideas in contradiction to the Church’s doctrine on such matters. It is this philosophy which leads to the horrors of the feared modern day and age where the people shall not live by the morals derived from God, those absolute and infallible, but instead purely of their culture which are, as man is, imperfect. It is Our point that an education purely secular permits such a philosophy to spread like a plague for it is not founded upon the one truth but upon those truths that man finds convenient. It is this fact which makes a secular education, deprived of God’s wisdom, which is a dangerous thing, one apathetic to the plights which God recognizes and instead, either consciously or unconsciously concerned with creating a rift between religious and secular. For this reason, balance is necessary, for while the secular ideas are useful, they are deprived of good when deprived of God. It is a balance between that of the secular sciences and so on, melded with the Canonist doctrine and that truth of the Merciful, Singular, and Omnipotent Lord which is necessary to see our nations lifted up in light and made tools for God’s Plan and not tools for Iblees; for God did create us, planting in each of our hearts the seeds of love, of hope, of joy and all that we hold dear, yet it is Iblees who did curse us with sin and therefore, damnation and death. It is with the education born firstly of God and His Word, then secondly of man which will be able to fulfill His plan. Education born firstly of those virtues and morals built upon a foundation of truth and secondly upon the observances and thoughts of those great men and discoverers. This is why We call upon the educators to heed Our words and begin to mold the curriculum, if lacking, into one born firstly of God’s Word, lest the next generations drive the societies of man away from God instead of to Him and therefore, away from salvation. It is His Word which delivers us and the inventions, beliefs, and machinations of man mean little before and with God. So, while not neglecting those ideas and innovations of the secular world, We too call upon all to never neglect the Word of God and implore them; nay, demand that they admonish those who do. Instruct our youth in God and all shall be worthy of salvation, for it is the next generation which is our foundation and a faithful youth shall make our restoration all the more enduring. Written in and published from the Holy See of Providentia, given to all Our flock on the twelfth of Tobias’s Bounty, in the year of our lord, 1813, the sixth of Our Pontificate. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

PONTIFICAL LETTER ON THE MATTERS OF OREN AND SEDAN SOLEMNLY PROMULGATED BY HIS HOLINESS HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS 13th of the Tobias’s Bounty, 1812 Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. It is these past weeks which have brought concerning developments in regards to the matter of the chapter of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn, the Goats of Sedan, and the Holy Orenian Empire. While We had hoped to see a peaceful resolution to this matter, it seems that tensions brewing between Our Holy Sirs of the Supreme Order’s chapter and the Empire have forced Our hand in this discord among them. With that in mind, under clear conscience and through Our Authority as the Vicar of God, We do affirm that the oaths of the Goats of Sedan are hereby dissolved by the Pontificate of which did swear them in as bearers of the defense of the Mother Church, the reasoning being the necessity for neutrality and the maintaining of relations between the Church and Our Canonist Princes. If conflict is to break out due to such discord, We first and foremost disavow and condemn such hostility. We call both parties involved to find peace among them if such feud is to turn into bloodshed, for God is peace and where there is the Lord, may there too be that joyous gift. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. We read this letter with sorrow. To hear of such allegations against one of Our appointed Bishops brings Us a melancholy most foul, and yet, your dedication to justice reminds Us of such faith among the Hyspian flock. As the Bishopric remains to be a most prestigious, revered, and trusted seat within the Mother Church, We find such actions in this position, if true, most disappointing at least, absolutely reprehensible at worst (of which We lean towards the latter). This shall be investigated and a conclusion shall be drawn on the basis of these allegations against Bishop Leumont. We thank you for this steadfast mission to truth and shall consider and review all accusations most carefully in the coming days and weeks. Dei gratia Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD

QUARTUS AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA THE FOURTH GOLDEN BULL OF PROVIDENTIA 15th of Tobias’s Bounty, 1811 HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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 ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ SECTION I - Exhortation SECTION II - Diocean Restructuring SECTION III - Synod Appointments SECTION IV - Appointments to the Curia SECTION V - On Norland and Leumont SECTION VI - Cardinal Francisco SECTION VII - Sacerdotal Census SECTION VIII - On Publicized Imperial Unions SECTION IX - On the Order of Bl. Wigbrecht SECTION X - Canonizations, Beatifications, Venerations ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ SECTION I “The Necessity of Fraternity” Throughout the storied history of the Canonist faith, a common value has been promoted year after year; the value of brotherhood, of fraternity in faith and more largely, fraternal love. It is that fraternal love which serves as the bond between the faithful, the uniting force which keeps those devoted to God forever devoted together. You may ask then; why is this important? We begin with the necessity for unity in that regard, reminding Our brothers and sisters of Auspice in which a united faithful defeats Iblees. It is not through one man but through the many that Iblees was killed and just as such a lesson is applied then, too should it be applied in the common day and age. It is that unity which is important to the Canonist faith and so, in the same vein, so too is fraternity. As We said prior, fraternal love is the uniting force which binds the faithful together, and therefore, a fraternal faithful is one which is united and one assured victory in foretold times. It is that necessity of unity which makes fraternal love too a necessity, for it is collectively that we all must worship, not separately. Our voices must be called in praise to God, not as one voice but as many in unison. We must not worship alone but together. We must not tread this path in solitude but surrounded by those called to the same mission. However, that is not enough and without true brotherhood, unity is but a hollow thing. This is why We call you now to fraternity for fraternity is what binds all together and fraternity is what shall assure God’s victory in every age and era. DEI GRATIA SECTION II It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the Dioceses throughout Almaris. We decree these appointments... METROPOLITANATE OF PROVIDENTIA, THE HOLY SEE Encompassing the seat of the Fidei Defensor and the Holy See, along with the Barony of Dobrov, shepherded by Metropolitan Bram Cardinal Providentia (@PuritanPope) along with his Vicar, Father Basil (@Basil Moroul). PATRIARCHATE OF JORENUS Encompassing the entirety of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska & the Kingdom of Norland, shepherded by Alfred Patriarch Jorenus (@rep2k). ARCHDIOCESE OF HENRIKEV, encompassing the entirety of the Capital City of Karosgrad, shepherded by Yaromir Archbishop Henrikev (@Pureimp10). DIOCESE OF VALWYCK, encompassing the lands to the north, west and east of the Capital City of Karosgrad, to be shepherded by Karl Otto Bishop Valwyck (@Drew2_dude). DIOCESE OF REINMAR, encompassing the land to direct south of the Capital City of Karosgrad, shepherded by Adelric Bishop Reinmar (@MadOne). TITULAR DIOCESE OF LEUMONT, encompassing the city of Leumont, shepherded by Methas Bishop Leumont (@Crows). PRINCELY-ARCHDIOCESE OF ALBAROSA, Encompassing everything beyond the Capital City of Providence, that is within the Holy Orenian Empire, the Free Trade Nation of Sutica & Elven territories, shepherded by Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa (@Hulio) along with his Vicar, Fr. Ferdinand (@Totalitarian). ARCHDIOCESE OF NESCIA, encompassing the Free Trade Nation of Sutica & Elven Territories, to be in Sede Vacante until a successor is found to the late Cardinal Sutica. DIOCESE OF CORDOBA, encompassing the Osanora region & other Hyspian settlements, shepherded by Hernando Bishop Cordoba (@bugbytes21). DIOCESE OF GOTTSGRENZE, encompassing the Municipality of Esbec, shepherded by Guy Bishop Gottsgrenze (@Balthasar). DIOCESE OF ROCHEFORT, encompassing the Municipality of Redenford, to remain in Sede Vacante until a successor to the late Cardinal Amadeus is found. DIOCESE OF PONCE, encompassing the lands of Sedan to the west of Providence, an estate granted by the Holy Orenian Empire and the hereditary lands of the House de Joannes, shepherded by Ferdinand Bishop Ponce (@Totalitarian). TITULAR DIOCESE OF METZ, granted to the First Apostle-General of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn, Armande-Philippe Bishop Titulur Metz ( @LithiumSedai). SECTION III It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the College of Cardinals. We decree these appointments… TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Bram Cardinal Providentia (@PuritanPope) TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos (@rep2k) TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa (@Hulio) TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Benedict Cardinal Jorenus (@Piov) TR, His Eminence, Fr. Adelric Cardinal Freising (@MadOne) TR, His Eminence, Fr. Ailred Cardinal Reinmar (@argonian) With the death of Cardinal Sutica, a College that would have been seven will now remain six until a successor to Our beloved brother is found. SECTION IV It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the Curia. We decree these appointments… Vice Chancellor, His Eminence, Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa (@Hulio) Ecclesiastical Auditor, Vacant Prelate of the Clergy, His Eminence, Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos (@rep2k) Pontifical Secretary, Fr. Robert de Bourdon (@Tiresiam) Apostolic General, His Excellency, Armand de Rennes (@LithiumSedai) Prelate of the Sisterhood, Her Excellency, Sister Roxelana (@Axelu) With the resignation of the Ecclesiastical Auditor, We, in the coming weeks shall search for a replacement to preside over the Tribunal. We offer Our brother, Father Alfred Ruthern, the best of wishes and Health and Pontifical Benediction in future endeavors. SECTION V It brings Us great dismay to hear of the news of Our mission’s failure in the Apostate Nation of Norland. While we had great hopes for the City of Leumont and further, peaceful conversion efforts in the wider dominion of Norland, with the conversion of Our primary diocese within their borders, this mission has come to a close. Along with such things as an inordinate tax on Our clergy as well as word of mercenaries prowling the roads of their dominion, and too, hostilities between the Church and Norland’s vassal states, We have seen it fit to rescind all ecclesiastical efforts in Norland and maintain the Diocese of Leumont as a titular title. With Our ever persistent goal to see the unsaved one day among those in salvation, We maintain too all Diocesan titles encompassing Norland as titular ones, being the Diocese of Leumont which has been previously mentioned and too, the Patriarchate of Jorenus which possesses wider purview over the pagan nation. It is God who weeps at the sight of Norland, those who reject His Covenant which He did make with the Prophet, Exalted Horen. He who is wroth at the sight of those who reject His Word when they have been molded by it. Yet, while We do harken back to the words of Bl. High Pontiff Everard IV in the Encyclical Letter, Fide et Obedientia, “We the Pontificate do find that the cultists of the Norlandic people have condemned themselves an eternity of damnation by virtue of the wrath of Almighty GOD and His Exalted Prophets and saints.” We too remember these words from the Prophet Owyn, “Grace to thee and peace from our Lord GOD, the Most Merciful, Singular, and Omnipotent.” So, while We may condemn and admonish those who reject His truth, the one truth, the only and singular truth, We too remember that He is the Lord, Most Merciful. With that, We have hope that one day, those apostates who abandon so foolishly that truth of which has ordained them at birth as the faithful eternally, shall see their folly; their mistake in breaking the Covenant with the Creator and that this shall bring them cause to devote themselves once more to the Lord Almighty. That is what We have, are, and shall pray for these days, weeks, years, and all time to come, for it is short of an eternity that they have to redeem but an eternity that they have to enjoy, only if they are to be what has been written in stone: Canonists. SECTION VI Francisco Cardinal Sutica 1768-1810 Cardinal Francisco, a dear friend of Our’s has died by the hands of those he hoped to redeem. It was a month ago that we received word of His Eminence’s execution in the domain of the Apostate’s Hyspia by their King, the very man who the Cardinal had once treated as a brother. While the Cardinal’s death has not gone unpunished, for which We do so sincerely thank the involvement of Haense and their Koeng, His Majesty Heinrik II (@Rudi), We must still remember a virtuous man who devoted himself forever to a cause which would one day make him a martyr. Cardinal Francisco was a man We met when We were but Manfried Cardinal St. Julia, a man who cared for Us in times of dire need, visited Us often as We recovered from injuries so commonly correlated with Our image. It was he, in his worry for Us, that We inferred was to be a great and caring shepherd to his flock. We were not wrong and the Cardinal lived out his life, to his final breath, in service to those who, in this priestly vocation, he had been called to guide and to defend. It is this spirit which truly embodied Our goal in Norland and in the Apostate’s Hyspia and We are saddened that it must end in this tragic manner. Yet, We forever retain in Our memory the service of Cardinal Francisco and pray that he may enjoy joyous eternity with the Lord God. SECTION VII As We witness a great expansion of the ranks of clergy in this holy institution, the necessity for record keeping becomes ever more apparent. With this in mind, We call a sacerdotal census to take place for this coming year of 1811 so as to truly assess the Church’s numbers. The sacerdotal census will be released in the coming days and We expect the participation of every ordained man. In the past, the consequence for not participating in the census has been the defrocking of that cleric absent in the Church’s records. This shall not be continued in this sacerdotal census, however, the Priest absent in Our records shall not be recognized by this Pontificate to be able to participate in such things as Ecumenical Councils, Diets, and so on if they are called. SECTION VIII In the past months, a certain scandal involving the unions of the Imperial Family has been brought to Our attention. In this, We worried for those involved and immediately sought audience with Our Canonist Prince, His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Joseph II, to hear answers on this predicament. While We were concerned, those worries soon disappeared as We were told of Lord Peter d’Arkent’s consent to the union by the Lord, Peter himself and too, the situation of the union involving Lady Margaux and Prince Robert was clarified by the Emperor who stated it was but an offer, not a forced matter. As the predicament has been explained to Us, We have deemed it of no issue to affirm the marriage. Therefore, We have permitted the union between Peter d’Arkent and Josephine Augusta, officiating it Ourselves, and too shall permit the offered union if express consent is given, in person, by the pair involved. With this in mind, We are happy to see this resolved and offer Our good will and prayers to the newly weds. SECTION IX It has been the Order of Bl. Wigbrecht which has, throughout many years, served the Church, both clergy and lay faithful devotedly; forever steadfast in their mission. With the return of His Eminence Bram many a year ago, he has now sought to revive the monastic order of which he had led. It is their ranks, filled with such men as His Eminence, as Cardinal Jorenus, and many others, which will Us to share in this necessity. Therefore, We affirm the Order of Bl. Wigbrecht, to remain under no authority within or outside the Church but the High Pontiff and their Superior General. We too affirm their Rule and pray that in this sanctioning of their order, they may continue their service in the name of God, forever keeping at heart the Canonist ideals of Bl. Wigbrecht. SECTION X Through Our Apostolic Authority in the Pontificate, We do affirm these venerations. VENERABLE FATHER JAVIER Made Venerable for his faithful service to God and the lay faithful, showing great dedication in his vocation as a Priest of the Church of the Canon. VENERABLE FATHER JAGO BROWNFOLK Made Venerable for his faithful service to God and his sacrifice on the fields of Korvassa, in battle against the demons responsible for the fall of Arcas, the Inferi. VENERABLE HENRY MARSHALL Made Venerable for his faithful service to God, long standing service and dedication to the people of the Holy Orenian Empire, and steadfast devotion to justice throughout his long life of one-hundred and four years. VENERABLE PRIMROSE KORTREVICH Made Venerable for her faithful service to God and sacrifice of her life to the Atheran worm so that many lives may be saved from untimely death. VENERABLE FARLEY STAFYR Made Venerable for his faithful service to God, stalwart defense of the Second Empire from Dwarven invasion, and dedicated service to both nation and family in his competency as a Lord and his noble way of life. VENERABLE ARIANNE HELVETS Made Venerable for her faithful service to God, modest way of living, and selfless sacrifice of her life during the Scyfling invasion for the refugees of which she defended. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

PONTIFICAL LETTER WRIT OF DISSOLUTION: OF THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. It brings Us great sorrow to hear of such incident in a union which has bore these spouses twins, however even with such harmonious intentions as to affirm the Sacrament of Matrimony, the tides of change may crash even on calm beaches. With regret, We have been told by the account of Edith Hope that her husband, Silvius Hope, has abandoned her and her children and has, in so doing, abandoned their union of marriage as well. By Edith Hope’s testimony, Silvius Hope left five years ago and has not returned nor sent any form of correspondence. We, by Our Apostolic Authority derived from the Laurel of the Prophets, hereby dissolve the Sacrament of Matrimony which bonds together Silvius and Edith Hope. Children born within the union remain the legitimate issue of both parents. With their union dissolved, they are both permitted by Our office to remarry. However, We beseech both to take more care in seeking the Sacrament of Matrimony going forward and demand that both seek Our permit for future unions, lest it be considered invalid. Dei gratia, Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD

ENCYCLICAL LETTER NECESSITAS SCIENTIAE IN FIDE NECESSITY OF KNOWLEDGE IN FAITH OF THE HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS Addressed to the Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and the Laymen of the Church of the Canon. HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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. (Virtue 1:9) “And so I shall guide you in a theater of virtue, and the virtuous shall not live except by My Word.” (Virtue 1:7) Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. As We author the Second Edition of the Canonist Church’s Catechism, the act of writing about the faith has brought great contemplation as We reflect upon the the Scripture of the Lord and all things good and true of which He is oft to bestow. However, it has brought one thing to Our mind which has, above all, peaked Our interest and an idea which We reflect upon, even in the Catechism itself. An idea which brings reflection both on the Singular Creator Himself and too, Our mission and the mission which We share among Our brothers as shepherds of the flock. That is the necessity for knowledge in faith. This is the very purpose of the Catechism; to make known the Word of God and ensure that all are armored well so as to defend against the temptations which wish to tear from us our eternity with God and instead drag us where His light does not reach, the prison of Iblees. It is this mission which has willed Us to author this Encyclical Letter, for it is a topic of most importance. As the Lord says, “And so shall I guide you in a theater of virtue, and the virtuous shall not live except by My Word.” (Virtue 1:7) This verse has brought primarily the contemplation of which We speak; contemplation on ignorance of God, even when one may name themselves Canonist. We say it now; it is faithful, ignorant to the reason for faith, that are not faithful at all. Faithful who are unknowing of His word who know not of the faith itself. It is in the Holy Scripture, in the teachings of the Church derived from the Word of which We are Keeper, that teach us the very meaning of faith. It is without the Holy Word, the Catechism, the Priest, the Mass, and so on that the people know not why they follow the faith but only that they “follow” it. Now, you may ask Us; why must we know why when we know we do? Does faith itself not count? Well, We ask you; what is faith without meaning? Or, brothers and sisters, better yet; what is action without meaning? Our actions derive everything from meaning. For instance, We look to charity which, while commonly seen as good, can be both good and bad. The giving of alms; it could be both for the sake of the other, in which it is deemed good, or for the sake of oneself with a manipulative motive, in which case it is deemed self serving and against the very nature of the virtue. A simple sorry could be filled with sorrow and shame or completely hollow and devoid of true apology. It is the same with faith. For instance, one could go to mass to celebrate the Lord in truth and good faith or could simply sit at the pews to save face. One could pray to the Lord with true belief that He listens or could pray to Him half-heartedly and as a “just in case”. This is Our point, brothers and sisters. It is belief in God that delivers you to the heavens, not simply attendance at mass. It is attendance at mass which must, instead, be filled with that meaning of faith. It is prayer which must be filled with the belief that He is in the Seventh Sky and He is listening to your words, your questions, your pleas. It is not prayer as a “just in case He is real” that will allow you into the Seven Skies. No, not at all! We must be learned of the faith; we all must know why we follow it. As the Catechism states, “God, sometimes called “the Creator,” “Godani,” or “the Lord,” is the single omnipotent, omnipresent, omnibenevolent creator of the universe. It is He who drives the motion of all things, and who is the source of all goodness and righteousness.” God is not simply God. He is the Creator of all things, the one who drives everything and is the source of all that we love and care for. It is because of Him that we are here, why the sun rises and the sun sets, why the world is good and in the absence of Him, a place wicked and evil. All things revolve around Him. It is through the Scripture, the Catechism and so on that we know this. That we know He is not just a god but the Lord God, omnipotent, omnipresent, omnibenevolent. God, who loves us, cares for us, gives us life and eternal life even after death. It is knowledge of why we have faith which is a necessity, lest faith be hollow. It is faith in truth that must be faith that is true and therefore, faith without that foundation of meaning is not faith at all. We must know what our faith is to have faith, why we follow it to be faithful, and what we must do to reach the fruition of faith. It is all these things which are necessary and through them, we may truly be faithful; not just Canonist in name but too in mind, body, and soul, devoting ourselves forever to the Lord God and the path He did ordain at the inception of Creation. Be knowledgeable of faith, brothers and sisters, and truly shall you tread the path of God. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus Dated 8th of Tobias’s Bounty, 1809

Brother Carlos, It is a joyous day when We may be witness to the repentance of those who, once rejecting God’s light, have now been enveloped by it whole. Your words truly bring Us immense joy as We see the Love and Mercy of the Lord in action, gracing even those who have once abandoned Him, now saved by His great will and truth. It too gives Us great hope for a future where all of the apostates of Hyspia and too, of the greater Kingdom of Norland, may be converted and offered salvation, having entreated God for forgiveness and in His Mercy, He so answering in return that even they may share in the blessings of the virtuous who tread this God ordained path (Virtue 1:9). It is this which is Our goal and through God’s grace, you have been made it’s beginning. May your surrender to the Love of the Lord inspire the apostates to take up, once again, the faith and too, inspire you to be a man who guides them to their savior, God. We, as High Pontiff and Vicar of God, with the confirmation of the truth of your words by Our brothers of the cloth, so do forgive you and beseech you to receive the Sacrament of Ablution at your earliest convenience if not done already. May God grace your path ahead with His light and remember to always keep at the core of your heart, Love for Him, for it is the virtuous who Love Him (Auspice 3:17). Dei Gratia, Sanctitas, Jude II ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD

SECUNDO AUREA BULLA JORENUS THE SECOND GOLDEN BULL OF JORENUS 12th of Godfrey's Triumph, 1808 HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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 ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ SECTION I - Diocesan Expansions ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ SECTION I DIOCESE OF PONCE, encompassing the lands of Sedan to the west of Providence, an estate granted by the Holy Orenian Empire and the hereditary lands of the House de Joannes, shepherded by Ferdinand Bishop Ponce @Totalitarian. DIOCESE OF LEUMONT, encompassing the city of Leumont, shepherded by Methas Bishop Leumont @Crows. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

Upon hearing this news, Jude II took to the hallowed grounds of the Basilica in Karosgrad, kneeling in prayer at the pews. There, he prayed for hour after hour in honor of his friend, Vicar Javier, "May the light of God guide his soul to the heavens. With God, he is delivered salvation and certainly so is the truth; he was with God."

ENCYCLICAL LETTER DONUM MISERICORDIAE: CONFESSIO THE GIFT OF MERCY: CONFESSION OF THE HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS Addressed to the Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and the Laymen of the Church of the Canon. HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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. “Grace to you and peace from our Lord GOD, the Most Merciful, Singular, and Omnipotent.” (Spirit 1:1) Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. As we, God’s faithful, begin to celebrate this year ordained by Our Pontificate as one of Jubilee, we all must remind ourselves what 1808, “The Jubilee Year of Mercy”, truly holds at its core; that virtue of Mercy. It was in the year of Our Lord, 1803, that We as Manfried Cardinal St. Julia published the Tract, “On the Spirit of Mercy”, and in such a piece, We placed Love and Mercy in union, dubbing the virtue of Mercy as one of Love’s attributes. Ever still, We maintain this interpretation for what could be the ambition behind Mercy but Love? We look to confession and see it as a product of God’s Love for us, to forgiveness and see it as a product of our Love for one another, to all examples of Mercy and in each a heart of Love. Among those three, We wish to place focus on the first. What could be said as one of the ultimate gifts which God has bestowed unto His Creation, the Sacrament of Penance is the absolution of sin, granted by the Lord unto those penitent seekers of forgiveness. It is confession which, in this manner, is perhaps too the ultimate example of Mercy for it is absolute and, in its context, has great effect upon the life of that penitent sinner. It is the Sacrament of Penance which is necessary for our salvation and therefore, an expression of that Love of which Mercy is an attribute; that Love which wills God to forgive so as to see us ascend to the Seven Skies. It is confession which is that key to the gates of the heavens for it is only through penitence in impurity that we are worthy of eventual purity; to find the perfect in the imperfect so as to one day be united with that perfection. Through the Sacrament and only through the Sacrament shall we find ourselves in union with God the Almighty and so, why We have chosen Mercy to be at the heart of Our first Jubilee Year. It is and should always be our mission to be, one day, united with God and therefore why We have chosen to preach this mission in joyous celebration of the gifts God is oft to bestow. In the Encyclical Letter “Sacerdotii in Nostra Ecclesiae”, His Holiness Jude I spoke this on confession, “Upon hearing confession, the duty of the priest must be to act in the mercy and benevolence of GOD, calling into mind the Scroll of Virtue. He must be the witness for the faithful’s contrite heart and impart the absolution of sin so as to save and renew the baptismal vows conferred upon the people.” It is through confession that the very baptismal vows of which we all have taken are renewed, the breaches of such a vow forgiven by God in the face of the ashamed sinner; the sinner who wishes to sin no longer. It is in this act that the failing Canonist is cleansed, forgiven by the very Creator who they have forsaken in sin but not forgotten in penance. This is why We call unto you now to go to confession to receive God’s Mercy, for we have all failed our baptismal vows and it is only through the Sacrament that we can be made worthy again of salvation. It is God who has allowed us all to enjoy this gift and as We said, testament to His Love for us and His Will to see us one day in union with Him. We are imperfect before God, brothers and sisters, but it is through Penance that we may be cleansed of the dirt upon our souls and join in the heavens, the immaculate Lord; the pure Lord; the Most Merciful, Singular, and Omnipotent Lord. We conclude with these verses from the Scroll of Spirit, “There can be no laxity in faith for any reason, not war nor peace, not wealth nor poverty. The Lord lasts through all adversities, for He is their source and their remedy—without Him, they are uncured.” (Spirit 2:13-14) Despite the obstacles, despite the work, despite the needs, We call upon you to seek Penance. Step onto those hallowed grounds, call for a Father, and receive the Sacrament. Why? For there can be no laxity in faith for any reason and only through God shall faith be restored for He is its source and too the remedy of its adversary. To Our flock, We dedicate this prayer, a shortened version of a prayer first published in, “On the Spirit of Mercy”: “Oh Lord God, the Most Merciful, Singular and Omnipotent, We know You are a most benevolent Lord, the most forgiving of all and truly the embodiment of Your fruit. In this, we know and are thankful that even in our failings, we can be cleansed of our sins. In our service, we shall ensure we do not sin. Ensure that we do not fail. Ensure that we do not offend. And through this vow and through Your love for us, we shall be the virtuous, those who love You. In Nomine Patris, Amen.” ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus Dated 5th of Godfrey's Triumph, 1808

TERTIA AUREA BULLA PROVIDENTIA THE THIRD GOLDEN BULL OF PROVIDENTIA 15th of the Sun's Smile, 1807 HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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 ┏━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┓ SECTION I - Exhortation “Restore All Things In God” SECTION II - Diocean Restructuring SECTION III - Synod Appointments SECTION IV - Appointments to the Curia SECTION V - Expansion of Dioceses SECTION VI - On The Paladins SECTION VII - Revision of the Traditional Mass SECTION VIII - Confession and It’s Secrecy SECTION IX - Jubilee Year of 1808 SECTION X - Martyrdom SECTION XI - Venerations and Beatifications SECTION XII - Sts. Evaristus & Clement, Jude & Kristoff ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ SECTION I “Restore All Things In God” As Metropolitan of Providentia, We made Our stance clear on this topic in Our Pastoral Letter: Instaurare Omnia In Deo, published in the year of Our Lord, 1805. We spoke of the necessity for God in all things in life for He is the Supreme Good and therefore, all things good are a product of Him. This makes His presence in the nations of Our Canonist Princes most important for a society absent of Him is a society which is absent of good; absent of virtue, of kindness, and so on, and instead a society which revolves around the evil of Man. It is a nation without God which is a detriment to its people and too, the nations around it, ruled by the Ibleesian influence of sin and penetrated by the modern day Sauls of secularism, of relativism, and of those who raise Man upon a pedestal of which we are not deserving. Nay, brothers and sisters, for it is God who should be raised upon that pedestal! “So the Lord saw that Godfrey went into strange lands. He spoke the word of God, which was good. But he also spoke of man’s perfection, and the foreigner was made to grovel before man in worship. The world lived in terror of the Lord, and not in love. Thus the Lord was wroth with Godfrey and he spoke ‘Lo, you have been proud and called my work your own. Who clove the waters from the earth, and who created the Skies and the Void?’” (Gospel 7:16-22) It was God who admonished Exalted Godfrey for raising upon a pedestal the race of Man and accepting unto Himself the praise of the people as the body and flesh of the Lord. It was the Scroll of Gospel which taught us this lesson from the Lord and it is God who would admonish those nations of Man who delve into secularist ideology, forgetting His Scripture and ruling not by the wisdom of the Creator but by the wisdom of the created. So, as the Vicar of God, We admonish those who fall to the deceiving modern day Sauls and pray that they shall receive Our guidance in this matter; it is in God and only in God that a nation is a nation of good. However, We warn you; a nation untouched by His light (by the will of it’s rule) does not make Iblees shudder, “So Iblees saw that the brothers were weak, and he ascended the emanations of glory, though he was loathe to feel the grace of GOD.” (Gospel 2:8) Ensure, brothers and sisters, that you do not push Exalted Horen away, for in the absence of His Prophet did the encampment of Man fall prey to Iblees. DEI GRATIA SECTION II It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the Dioceses throughout Almaris. We decree these appointments... METROPOLITANATE OF PROVIDENTIA, THE HOLY SEE Encompassing the seat of the Fidei Defensor and the Holy See, shepherded by Metropolitan Bram Cardinal Providentia @PuritanPope along with his Vicar, Father Javier @bugbytes21. PATRIARCHATE OF JORENUS, Encompassing the entirety of the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska & the Kingdom of Norland, shepherded by Alfred Patriarch Jorenus @repl1ca. ARCHDIOCESE OF HENRIKEV, encompassing the entirety of the Capital City of Karosgrad, shepherded by Yaromir Archbishop Henrikev @Pureimp10. DIOCESE OF VALWYCK, encompassing the lands to the north, west and east of the Capital City of Karosgrad, to be shepherded by Karl Otto Bishop Valwyck @Drew2_dude. DIOCESE OF REINMAR, encompassing the land to direct south of the Capital City of Karosgrad, shepherded by Adelric Bishop Reinmar @MadOne. PRINCELY-ARCHDIOCESE OF ALBAROSA, Encompassing everything beyond the Capital City of Providence, that is within the Holy Orenian Empire, the Free Trade Nation of Sutica & Elven territories, shepherded by Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ along with his Vicar, Fr. Ferdinand @Totalitarian. ARCHDIOCESE OF NESCIA, encompassing the Free Trade Nation of Sutica & Elven Territories, to be shepherded by Francisco Archbishop Nescia @Timer5011. DIOCESE OF CORDOBA, encompassing the Osanora region & other Hyspian settlements, shepherded by Francisco Bishop Cordoba @Timer5011. DIOCESE OF GOTTSGRENZE, encompassing the Municipality of Esbec, shepherded by Guy Bishop Gottsgrenze @Balthasar. DIOCESE OF ROCHEFORT, encompassing the Municipality of Redenford, to remain in Sede Vacante until a successor to the late Cardinal Amadeus is found. TITULAR DIOCESE OF METZ, granted to the First Apostle-General of the Supreme Order of Exalted Owyn, Armande-Philippe Bishop Titulur Metz @LithiumSedai. SECTION III It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the College of Cardinals. We decree these appointments… TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Bram Cardinal Providentia @PuritanPope TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos @repl1ca TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ TMR, His Eminence, Fr. Benedict Cardinal Jorenus @Piov TR, His Eminence, Fr. Francisco Cardinal Sutica @Timer5011 TR, His Eminence, Fr. Ailred Cardinal Reinmar @argonian SECTION IV It is through Our Apostolic Right, bestowed unto Us through the Laurel of the High Pontificate that We make these affirmations, alterations, and additions to the Curia. We decree these appointments… Vice Chancellor, His Eminence, Pelagius Cardinal Albarosa @Julio ツ Ecclesiastical Auditor, Fr. Alfred Ruthern @Froschli Prelate of the Clergy, His Eminence, Alfred Cardinal St. Tylos @repl1ca Pontifical Secretary, Fr. Robert de Bourdon @Tiresiam Apostolic General, His Excellency, Armand de Rennes @LithiumSedai Prelate of the Sisterhood, Her Excellency, Sister Roxelana @Axelu SECTION V In the coming months, We plan to review the lands and borders of a few Diocesan expansions suggested to Our office by the clergy, in the hope that these additional Dioceses shall allow the ministry of the cloth to work more efficiently in those lands of which it encompasses. These expansions shall be announced officially in a Bull in the coming months, after We have completed tours throughout their lands and reviewed maps outlining their borders which are presented before Us. SECTION VI It was a year or so ago that Our late predecessor, His Holiness Owyn III, called for a Crusade against the Paladins of whom He had been told were responsible for the most terrible and explosive assault on the Palace of the Fidei Defensor, the Imperial Family of Oren. It was in response to these quick paced events, that His Holiness was called to action even swifter and did not consult the ruling families of the Canonist Kingdoms. This caused the failure of the Crusade of which We now officially rescind. However, We remind Our Canonist Princes of the illegality of the Paladins of Xan. We refer to Title VI, Chapter 1, Point 2 of the Codex Iurius Canonici Danielus Pontifex Second Edition, “§2. Veneration that creates a magical tether between the venerator and the venerated is always forbidden.” This edition of the Canon Law, a revision of the first edition, was written and approved by Blessed High Pontiff James II by whom this specific law was written after the counsel of the clergy. Approved then by a majority in the Priesthood during His Holiness’s last Council, this law has been reviewed and supported by much of the Our clerical ministry. Therefore, as all law is, Point 2 is expected to be adhered to by the faithful, lest they betray the wisdom of the beatified Pontiff, Jacobus Secundus and the majority of His clergy. SECTION VII As We currently continue the efforts of which His Holiness Owyn III began during His tenure; the authoring of cultural Rites among Our Dioceses, We too wish not to neglect Our Traditional Mass and therefore have planned a new Mass to be authored which has not been done since Our predecessor, Blessed High Pontiff Daniel V’s reign. In this, We pray that it shall allow for a revitalized faithful in it’s recent nature, while too maintaining the tradition of which was authored by His Holiness, Daniel V. That We do pray and beseech the great Saint Pontiffs Daniel I and Sixtus IV for their intercession as We embark on this quest to expand and renew Our celebrations of the Lord Almighty. SECTION VIII It has forever been the received tradition that in administering the Sacrament of Penance as a man of the cloth, one is sworn to secrecy on what is said in the bounds of that hallowed booth. However, besides reprimanding and punishing that cleric responsible with whatever means their superior deems appropriate, there has never been a universal punishment for such a crime of which We view as abhorrent. We remind all that what is said during the administering of the Sacrament is for God alone and therefore, it is a cleric who is forbidden from ever revealing what has been said, even if under pressure from secular authorities or questioning their sworn secrecy due to the severity of the sin confessed. In this, We do so make the illegality of the breach of that vow clear and through Our Apostolic Authority, do deem that the action of breaking such a vow incurs immediate excommunication upon the cleric responsible from here and forward. We do pray that this shall further the confidence of which the layman holds in the clergy and the Sacrament of Penance, ensuring that no man is victim to the justice of Man when the justice of the Lord Almighty has already been carried out. SECTION IX Throughout Our clerical career, from the homilies We have given to “On the Spirit of Mercy” have We focused on the theology surrounding Mercy. It is therefore that We find it fitting to announce Our first Jubilee Year with it’s focus upon that very virtue. Through Our Apostolic Authority, We do so ordain 1808 as the Jubilee Year of Mercy, to be a solemn liturgical celebration of that very virtue of which We deem so very important in days of suffering which at times, this new century may bring. Alleviate that suffering with Mercy, brethren; forgive those brothers and sisters who have wronged you, contemplate on the Mercy of the Lord and find yourself, in the spirit of Mercy, a penitent sinner as we all should be. SECTION X Martyrdom has forever been a cause for inspiration in the faith, the sacrifice of those figures we deem martyrs serving as examples of selfless devotion to the True Faith, even in the face of adversity and death. It is in the honoring of these martyrs that, throughout the tenures of Our predecessors, has it been made tradition to beatify these men and women who betray the very conventions of Man regarding death, giving up their life for the betterment of the faithful and the faith itself. Therefore, while We do affirm as is Our duty, the law of which We uphold which states that beatification requires one miracle, We too wish to affirm this tradition of recognizing the most selfless action of the martyrs of Our faith. We therefore deem martyrdom alone worthy of beatification, in the belief that God raises these souls to the Fourth Sky, in Our belief that martyrdom is miracle enough. SECTION XI Through Our Apostolic Authority in the Pontificate, We do affirm these venerations, beatifications, and causes for canonization. BLESSED HIGH PONTIFF JAMES II The longest reigning Pontiff in the history of the Church of the Canon who led the faithful through many crises, including the Inferi Incursion and the migration of the descendants from the continent of Arcas to Almaris. His Holiness’s first, recognized miracle is His calling upon Aenguls to aid the descendant’s forces in the final battle against the Inferi. Through Our own witness to this event and to His virtue, We do so affirm this beatification, as voted upon by a majority in the College of Cardinals. BLESSED FATHER PIUS OF SUTICA A most pious Priest, renowned theologian, and a founder of the Tractarian Movement, Father Pius wrote innumerable Theses and Tracts for the betterment of Our faithful, both clergy and laity alike, and too dedicated his time and effort to the in depth explanation of accepted interpretations of the original, Flexio copies of the Lord’s Scripture. The Father’s first, recognized miracle is the account of a Priest and a Canonist woman, the Priest having had trouble getting that woman to confess and looked to Blessed Father Pius for guidance. With the blessing of the beatified Priest, all the sins of the penitent were revealed to the confessor, to which he recited one by one and proceeded to absolve her of all sins revealed to him. It is by the account of the woman that when departing from the Church, her pockets were filled with the petals of roses, a sign of Blessed Father Pius which We shall pay heed to in the future. Through Our Apostolic Authority, We do so affirm this beatification, as voted upon by a majority in the College of Cardinals. SECTION XII In celebration of the beatification of Bl. James II and Bl. Father Pius, We recognize the combined Feast Days of Saints High Priests Evaristus and Clement and Saints Jude and Kristoff in the name of Bl. High Pontiff James II and Bl. Father Pius of Sutica respectively. May the faithful be graced by the wisdom of these Saints in contemplation of their many works of virtue as the Canonists of the Church celebrate their lives which were dedicated, to great lengths, to God above all. As this is a recognition of parts of the Liturgical Calendar of Bl. Father Pius, We do announce that, with revisions made, We plan to make such Days of celebration universal throughout the Church in the years to come. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus

ENCYCLICAL LETTER RESPONSIO AD QALASHEEN A RESPONSE TO THE QALASHEEN OF THE HIGH PONTIFF IUDAES SECUNDUS Addressed to the Qalasheen, along with the Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and the Laymen of the Church of the Canon. HIS HOLINESS JUDE II, 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... The Qalasheen of the Al’iiman Rashidun faith. Most Beloved Brethren, Health and Pontifical Benediction. It has brought Us great sorrow to be informed of the Qalasheen’s letter to the most revered Mother Church, which speaks of, in grave detail, their distaste for the Church of True Faith, a dislike which has proliferated over the last decades. Doctrinal differences, the defiance of Venerable Pontiff James II’s authority in the matter regarding Sapphira Dunham and the Sultan’s union, among other events have widened the fracture between us. However, despite these, it is the memory of Our predecessor, Blessed Pontiff Jude I’s successful efforts to reconcile with the Qalasheen through His Encyclical Letter, Filiorum Dei, which has driven Us to this conclusion in order to perhaps preserve future efforts of reconciliation. Even despite the slander which marks the letter of which has been addressed to Us, accusing Us of hiring assassins, a most abhorrent action against the Love, God’s Love, that We preach, We seek a peaceful resolution to this matter. It is in this Encyclical Letter, of which We regret to be one of Our first, that We call for a silence of sorts between the two parties, the Qalasheen ceasing hostile action against Us and We assuring them of no hostile action in turn. It is in this “silence” that We pray peace may be found and further dialogue for the sake of reconciliation may prosper if at all possible. We do not wish to begin this Pontificate with conflict and we therefore enact these following points: All ties, meaning recognition as a sect of Canonism and the reconciliation proffered in Bl. Jude I’s Encyclical Letter, are hereby severed by the Mother Church on the basis of doctrinal differences and hostile action between the Church of the Canon and the Qalasheen. A silence between the two parties is called, hostile action ceasing on both sides. Dialogue between the Church and the Qalasheen is called for if able, to reach once again the peaceful resolution which was found under His Holiness, Jude I. In Our conclusion of this Encyclical Letter, we remind the Qalasheen of these words from Filiorum Dei, “Let it be stated that the Holy Canonist Church, by virtue of her authority through the Testaments of the Exalted reaffirms and profoundly acknowledges the trueness and virtuous disposition of the Farfolk people in their pursuits to holiness and justice in the holy light of the Godhead.” This has forever been the goal of the Church and it seems it has been forgotten, We as Vicars of God always trying to maintain that virtuous disposition in the hearts of the followers of the Al’iiman Rashidun faith. We pray that Jude I may intercede in this endeavor for the sake of both the Church of the Canon and the Qalasheen. That, We do pray. ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD SIGNED WITH THE LOVE OF A FATHER, YOUR SERVANT Sanctitas, Papa Iudaes Secundus Dated 10th of Tobias’s Bounty, 1808

High Pontiff Jude II would, in the serenity of the Basilica of the Ascent, pray for his dutiful Cardinal so that his Prelate, his Patriarch, his friend may recovered quickly. He bestows unto Alfred, Pontifical benediction and asks for the intercession of Saint Amyas on the faithful soul of Patriarch Jorenus.

THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE PONTIFICAL ADDRESS TO THE PRIESTHOOD Written and Published by The Pontifical Office of Jude II Brothers. My most faithful and dedicated shepherds. I greet you warmly. It has been but a few months since I have ascended to the Immaculate Throne and already am graced by the dedication of the clergy. Even when we mourn the most saddening deaths of our fellow men of the cloth, I see the fire burning within your hearts; a passion which remains ever present for the faith. In seeing this, I am joyous. However, even with a passion burning as great as the flames which enveloped so the holy sword of Exalted Owyn, it is necessary to remember our values as men of the cloth so as to not be driven away from the path of the shepherd, even despite our fidelity to God and the God ordained mission. Today, I wish to speak on one particular idea of which has left our great forefathers pondering for decades: the relation of the Church and mystery. It has been throughout our Church’s history that such a question has been asked: should the Church be mysterious? There are many examples of a mysterious Church, these telling the story of a Church which, in it’s drive to remain respected perhaps, or purely spiritual, shuts itself off from the world. I speak of those who bring the Church into a state of mystery for various reasons. Whether it be to promote reverence among the faithful or ensure that the Church is easily defended from those who may attack Her, it matters naught. Despite the necessity for these reasons, the method is incorrect. We should not be mysterious brothers! I ask you this. Does a good shepherd remain safe and sound in the cabin all day while his flock wanders aimlessly about the fields? Or, brothers, does a good shepherd take up the crozier and walk with his flock? I’d say it’s certainly the latter. Now, many who support a mysterious Church may say, ‘God is mysterious and in so doing, He calls His Church to do the same.’ To that I say simply, we are not God. While we may be some of the most vital faithful in His mission, we are of Him, not Him. We are shepherds, brothers! Is a good shepherd mysterious to his flock? No, brothers. A good shepherd is known to his flock, among his flock, of his flock. He guides by example and guides with them, not to them. We are not God and so, we should not be mysterious like Him. It is God who has purpose in mysteriousness, a purpose which He did ordain Himself: to be the source of all things good and to reward unto the virtuous, salvation; to create and to love His Creation, and so on. It is God who has that purpose in mysteriousness but I ask you, my most beloved brothers: would we have purpose in mysteriousness? Well, I’d first ask you: can the shepherd guide the sheep whilst in the cabin? I say again, I think not. So, do we have purpose in mysteriousness? No, revered shepherds, we do not. I stress this to you, here and now: mystery is not the way. To be truly revered is to lie in the hearts of the faithful. God is not worshipped by hollow words but heartful words. So too are we not revered and respected with hollow gestures and words but through heartful ones. But I speak this unto you now; we are not going to reside in the hearts of God’s faithful unless we are present in their hearts. So, it is we who must be present in their daily lives. This is why I am most proud to be Pontiff of this great and holy institution. I can see it in your eyes, in your words, in your hearts; you all have a great passion for the faith and I am sure in so doing, you are not mysterious. No, I am sure that you are present among your flock, treading this path with them and guiding all along the way. This is why I am so proud of our Church, for we take this vocation seriously because we know it is not from some bureaucrat but the Lord Himself. We know it is from Him. Him, brothers! In this truth, I see such steadfastness in your duty and for this I am indebted to all in this chamber. I beseech you all. Continue on this path with these words in mind, brothers. If so, we shall truly be a great Church; not one of mystery, not one wholly spiritual nor wholly worldly but a Church bringing the spiritual unto the world. Thank you, brothers. Dei gratia, Jude II Address given on the 10th of Owyn’s Light, 1808 ☩INSTAURARE OMNIA IN DEO☩ RESTORE ALL THINGS IN GOD