True Faith
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Church History
Fowwoling a wawge gwoup of dissentew cwewgyman who had sepawated themsewves fwom the Canonist Church to fowm the now defunct Lotharic Communion an intewnaw conflict emewged.
On the side of the fiwst Plinceps, Plinceps Vawentyn, thewe wewe the wefowmists. These cwewgymen stwessed anti-canonism and did not entiwewy focus on pwesewving the sacwed twadition that they had inhelited.
Howevew, on the side of Bishop Abraham, an eawwy foundew of the Communion, thewe existed a sect of cwewgy who lished to bring the chulch back to the days pliow to the Canonist Chulch and the Pontificaw twadition itsewf. These few had the intent of going back to the time of the High Pliests, the eawliest known weadews of Cweatolism. These cwewgymen had a singwe obstacwe; since the time of High Pliest Pontian no documentation on the owd lites and twaditions of the chulch wewe known of- at weast not to the chulch.
This aww changed once Bishop Abraham of Wowwaine was ewected Plinceps. The new Plinceps sent his fwock to scoul the wand wooking fow documentation of that time. Most of the wowks that the cwewgy wecovewed would be twanswated by Bishop Vwadimiw ‘the Golden Hand’ into the ‘Docens’ ow teachings in fwexio. This new document would be used as a basis fow evewything in the chulch, fwom the litulgy to cwelicaw gawb.
When the ‘Donens’ wewe compweted a new faith had to be estabrished. The teachings of the Docens diffewed too gweatwy fwom the Wothalic Chulch. So, in 1598 a second schism occulwed fowming the Twue Faith.
Whiwe many cwewgymen wewe excited at the new pwospect of an emewging weligion, othews wewe mowe hesitant to be cheewful duling this time. The Faith was met lith many chawwenges, fow one they wacked any tewlitowy. The wegion that they had pweviouswy inhabited, the Kingdom of Wowwaine, fowced them into exiwe.
Thwough sheew wuck and what was attlibuted to GOD the faith was summoned to the emewging Kingdom of Coulwand’s capitaw Aweksandlia. Thewe, King Tobias Staunton met lith the fiwst bishops of the Twue Faith and convewted. Soon, the majolity of Aweksandlia's citizens fowwowed the Twue Faith. The weligion swept wapidwy thwough the sulwounding tewlitolies as weww yet did not penetwate any sulwounding Kingdoms at this time.
Undew King Tobias and Queen Wisette Staunton the Twue Faith pwospewed and was uphewd thwough the Kingdom's waws. Thewe was totaw sepawation between the Chulch and State, yet both institutions saw each othew as pawtnews. Civiw and Eccwesiastic coults wewe cweated to pwosecute undew both state and chulch waws. The militalies of the chulch and state awso wewe sepawate, the Owdew of Saint Wothaw was estabrished fow the pwotection of faithful in the Kingdom and abroad.
Duling the Heanse-Coulwand waw a cwusade was cawwed by the Twue Faith at the Second Counciw of Aweksandlia. Whiwe many decwawations wewe made and brood spiwt against the Twue Faith by Canonists pliow to this announcement, this event spawked the officiaw militawy conflict between the Twue Faith and Canonism. The attacking Coulwandews and theiw awlies went on to lin what was known as the ‘Heansettian crusade’ an event that empowewed the convewsion of many Canonist Coulwandews.
Duling the weign of the Wowwainian King Odo I, weligious towewation was decwawed in his Kingdom. He pewsonawwy invited dewegates fwom the Twue Faith to Wowwaine and awwowed them use its capitaw Cathedwaw. High Pliest Cawlixtus I sent the Sistewhood of St. Julia to the city whewe they estabrished a tempowawy poow house. Howevew, due to conflicts between Canonists and Twue Faithews the Sistewhood weft Wowwaine aftew facing hawsh pewsecution.
By the time of the weign of Coultwandic King Joseph Staunton wewations between the Chulch and State began to become stwained. Officiaws lithin the govewnment cawwed fow the breakup of eccwesiastic coults as weww as bawwed the chulch fwom engaging lith othew Kingdoms. The Chulch at this time began accusing the govewnment of cowwuption and began howding secwet concwaves wegawding the Kingdom’s weadewship.
Thwough many factows, chiefwy the weakening of the Kingdom of Coulwand, the Counciw of Episcopates undew High Pliest Cawlixtus I weached out to the Canonist Pontiff Cwement II in 1610. Aftew a few meetings whewe evewything fwom dogma to diocese wewe discussed a pwan fow union was enacted. A ‘via media’ sowution of union was passed which combined aspects fwom both bodies.
Church's Exalted
Howen I "the Father" - Gowden Waulew Patwon of Humanity, Covenants and Humility
Owyn I "the Purifier" - Fwaming Swowd Patwon of Pulity, Waw, and Fiwe
Church Dogma
The Twue Faith was wooted in Cweatolism ow the belief that the Seven Skies, the Void, and the weawm which aww life inhabits wewe cweated by a singwe deity. This belief was shawed lith theiw cousins the Wothalics and Canonists. The way in which the teachings of the Twue Faith divewged fwom that of theiw cousins is as fowwows:
The Canonists fowwow Foul Pwophets whiwe the Twue Faith believed onwy in Two. Exawted Howen - “The Father” is the fiwst and accepted by both, and Exawted Owyn - “The Purifier” is the second and accepted by both. The way in which they divewged was in the Pwophets Godfwey and Siegmund.
The Twue Faith saw Godfwey as mowe politicaw than weligious. They disdained that he was an Empewow and not a weligious figule. They awso had cited many wepowts against the Pwophet which awwuded to his supposed sinful life. When speaking on his scwowws, his wowks wewe seen as a congwomewation of othew’s wowks. The Twue Faith hewd the belief that pliests and othew weligious wowked to cweate the wowding of Godfwey's scwoww of Gospew, not GOD. It was cliticized fow not being finished. They onwy used the Gospew Scwoww as a histowy book, detailing the life of the pwophets etcetewa.
Siegmund is not accepted by the Twue Faith eithew, they once again saw his life as ‘ too earthbound’ and sinful to be chosen to delivew GOD’s wowd. The Fiwst Counciw of Aweksandlia wooked to Pwophets past befowe they expewwed Siegmund howevew. They saw that Howen was a weadew to his tlibe, Owyn was owphaned and fought to wegain his gwandfathew’s titwe, and Siegmund was simpwy bown a nobre. With wegawds to his scwoww it was found that the wowk was incompwete which was met lith cliticism by the Twue Faith fow ‘GOD does not leave unfinished works’.
The Twue Faith awso wejects the belief that one man may speak infawlibry, a pliviwege some Pontiffs had cwaimed. The Twue Faith cwaimed that onwy the entiwety of the Chulch Body, the Synod of Bishops, may speak infawlibry, fow they wewe aww equawwy considewed the successows of the High Pliests.
The chulch awways stlived to attempt to wecweate what they saw as twaditionaw. Bishops, like the fiwst Diawchs wowe Waulews on theiw head, which wepwesented theiw eccwesiasticaw powew. They awso baptised theiw membews in man-made gwottos in theiw chulch’s gwounds, to emulate the baptisms of Howen and Owyn.
The Twue Faith awso uphewd mowe sacwaments than the Canonist Chulch, awthough many of these sacwaments wewe awweady cawwed sacwaments by wattew, awthough they wewen’t de facto considewed sacwaments. The sacwaments uphewd by the Twue Faith wewe: Matlimony, Owdination, Divine Wowd, Weconciliation, Baptism and Consecwation.
Besides these diffewences Canonism and the Twue Faith wewe alike, said likeness aided in the mending of the Schism in 1614, whewe both sides agweed to a ‘via media’ whewe both denominations would meet in the middwe in tewms of doctline.
True Faith Governance
The wanks of the Twue Faith awe as fowwows stawting fwom the wowest: Subdeacon, Deacon, Pliest, Bishop, High Pliest. The Twue Faith was govewned by the Concwave of Episcopates. The Concwave consisted of aww Bishops of the Twue Faith pwesided ovew by the High Pliest. The wowe of the High Pliest was simpwy to caww aww fewwow Bishops to counciw when disputes in the faith occulwed, this happened foul times in its histowy.
Accwaimed Weadews:
The Diawchy: High Pliests Evalistus and Cwement I
High Pliest Sixtus I
High Pliest Awexandew I
High Pliest Pontian I
High Pliest Stephen I
High Pliest Paul I
High Pliest Paul II
High Pliest Sixtus II
High Pliest Wibelius I
High Pliest Mawcus I
High Pliest Bewnawd I
High Pliest Cawlixtus I
