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==Individuals== | |||
All faiths have their own names for those who follow other religions, have betrayed their faith, or even their own followers. The Church of Humanity's Ecclesiarchy has codified their own terminology for such categories so as to limit confusion. After all, though all sins bring pain unto the Divine not all are as painful to Her as others. | |||
===Faithful or Ecclesiae=== | |||
All who follow the Divine and the doctrine as established by the Church of Humanity are known as the Faithful, or more formally as the Ecclesiae. The name covers the lowest peasant Initiate to even the Arch Cleric himself. | |||
===Apostate=== | |||
Perhaps the most sinful of individuals, an apostate is a former Faithful who has renounced the Faith, the Divine, and Holy Church itself. Depending on their choices, they may eventually also be heathens should they join another faith to fill the void in their soul. | |||
===Heretic=== | |||
While not necessarily sinful willingly, heretics follow a path that is generally viewed as a variant of Church doctrine. This makes them both the easiest as well as the most difficult to convert to the true path. Heresy may be one of the most dangerous temptations presented to the Faithful, for they may not recognize at first the falsehoods presented to them. | |||
===Heathen=== | |||
Heathens are a contradiction, for they may have never been truly presented with word of the Divine. Or they may have simply refused the Church to maintain their dark ways. | |||
==East Continent== | ==East Continent== | ||
==Beluaterra== | ==Beluaterra== |
Latest revision as of 03:34, 21 December 2012
"The absence of faith is the mark of the weak. The absence of faith is the mark of the heretic. The absence of faith is the mark of damnation."
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Individuals
All faiths have their own names for those who follow other religions, have betrayed their faith, or even their own followers. The Church of Humanity's Ecclesiarchy has codified their own terminology for such categories so as to limit confusion. After all, though all sins bring pain unto the Divine not all are as painful to Her as others.
Faithful or Ecclesiae
All who follow the Divine and the doctrine as established by the Church of Humanity are known as the Faithful, or more formally as the Ecclesiae. The name covers the lowest peasant Initiate to even the Arch Cleric himself.
Apostate
Perhaps the most sinful of individuals, an apostate is a former Faithful who has renounced the Faith, the Divine, and Holy Church itself. Depending on their choices, they may eventually also be heathens should they join another faith to fill the void in their soul.
Heretic
While not necessarily sinful willingly, heretics follow a path that is generally viewed as a variant of Church doctrine. This makes them both the easiest as well as the most difficult to convert to the true path. Heresy may be one of the most dangerous temptations presented to the Faithful, for they may not recognize at first the falsehoods presented to them.
Heathen
Heathens are a contradiction, for they may have never been truly presented with word of the Divine. Or they may have simply refused the Church to maintain their dark ways.
East Continent
Beluaterra
Far East
Ecclesia Humanitas - The Church of Humanity | |||||
Doctrine | The Divine ✧ Oath of Faith ✧ Magni Peregrinatio ✧ Prayers and Benedictions ✧ Sacrosatictuni Scrinium - Saints & Martyrs ✧ Virtues & Vices ✧ Other Faiths | ||||
Organization | Territorial and Titular Hierarchy ✧ Holy Crusades - The Divine Calls ✧ Temples of the Divine ✧ Vestments of Clerics and Templars | ||||
History and Sermons | The Refounding ✧ Texts of the Heroic Age ✧ Sermons ✧ Documents of the Unholy War of Eastralis | ||||
Orders Militant | Ordo Fraternum Templarii - The Templar Order ✧ Ordo Sancte Proelium - Order of Holy Battle | ||||