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{{Religion|name=Church of the Divines|name_bgcolor=#cd1438|symbol= | {{Religion|name=Church of the Divines|name_bgcolor=#cd1438|symbol=Divine_church.png|symbol_caption=Moon-and-Star, the Church's symbol.|founding_lore=First Moon, 2nd Dawn, First Era|founding_rl=2023/08/23|leader1=[[Tristram Whitestrake]]|scripture=Arcane Genesis|language=Common|place_of_origin=Eiluran City, [[Aranna]]|theology=Polytheism}} | ||
= Church of the Divines = | |||
The '''Church of the Divines''' is a religion and institution originating from [[Aranna]], positioning itself as both theological authority and metaphysical intermediary between the mundane world and the divine order. The Church has gone through a multitude of reformations and schisms and its current location and seat of the Divinarch has moved from Syraterra to the Dagon Principality. | |||
All Church doctrine is understood to be ''mortal interpretation'', texts speak with absolute certainty, but those certainties are not to be assumed as objective fact. Ambiguity is not a flaw in Church theology, but a deliberate choice. | |||
The Church openly acknowledges its role as a ''bridge between the mundane and the arcane''. While the Divines may be interpreted in a great many ways, the Church maintains that indulgence, absolution, and theology are more reliably achieved through ritual practice. | |||
The Divine holy texts are available in-game for all players, and digitally for followers on the Church's discord server. | |||
== The World & the Void == | |||
The Church of the Divines states that the world began from a Void. Within this void two primordial forces, Order and Chaos have passed through, and their interplay began forming the Great Expanse, a cosmic plane of souls that is both full and empty, and both still and flowing. | |||
The Void itself is interpreted as a plane of nothingness, in which existence and nonexistence flows in and out as a tide, for anything that comes out of the Void, an equal anti-anything comes out too. | |||
== Divine Canon and Schism == | |||
Throughout its history, the Church has experienced numerous schisms. These were often resolved through political consolidation rather than theological reconciliation. Such schisms include the initial schism between the Church of the Divines and the Moonrisen Faith, as well as the schisms which followed the unification of the Church which formed the Arcosanctic Pyrannic faith, and later a denial of Arcosanctism and a return to tradition, which sparked another reformation in the early Third Era. | |||
Texts produced during schismatic periods were rarely destroyed. Instead, they remain preserved as historical doctrine, even when their theological authority has been formally revoked. As a result, the Church’s archive contains works from all three Eras of Cinder, from the Book of the Divines to the Nine Invocations. | |||
== The Rosette == | |||
The '''Rosette''' is a sacred currency of the Church. It is a currency made without any physical backing, unlike the Ashenheim Mark. Counterfeiting a Rosette is both a political crime and a theological heresy. | |||
Only copies of copies are legal tender. These cannot be further replicated. The original Rosettes are maintained within a single Church vault and are never circulated. | |||
Trust in the Rosette system is enforced through signatures and institutions of the Church of the Divines, which offer many things from military protection to absolvation of petty sins and heresies. | |||
==Views on other faiths== | |||
In most cases with other faiths and religion, the Church of the Divines retains certain relationships, contacts, views, or condemnations, depending on the beliefs of said faiths. | |||
===Moonrisen Faith=== | |||
Though initially the Church had viewed the Ritannian Church of Moonrise with a level of respect and viewed it as a simple denomination of itself, overtime this view changed and the Moonrisen Faith was viewed as heretical within the Church, this view of the Faith was ended during the Union at Syraterra in which the religions united back into the Church of the Divines. | |||
===Pyrannism=== | |||
The Church of the Divines following a schism after the Union at Syraterra had aligned itself with the Pyrannic Church, creating the Arcosanctic Pyrannist faith. Following Thundran occupation of Aranna at the hands of the Peasant, who had later become the Pyrannic Pope, relations soured. | |||
Finally after the return of Tristram Whitestrake and the recentmost reformation of the Church, Pyrannism was recognised as a falsehood in church canon. The role of Pyr in the Church of the Divines is heavily debated, though they remains as one of the Divines. | |||
===Solism=== | |||
The Solist Church, both before and after its [Solism's] reformation was on neutral grounds with the Church of the Divines due to worship of the Sun being a core point of both faiths and institutions. Leaders of the Church of the Divines aided in the writing of the [[Lectitio Solarum]], which serves as the primary religious text of Solism, but is not recognised as a holy text of the Church of the Divines. | |||
===Elysianism=== | |||
Elysianism, or the faith of the Void is viewed favourably by the newly reformed Church of the Divines, many similarities and syncretisms were found between the faiths, such as a recognition of the Divine Ausmir as one of the three deities in Elysian canon, as well as the role of the Void as a place in the faiths. | |||
[[Category:Religions]] | [[Category:Religions]] | ||
== See Also == | |||
* [[Arcane Calendar]] | |||
* [[Aranna]] | |||
Latest revision as of 10:44, 8 February 2026
| Founding (Lore) | First Moon, 2nd Dawn, First Era |
|---|---|
| Founding (Real Life) | 2023/08/23 |
| Leaders | Tristram Whitestrake |
| Scripture | Arcane Genesis |
| Language | Common |
| Place of Origin | Eiluran City, Aranna |
| Theology | Polytheism |
Church of the Divines
The Church of the Divines is a religion and institution originating from Aranna, positioning itself as both theological authority and metaphysical intermediary between the mundane world and the divine order. The Church has gone through a multitude of reformations and schisms and its current location and seat of the Divinarch has moved from Syraterra to the Dagon Principality.
All Church doctrine is understood to be mortal interpretation, texts speak with absolute certainty, but those certainties are not to be assumed as objective fact. Ambiguity is not a flaw in Church theology, but a deliberate choice.
The Church openly acknowledges its role as a bridge between the mundane and the arcane. While the Divines may be interpreted in a great many ways, the Church maintains that indulgence, absolution, and theology are more reliably achieved through ritual practice.
The Divine holy texts are available in-game for all players, and digitally for followers on the Church's discord server.
The World & the Void
The Church of the Divines states that the world began from a Void. Within this void two primordial forces, Order and Chaos have passed through, and their interplay began forming the Great Expanse, a cosmic plane of souls that is both full and empty, and both still and flowing.
The Void itself is interpreted as a plane of nothingness, in which existence and nonexistence flows in and out as a tide, for anything that comes out of the Void, an equal anti-anything comes out too.
Divine Canon and Schism
Throughout its history, the Church has experienced numerous schisms. These were often resolved through political consolidation rather than theological reconciliation. Such schisms include the initial schism between the Church of the Divines and the Moonrisen Faith, as well as the schisms which followed the unification of the Church which formed the Arcosanctic Pyrannic faith, and later a denial of Arcosanctism and a return to tradition, which sparked another reformation in the early Third Era.
Texts produced during schismatic periods were rarely destroyed. Instead, they remain preserved as historical doctrine, even when their theological authority has been formally revoked. As a result, the Church’s archive contains works from all three Eras of Cinder, from the Book of the Divines to the Nine Invocations.
The Rosette
The Rosette is a sacred currency of the Church. It is a currency made without any physical backing, unlike the Ashenheim Mark. Counterfeiting a Rosette is both a political crime and a theological heresy.
Only copies of copies are legal tender. These cannot be further replicated. The original Rosettes are maintained within a single Church vault and are never circulated.
Trust in the Rosette system is enforced through signatures and institutions of the Church of the Divines, which offer many things from military protection to absolvation of petty sins and heresies.
Views on other faiths
In most cases with other faiths and religion, the Church of the Divines retains certain relationships, contacts, views, or condemnations, depending on the beliefs of said faiths.
Moonrisen Faith
Though initially the Church had viewed the Ritannian Church of Moonrise with a level of respect and viewed it as a simple denomination of itself, overtime this view changed and the Moonrisen Faith was viewed as heretical within the Church, this view of the Faith was ended during the Union at Syraterra in which the religions united back into the Church of the Divines.
Pyrannism
The Church of the Divines following a schism after the Union at Syraterra had aligned itself with the Pyrannic Church, creating the Arcosanctic Pyrannist faith. Following Thundran occupation of Aranna at the hands of the Peasant, who had later become the Pyrannic Pope, relations soured. Finally after the return of Tristram Whitestrake and the recentmost reformation of the Church, Pyrannism was recognised as a falsehood in church canon. The role of Pyr in the Church of the Divines is heavily debated, though they remains as one of the Divines.
Solism
The Solist Church, both before and after its [Solism's] reformation was on neutral grounds with the Church of the Divines due to worship of the Sun being a core point of both faiths and institutions. Leaders of the Church of the Divines aided in the writing of the Lectitio Solarum, which serves as the primary religious text of Solism, but is not recognised as a holy text of the Church of the Divines.
Elysianism
Elysianism, or the faith of the Void is viewed favourably by the newly reformed Church of the Divines, many similarities and syncretisms were found between the faiths, such as a recognition of the Divine Ausmir as one of the three deities in Elysian canon, as well as the role of the Void as a place in the faiths.