Snake2512

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Type : One True Holy Apostolic Roman Catholic Church Founding/Settlement Date (if applicable): Approx 33AD Region of Space: Universal Church, mainly Sol and the Frontier Alliance Controlled by (if not a faction): Holy See in Exile (currently on Luna). Other Snapshot information: Classification: Catholicism Polity: Episcopal Head: Pope John Paul V as Bishop of Rome in Exile Founding Race: Humanity Languages spoken: Latin, Sol Common, Administration: Holy See via Roman Curia Particular Churches Latin (Western) Byzantine (Eastern) One for each race or still in the process of forming (depends on the lore of each race). Archdiocese (3,832) Regular dioceses (7,071) Region: Universal Founder: Jesus Christ, according to Catholic tradition Origin: 1st century Jerusalem, Judea, Roman Empire, Earth, Sol Members: 9.20 billion Clergy Bishops: 13,237 Priests: 1,000,923 Deacons: 105,239 Long Description: I think we are all familiar with the Roman Catholic Church so I will simply place in dot points what I think are the most important history and doctrines to define. The Church in general is far weaker than it once was in human society but still remains as the most consistent and unified Church that humanity possesses, thus causing skepticism amongst Xeno races as it would be seen as the most aggressive form of distinctly human culture that could one day threaten already established power structures. - 23rd Century a wave of traditionalism comes upon the Church after falling vocations from more liberal Parishes started by Pope Pius XIV (Cdl Raphael Accar, first Guinean Pope) who instated Latin Novus Ordo Ad orientem as the ordinary form on Terra and numerous rubrics reinstated concerning distribution of the Eucharist, extraordinary ministers nearly abolished. Far more Orthodox approach to the rubrics instated by V2 - Gothic Revival architecture reinstated as the norm by Pope Gregory XVIII (Cdl Raymond Beyer, first North American Pope) oversaw the translation of the Mass into Sol Common but still encouraged Latin in the Ordinary Form. Personal crusade against Modernist Art launched. - Pope Benedict XIX had the Rite of Roman Exorcism restructured to allow Exorcists greater freedom to freely travel between planets (formed the Sol Exorcist Corps) and extended planetary Inquisitions to operate under major Archdioceses causing the CDF to be decentralised. Major modifications to the Roman Curia to allow more robust answers to various demonic and heretical threats to Church Unity. - All occurs between 2209 to 2296, commonly referred to as the Century of Traditionalism or Century of the Three Popes (Pius XIV, Gregory XVIII and Benedict XIX) which hails a stability that once only existed in the Early Church. SSPX formally unified with the Church as worst of V2's interpretations are abandoned, retains status similar to FSSP - Per capita Roman Catholicism is much smaller but the Century of Three Popes brings increased fanaticism, abundant criticisms of modern moral trends creates dissent. - 2330 sees the rise of Pope Severinus II who fiercely demands Vaticans independence, campaigning for the Papacy's temporal powers. First Luna Council is called and ended 6 years later in 2336 - Prophetic encyclicals condemning the liberal use of cloning, sacraments for IPCs, genetic modifications and inter-species romantics released from the 24th to 25th centuries. - Papal expeditions have been centered around mainly Unathi and Tajaran peoples with other alien races being lower on the priority list, some not even yet marked for Mission Territory. Unathi and Tajaran rites in formation - Formation of the Order of St. Boniface in 2370 - The Occupation of the Vatican (around the time Sol was formed), violating the Lateran Treaty has cause distinct hatred of the governing powers by traditionalist Roman Catholics, while modernists don't pay it much heed. This makes the Church quite popular amongst Frontier folk as many homilies have been given condemning the Sol Alliance. - As the Papacy no longer has their temporal status, they compete heavily with various factions to be allowed to appoint their own Bishops. - First Luna Council addresses the following: - Genetic and cybernetic modification for aesthetic purposes forbidden by the Roman Church due to its destruction of God's image and how it was developed. violation of this leads to Latae sententiae. Medical reasons are fine. - Due to inter-species relationships failing to bring life into this world, they are forbidden in the same way being married but having no children is forbidden by the Church. violation of this is a mortal sin. - Genesis and other Old Testament stories have been adapted to explain the salvation of alien races by leading Dominican Scholars throughout the 6 year meeting. - Multiple Jesus Theory (the concept that there exists a Jesus for each race) made a formal heresy. - Cloning for the sake of medical purposes is allowed by the Church, individuals may place the decision to be cloned with their next of kin or local priest, however advancing scientific research for the sake of replacing the womb or for extreme body modifications with clones is thoroughly rejected by the Church. The dignity of the person is not to be violated by the advancement of such research. Incurs Latae sententiae - The Human Race has been, being in possession of the infallible Church, tasked by the Lord to awaken the subverted forms of Christianity by the Devil within alien culture, as many stories have some similarity with the Holy Bible. - Alien races can become clergy and be successors to the Apostles and in future possibly the Vicar of Christ for all sentient beings are made in some image of God. - The reality of the Book of Revelation and a rejection of the Sol Alliance due to their pro-longed occupation of Vatican. - IPCs formally declared to not be able to receive the Sacraments.. - Cyborgification is the equivalent of murder and triggers Latae sententiae - The council led to a series of Sedevacantist schisms and splinter factions on issues ranging from Alien salvation, alien priesthood, IPC sacrament status, Multiple Jesus Theory, IPC person status, cloning, inter-species relationships but these schismatic groups are an extreme minority. - Sedevacantism has led to rivaling papal claims but between 17 Popes claiming to be the true successor to St. Peter, between them they only have 800 members. Older heresy may have even more followers however (such as women's ordination groups) - Catholic Priests are an extreme rarity, too few vocations means their holidays are shortened and retirement age extended. Each point I have listed will need to be expanded with further detail when I get the time. A concise history and achievements of the Major Preaching Orders will also need to be fleshed out which I will perform next. Currently I am more concerned with defining the Doctrines rather than the Personalities within the Church, having these points agreed on first however is the most important thing before any more work gets done.