Post by The Usurper on Aug 17, 2016 4:20:02 GMT -5
No one is quite sure who she is. Her worshippers hail from all corners of Noliterre, from different cultural and historical backgrounds, and all of them say different things. Some claim she is one of the Old Gods; others, that she is the sister or daughter of the Fallen One; yet others, that she is simply Harmony under a different name. But all that is known for certain is that, one day, she appeared in a dream to the future Archangel Illyria, and through her faithful servant she changed the lives of tens of thousands of people forever.
Her name is Angelica, and she is the Goddess of Deliverance.
Through her Church and her Archangel, she stands for many things. The four main tenets, adopted by the Church and the Holy Illyrian Empire, are Charity, Equality, Freedom, and Justice. The foundation of Angelicanism is that all beings, regardless of nationality, gender, species, class, wealth, or social standing, are equal in the eyes of heaven. But that is not enough. Equality in heaven does not compensate for injustice in Noliterre. The mission of the Church, therefore, is one of deliverance. It encourages its adherents to love, to care, and to embrace, without distinction or discrimination. It organises large aid projects for the downtrodden both within and beyond the Holy Illyrian Empire, its strongest sphere of influence. As a result, the Angelican Church is a rallying cause for the poor, the disenfranchised, and the oppressed.
Because of how culturally diverse its adherents are, and because of its youth, Angelicanism has very little scripture. Archangel Illyria insisted that heavenly truth, whatever it may be, is secondary to the deliverance of the disadvantaged throughout the whole world, and stated in no uncertain terms that Angelica would forever remain an enigma until her utopia was brought to Noliterre. It hates none and loves all, and rather than its story the Church has chosen to define itself by its mission of salvation.
Her name is Angelica, and she is the Goddess of Deliverance.
Through her Church and her Archangel, she stands for many things. The four main tenets, adopted by the Church and the Holy Illyrian Empire, are Charity, Equality, Freedom, and Justice. The foundation of Angelicanism is that all beings, regardless of nationality, gender, species, class, wealth, or social standing, are equal in the eyes of heaven. But that is not enough. Equality in heaven does not compensate for injustice in Noliterre. The mission of the Church, therefore, is one of deliverance. It encourages its adherents to love, to care, and to embrace, without distinction or discrimination. It organises large aid projects for the downtrodden both within and beyond the Holy Illyrian Empire, its strongest sphere of influence. As a result, the Angelican Church is a rallying cause for the poor, the disenfranchised, and the oppressed.
Because of how culturally diverse its adherents are, and because of its youth, Angelicanism has very little scripture. Archangel Illyria insisted that heavenly truth, whatever it may be, is secondary to the deliverance of the disadvantaged throughout the whole world, and stated in no uncertain terms that Angelica would forever remain an enigma until her utopia was brought to Noliterre. It hates none and loves all, and rather than its story the Church has chosen to define itself by its mission of salvation.
