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The religion of the Holy Flame also elevates the Holy Family that governs to semi-divine status, giving them the right and responsibility of ruling over society and channelling the worship of the masses through them. The Holy Family (which number only a few hundred of "pure blood") lead weekly services in the ''Cathedrals of the Holy Flame'', accepting the worship and adoration of the ten to twenty thousand kneeling before them in the Cathedral, and the indirect worship of others across the city who are required by religious law to cease their work and to pray to the Holy Flame and its Holy Emissaries. | The religion of the Holy Flame also elevates the Holy Family that governs to semi-divine status, giving them the right and responsibility of ruling over society and channelling the worship of the masses through them. The Holy Family (which number only a few hundred of "pure blood") lead weekly services in the ''Cathedrals of the Holy Flame'', accepting the worship and adoration of the ten to twenty thousand kneeling before them in the Cathedral, and the indirect worship of others across the city who are required by religious law to cease their work and to pray to the Holy Flame and its Holy Emissaries. | ||
− | Naturally the ''Holy Family'' itself cannot run the church all by itself, and The Church maintains | + | Naturally the ''Holy Family'' itself cannot run the church all by itself, and The Church maintains five distinct organisations which oversee its various roles. |
+ | First and foremost are the '''Ecclesiarchy'''. This is the churches administrative and executive branch, overseeing the functions of government such as tax collection and disbursement, maintenance of the legal courts and interpreting the Holy Family's edicts. | ||
− | + | Second are the '''Templars of Burning Light'''. This organisation is the Church's military, ostensibly formed to defend the ''Shining Domain'' against the ''Skar'', but also acting as police force for the ''Domain'', and muscle to back up the ''Church'' in its actions. The Templars inevitably have the best equipment and training, and it is a foolish Burner who tries to take them on head on. | |
− | + | Third are the '''Missionaries of the Sacred Flame''', who claim to be a mission of mercy but are in reality all about public relations and keeping the populace happy. They proselytise, speak sermons to workers and maintain small charitable missions that provide the only free healthcare and social support for the poorest members of society. Though well liked by the masses, the Missionaries are a more sinister entity than they first appear, with their High Council engaged in a constant program of careful societal engineering, seeking to create a more compliant and obedient populace through whatever means are necessary. | |
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