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“We Are In a Battle for the Soul of the Church”
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THE GOLDEN CROW CHRONICLES
SPECIAL EDITION: OP-ED PIECE
Karosgrad, Haense
Wzuvar and Byvca, 357 E.S.
1 page
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“We Are In a Battle for the Soul of the Church”
By: Benedict Cardinal Jorenus
Fifty years ago, I was ordained into the Holy Canonist Church, sweeping the dusty floor of the Wigbrechtian Abbey. I exited my brief career in the second highest office in the Kingdom of Haense as Lord Palatine, traveling the world to find my place and sense of self. I realized that God was the stabilizing force that I needed, and I was filled with hope to serve the people of God as a priest.
The Church, through her storied past, is no stranger to controversy, violence, or division. In a most recent debacle, my mind drifts back to 1752. I recall the sudden death of High Pontiff Pontian III and allegations of corruption at work that pursued his untimely demise. In a time of tension and disarray, the Canonist Church was rocked to its core. The silent mystery of intrigue and the harangue of fundamentalist friars decrying secular powers for their inaction against Pontian’s death beclouded the institutional core of humanity’s source of moral guidance. When the Church is afflicted by doubts of her integrity, her mission and her ministers suffer equally. The bankruptcy of spiritual morality is the true death knell of religion. Her ministers must not be apathetic to the injustices decried from the flock.
Since the election of High Pontiff Owyn III, numerous attempts to discredit the Pontiff have sought to sow dissent. Let there be no doubt that we hear and see your concern. When the integrity of the Pontiff is diminished, the rest of the Church is scarred and priests suffer from the bad reputation that proceeds from it. It is a problem felt by all. External and internal pressures have emerged to stifle the meaningful ministerial integrity of the Church, thereby crippling her mandate. The unity of God is threatened when the entirety of the flock, clergy and laity alike, no longer see each as the common heirs to prophetic salvation. We must be careful and constructive to know where evil lies and when to speak with confidence where the truth resides. We cannot allow the passions of derision dictate our society. The allegations and charges proposed by the petitioners in a recent exposé truly trouble us and have casted into doubt a social trust in the Church’s spiritual life. The Scroll of Gospel reminds us that when humanity is divided among themselves, compounded by the irresponsibility of leaders, the nations of the world suffer extremely.
What has become clear now is one simple truth: We are in a battle for the soul of the Church.
This crisis of confidence strikes at the very core of our spiritual welfare. We have come to the threshold of aggression and anger. The wrath of our day is no different than that of the many figures of our scripture who sought vicious attempts to achieve selfish aims. There is filth within the Church without a doubt. I assert that we as the shepherds of the Church have an inseparable responsibility to clean up the filth. We are all responsible for the decrepit state of our spiritual identity. Our current state of affairs is unsustainable. The lessons of the Scrolls teach us that when a society acts out of hubris and refuses to seek inward renewal, they lose touch with the grace of God. The work of our priests are increasingly shrouded with doubt by perceptions of mistrust over the character of the Pontiff. I pledge myself to be an ally of the light, not the darkness. I pledge to you all an effort to heal and return the piety and virtuous sentiment of the flock with my brethren clergy. We cannot let the Dark Nikirala that has come upon us to wound the soul of humanity. We must harken back to the holy examples of our saints who so guided the path of virtue before us. We must be truly introspective and whether we are worthy to willingly dignify our place and obligations to one another.
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This concludes Special Edition: Op-ed Piece; ‘We Are In a Battle for the Soul of the Church‘ of the The Golden Crow Chronicles.