The Inquisition - Revision history

Keith at 19:22, 12 February 2018

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 shall be ready for the Parousia, and we shall be judged worthy.”''
 — '''Leopold of Murnau,''' ''The Testament of Leopold''
 == Divisions ==

Bruce at 18:18, 24 February 2015

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 == Divisions ==
 Like the Roman Church, the Society of Leopold is made

Bruce: /* The Sons of Tertullian */

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The Sons of Tertullian

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	The Sons tend to be skilled exorcists.		The Sons tend to be skilled exorcists.

	The Sect of Saint James is an even more radical subgroup		'''The Sect of Saint James''' is an even more radical subgroup
	of the Sons of Tertullian. Amazingly, considering the		of the Sons of Tertullian. Amazingly, considering the
	Sons” concern for orthodoxy, the Sect follows the words		Sons” concern for orthodoxy, the Sect follows the words

Bruce: /* Sects */

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Sects

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 and maneuver for the favor of their new, frightening
 Inquisitor-General.
 * -- [[The Brothers Jesuit]]
 * -- [[Children of Lazarus]]
 * -- [[Fathers of the Good Death]]

Bruce: /* Sects */

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Sects

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	=== Sects ===		=== Sects ===
			While some Inquisitors remain generalists, many
			find intellectual support and mutual ideology in a sect.
			Historically, the Society of Leopold has allowed, even
			encouraged, diversity within its ranks. That encouragement
			died with Monsignor Amelio Vittore. Now the sects clamor
			and maneuver for the favor of their new, frightening
			Inquisitor-General.

	* -- [[The Brothers Jesuit]]		* -- [[The Brothers Jesuit]]
	* -- [[Children of Lazarus]]		* -- [[Children of Lazarus]]
	* -- [[Fathers of the Good Death]]		* -- [[Fathers of the Good Death]]

Bruce: /* Sects */

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Sects

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	=== Sects ===		=== Sects ===
	* -- [[The Brothers Jesuit]]		* -- [[The Brothers Jesuit]]
	* -- [[The Order of St. Joan]]
	* -- [[Children of Lazarus]]		* -- [[Children of Lazarus]]
	* -- [[Fathers of the Good Death]]		* -- [[Fathers of the Good Death]]

Bruce: /* Office of the Censor */

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Office of the Censor

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	faction, but they typically maintain the ideology of any		faction, but they typically maintain the ideology of any
	previous faction.		previous faction.

			They have two primary bases of Operations in the United States, [[New Orleans]] and [[Saint Louis\|St. Louis]].

	=== Order of Saint Joan ===		=== Order of Saint Joan ===

Bruce: /* Order of Saint Joan */

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Order of Saint Joan

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	=== Order of Saint Joan ===		=== Order of Saint Joan ===
			The Order of Saint Joan is not so much a “subdivision”
			of the Society as an autonomous Order that acts in concert
			with the Society of Leopold. The Order recognizes the
			authority of the Society and the Inquisitor-General, but
			maintains its own hierarchy. Members of the Order may
			work within standard Society Cenacula, but they rarely rise
			about the position of Councilor. None are ever promoted
			within the Society to the rank of Abbé or above. The Order
			maintains its own Cenacula, called Convents.

			The Order of Saint Joan is led by the Abbess of Chartres,
			who defers to the Inquisitor-General in most matters
			of policy. The Order’s Convents do not welcome men,
			including Inquisitors, anywhere beyond specified guest
			areas. No one outside the Order has ever visited the
			Convent of Chartres. The Abbess either speaks through
			her assistants from offices outside the Convent proper,
			or leaves the Convent to call upon people.

			None of the Order’s members who have worked within the
			Society’s ranks ever show evidence of Theurgic study, but there
			are some rumors that the Convent of Chartres has a number of
			powerful Theurgists in its midst. There are many rumors
			about the elusive Order, and none have yet to be proven.

			Historically, the Office of the Censor has never trusted
			the Order of Saint Joan, which has repeatedly refused offers
			to fully merge with the Society. That strain has reached a
			breaking point with the rise of Inquisitor-General Bauer.
			The Office of the Censor submitted a list of members from
			the Order who were to report to Rome for questioning.
			The Order never complied, Convents have closed their
			doors, and all communication from Chartres has ceased.

			The silence is chilled. The tension crackles. There are
			rumors that Inquisitor-General Bauer and the Abbess
			of Chartres have some sort of personal quarrel between
			them. Inquisitors the world over wearily wait to see what
			will happen next.

	=== Sects ===		=== Sects ===

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Gladius Dei

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	=== Gladius Dei ===		=== Gladius Dei ===
			They are the corps d’élite, the “Sword of God,” the most
			distinguished order within the Society. Its membership
			is by invitation only, and is comparable to a knighthood.
			Its members are the ideal Inquisitors: loyal without fault,
			zealous, courageous, and capable. Members of Gladius Dei
			are hand selected by the Inquisitor-General herself and
			act under her direct authority. It is often an invitation to
			join the ranks of glorious martyrdom, for the Gladius Dei
			are called together for the most dangerous of missions.

			Members of Gladius Dei may originally come from
			any sect or faction. In the past, new members were not
			required to end affiliations with their former groups, but
			Inquisitor-General Bauer has recently decreed that those
			in the Gladius Dei must dissolve all other factional ties.
			Loyalty is more systematically transferred to the Gladius
			Dei. This has caused some murmur of concern amongst
			the other factions, though not so loudly when the Censors
			are listening.

			Gladius Dei’s members are cocky, even arrogant, but with
			good reason — no auto-da-fé (a call for judgment, usually
			destruction, against a supernatural) called by Gladius Dei has
			ever failed. Their critics once referred to the order as “God’s
			Little Army,” though more recently as “The Iron Maiden’s
			Little Army.” More cynical critics wonder if Gladius Dei
			is nothing more than an ecclesiastical bully, picking fights
			that it knows it will win. Some autos-da-fé that would seem
			to be perfect for Gladius Dei went ignored.

			Members of Gladius Dei often wear a ceremonial
			badge: a gold sword lapel pin, worn blade down so that
			it resembles a simple cross from a distance.

			=== Office of the Censor ===
			They who judge the judges. The Inquisition within the
			Inquisition.

			Membership in the Office of the Censor is offered by
			the Inquisitor-General. Typically, however, nominations
			for Censor candidates come from the Office itself. This
			Office, administrated by a Provincial, is considerably more
			organized than Gladius Dei.

			Some within the Inquisition feared that the Censors
			were becoming too powerful, too independent, and that
			the Office was trying to enforce its own agenda. They
			were right. Ingrid Bauer was herself a Censor. After she
			arose to power as Inquisitor-General, it was the Censors
			who swept through the Society’s ranks, taking away the
			entrenched spies of the Kindred and the loudest of
			Bauer’s critics. When those screams finally died away,
			the accusations were much less public. There is no more
			ambiguity; the Office of the Censor now holds the most
			power within the Society.

			When a Censor arrives to investigate an individual or
			a Cenaculum, those in question are considered in a state
			of certiorari: they are allowed to continue their standard
			practices and procedures, but a representative of the Office of
			the Censor must accompany them at all times. Furthermore,
			all records of the Cenaculum are open to investigation,
			its members open to interrogation. These days, random
			investigations happen with greater frequency.

			Although the practice of Theurgy is not condemned
			by the Society, its use is still circumspect, so the Office
			of the Censor requires that all practitioners of Theurgy
			“register” with the Office “for future reference.” This is
			not the polite suggestion it once was.

			Censors are not permitted to remain in any other
			faction, but they typically maintain the ideology of any
			previous faction.

			=== Order of Saint Joan ===

	=== Sects ===		=== Sects ===

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 * -- [[The Brothers Jesuit]]
 * -- [[The Order of St. Joan]]
 * -- [[Children of Lazarus]]
 * -- [[Fathers of the Good Death]]