NationStates Jolt Archive


Electing a New Scandinvan Catholic Patriarch (Semi-Open, MT)

The Scandinvans
14-04-2007, 04:44
The Scandinvans, a devout Catholic people, have long been such as they were converted in the late fourth century when missionaries had come from Roman Britian as the pagan Germanic tribes had begun conquering the island and a good number of priests had taken sanctuary among the people who had been converted by the miracles performed before them and for centuries afterwards pledged their loyalty to their one God of Christendom and to the Pope.

The Scandinvans then broke away during the ninth due to the corruption which plagued the Church during the Dark Ages and thus they formed their own Patriarch and then lived by literal Bible translation for centuries and used to justify their endless wars upon their pagan neighbors and their enslavement based upon the writings of the Old Testament. With this they came into contact with Islam during their raids upon the Moslems of Kazan The Scandinvans then latter came to partially rejoin the Catholic Church during the Crusades, supplying many fierce warriors who fought to the end there. Latter on however after the Templar were allowed to be destroyed the Scandinvans later left again in the face of such lunacy towards the crime of the French king. This though had caused the Scandinvan Patriarchs to be the ones responsible for choosing worthy Clergy to be part of a group to go through the process of elimination by the Cardinals from which one would emerge as the next Patriarch.

The Scandinvans continued their own traditions for hundreds of years till the modern times, though they no longer persecute other groups they seek to bring their own order to their Church as to be truly holy is to purify themselves as an example to others and this practice has kept the Scandinvan Catholic Church out of politics for many years, though their members of the most of the Scandinvan populace do vote for what they believe which has resulted in a conservative standings of the Empire.

With such things though has come a price as the last Patriarch has died and had not chosen a group of Cardinals to go through the testing of the Cardinals and thus a general gathering of all the Scandinvan Catholic Patriarchs has been called to select the next Patriarch. So far the one tenth to be represented their groups have reulted in three hundred and fifty five of the Scandinvan Catholic Cardinals coming to vote.

OOC: Voting shall be one vote for every million Scandinvan Catholics. For Votes just drop your total number down and the winner shall be the ones that has the most votes at the end.
The Scandinvans
14-04-2007, 04:46
Candidates:

Name: David Gaiel
Age: 76
Home Country: The Scandinvans
Ethnicity: Valgardian Norse
Clergy Rank: Cardinal
Bio: Having been born into a well known and powerful noble family he was seen in his youth as an especially devout child and thus was sent by his family to receive training at seminaries across the Empire. While doing this he was able to garner an education that allowed him to assume the rank Church Priest at the young age of just 20, which was highly rare. This jump start allowed him to reach the higher ranks at a younger age then others and even became the Cardinal of the important Western Valdra dioceses at the mere age of 42, this is the position that he currently holds. Using this position he did great and is highly regard in the Scandinvan Empire’s Catholic community. His position is that in continued conservative thinking and is currently against abortion, gay marriage, alright with use of condoms, against birth control, and is on the right the other issues.

Name: Otto Von Disk
Age: 51
Home Country: The Peoples Freedom
Ethnicity: White
Clergy Rank: Bishop
Bio: Otto heads the largest church is all of TPF. His own church has five million worshipers. He speaks in a football stadium, with 250,000 people attending every Sunday, Saturday, and Wedsenday. More than four million other tune in from the Internet and T.V. The Catholic religion in TPF has more than 400 million followers.

Isiah Gale
Age: 65
Home Country: Kurona
Ethnicity: Kuronan-Anglo
Clergy Rank: Bishop
Bio: Been very devout his entire life. Born into a farm family in Eastern Kurona just outside of Sonomi he left to go into church life after at 16 his high-school sweetheart turned his hand in marriage away. His feelings was "If I was ment to really marry her, God would have intended it." Thus he dedicated his life to God by becoming a faithful worker in the Church. He's risen through the ranks gradually one day would like to be Pope. But he wouldn't be dissappointed if he never achived that. He loves helping the community always desires to clear people of their sins through repentance.

Name: Jean D. Strauss
Age: 59
Home Country: Maraque
Ethnicity: Maraquean
Clergy Rank: Bishop
Bio: Jean is regarded as one of, if not the, most important religious figures in modern day Maraque, heading one of the largest churches in the Democratic Elective Monarchy of more than 11.8 million worshippers. He was born in the rural north of Hythoria into a devoutly Catholic family, living and working his on father’s farm since he was as young as five. As he grew older his love for Christ also grew and he moved to Super City to study Religion at the only private Christian university in the country. After graduation he pursued his faith to even greater depths and soon rose amongst the ranks to become one of the most well known religious figures in the country. He is highly respected among the vast secular population, which makes him appealing as he is able to reach out to a traditionally unsuspecting audience, even with his staunchly conservative views.
The Scandinvans
14-04-2007, 04:46
Votes:

David Gaiel: 1800

Otto Von Disk: 400

Isiah Gale: 520

Jean D. Strauss: 830
The Scandinvans
14-04-2007, 20:39
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Jagada
15-04-2007, 06:51
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The Council of Divinity, representing all religions within the Monotheistic Republic of Jagada would like to formally, on behalf of the Catholic Church of Jagada, and His Holiness Pope Urban X, extend both friendship and good hopes in this, the election of the new Scandinvan Patriarch. Know that your brothers and sisters in Christ within the Republic wish you well -- and perhaps in time, the two Churchs may grow closer together.
The PeoplesFreedom
15-04-2007, 06:55
OCC: Is there anyway to influence votes? Such as TV ads etc.?
The Scandinvans
15-04-2007, 07:06
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The Council of Divinity, representing all religions within the Monotheistic Republic of Jagada would like to formally, on behalf of the Catholic Church of Jagada, and His Holiness Pope Urban X, extend both friendship and good hopes in this, the election of the new Scandinvan Patriarch. Know that your brothers and sisters in Christ within the Republic wish you well -- and perhaps in time, the two Churchs may grow closer together.We thank you for your sypmathies towards our present state and we are willing to accept friendship with your Church as we recongnize all Catholic Churches viable and true, but we do not accept the extreme authority of any Pope due to the fact that we believe the true tradition died many years and unless all of us all willing to discard our histories and actions since then we cannot accept a new Pope.
The Scandinvans
15-04-2007, 07:12
OCC: Is there anyway to influence votes? Such as TV ads etc.?OOC: Nope, the voting is done by Cardinals and the fact is that bribery will not work, nor influence by non-Christians. As well, only Catholic groups will have any real effect on the staunchly convervative Cardinals.
The Sith Clan
15-04-2007, 07:21
Emporer Ozwald of The Confederate Union of the Sith Clan watches the election with an interested eye. While he himself is strictly Atheist, The Sith Clan practices religious freedom. The Emporer watches to see the effects on the people. He may one day choose to hold election for a spiritual leader in The Sith Clan.
The Scandinvans
15-04-2007, 17:02
Emporer Ozwald of The Confederate Union of the Sith Clan watches the election with an interested eye. While he himself is strictly Atheist, The Sith Clan practices religious freedom. The Emporer watches to see the effects on the people. He may one day choose to hold election for a spiritual leader in The Sith Clan.OOC: Well, I think this is something like you are looking for during the elections and I shall make a post about how the new Patriarch starts to run things and how the people react to him.:p

IC: The people watched the elections with great anticpation as they were looking forward to the election of both a strong and traditonal Patriarch for the Scandinvan Catholics to follow.
The Scandinvans
16-04-2007, 05:53
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The Scandinvans
16-04-2007, 22:59
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The Scandinvans
17-04-2007, 23:39
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The Scandinvans
30-04-2007, 23:44
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The Scandinvans
03-05-2007, 02:39
Come on somebody vote a few cardinal votes for the new Scandinvan Catholic Patriarch.
The Scandinvans
06-05-2007, 22:24
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The Scandinvans
08-05-2007, 00:12
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The Scandinvans
08-05-2007, 13:39
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The Scandinvans
20-06-2007, 03:31
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The Scandinvans
28-06-2007, 05:31
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