Post by Admin on Aug 7, 2016 13:58:36 GMT
"From Bishop Emrys of Caerleon To His Imperial Majesty, Imperator Gwrtheyrn Wledig
Word has reached me of many vile teachings spread by those who, unlike us, are not learned in the true religion. Up until now these heretics had been largely sympathetic to our viewpoint, save for a few grave disagreements and wrong teaching. A new kind of danger has arisen in your land of late, the danger of apostasy. While conducting a procession of saintly persons to come and meet in your stately capital, I have seen with my own eyes the satanic rituals of the rustics of your land. While in Caerleon I make every effort to encourage the correct worship of Jesus Christ, I feel that my efforts are diminished if the locals know that their own king has left blatant satanic practice go unchecked to their north. How then can I tell the women to be modest while they pray and to forego the sin of bathing, while to their north scantily-clad maidens dance around totems and cavort with whatever young man catches their eye? How can I tell my fellow clergy how wrong their dissension is, when in the wilds of Pagenses white-cloaked figures climb trees, which they conjure the devil into, and pick poisonous vines withal? All this I have seen with my own eyes, or heard from men of honest reputation. The rustics of Pagenses now openly sacrifice white bulls to pagan gods. In the tafarns along the roads, I have heard a great increase in men thanking devils for their successes, and forming charms out of wicker, stone or animal bone. From my readings of the wisdom of the ancients, I recognise much of this behaviour as druidic devilry, and cannot help but come to the conclusion that the devil is at work in our land once more. If you do not use your power to put an end to this, and support the godfearing people of this land by helping them cleanse the soil with the blood of the apostate, then I fear we shall soon see human sacrifice to dark gods, and a thousand years of rule by the Satan.
The teachings of the Apostates include a creation myth that is wholly wrong. The gods are weak women, relying on the toil of giants, and their will is not absolute. There is little admirable in their teachings, and the only mitigation could be that they view themselves as a chosen people, as the Israelites did, except in place of the one true god, they were chosen by demonic sisters. The tale goes:
That the world was created by two twin sisters, Eiru and Alban, to house mankind. To this end they employed giants in the construction of the world, who then became envious that the fruits of their labour were to be enjoyed by others and not themselves. The race of giants that then inhabited Britannia and Hibernia refused to leave, and a long war ensued, after which man was victorious and secured the islands for his own enjoyment.
They also believe that mankind receives the arts from a god known as Lleu Llaw Gyffes, or Mercurius. It seems that the arts may refer to the tree of knowledge, and the Mercurius of the Britons may be Satan himself. This overt devil-worship cannot go unpunished."
The clergy of the land, regardless of creed, are united in their condemnation of the wandering Gaelic druids that seem to have royal protection. They write to the king demanding a solution, and sermonise against the druids.
Word has reached me of many vile teachings spread by those who, unlike us, are not learned in the true religion. Up until now these heretics had been largely sympathetic to our viewpoint, save for a few grave disagreements and wrong teaching. A new kind of danger has arisen in your land of late, the danger of apostasy. While conducting a procession of saintly persons to come and meet in your stately capital, I have seen with my own eyes the satanic rituals of the rustics of your land. While in Caerleon I make every effort to encourage the correct worship of Jesus Christ, I feel that my efforts are diminished if the locals know that their own king has left blatant satanic practice go unchecked to their north. How then can I tell the women to be modest while they pray and to forego the sin of bathing, while to their north scantily-clad maidens dance around totems and cavort with whatever young man catches their eye? How can I tell my fellow clergy how wrong their dissension is, when in the wilds of Pagenses white-cloaked figures climb trees, which they conjure the devil into, and pick poisonous vines withal? All this I have seen with my own eyes, or heard from men of honest reputation. The rustics of Pagenses now openly sacrifice white bulls to pagan gods. In the tafarns along the roads, I have heard a great increase in men thanking devils for their successes, and forming charms out of wicker, stone or animal bone. From my readings of the wisdom of the ancients, I recognise much of this behaviour as druidic devilry, and cannot help but come to the conclusion that the devil is at work in our land once more. If you do not use your power to put an end to this, and support the godfearing people of this land by helping them cleanse the soil with the blood of the apostate, then I fear we shall soon see human sacrifice to dark gods, and a thousand years of rule by the Satan.
The teachings of the Apostates include a creation myth that is wholly wrong. The gods are weak women, relying on the toil of giants, and their will is not absolute. There is little admirable in their teachings, and the only mitigation could be that they view themselves as a chosen people, as the Israelites did, except in place of the one true god, they were chosen by demonic sisters. The tale goes:
That the world was created by two twin sisters, Eiru and Alban, to house mankind. To this end they employed giants in the construction of the world, who then became envious that the fruits of their labour were to be enjoyed by others and not themselves. The race of giants that then inhabited Britannia and Hibernia refused to leave, and a long war ensued, after which man was victorious and secured the islands for his own enjoyment.
They also believe that mankind receives the arts from a god known as Lleu Llaw Gyffes, or Mercurius. It seems that the arts may refer to the tree of knowledge, and the Mercurius of the Britons may be Satan himself. This overt devil-worship cannot go unpunished."
The clergy of the land, regardless of creed, are united in their condemnation of the wandering Gaelic druids that seem to have royal protection. They write to the king demanding a solution, and sermonise against the druids.
