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Nazarenes generally believe in one incorporeal God, but God (generally used with the pronoun ''he'') also has three shapes or avatars, known as the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. These avatars have a complicated relationship to one another and the exact nature of their divinity is under a lot of debate, sometimes violent too.
Nazarenes generally believe in one incorporeal God, but God (generally used with the pronoun ''he'') also has three shapes or avatars, known as the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. These avatars have a complicated relationship to one another and the exact nature of their divinity is under a lot of debate, sometimes violent too.


In Nazarene belief, God is the creator of the heavens and all the planets, including Micras. He chose the Ashkenatzis as his own people, guiding them tens of millennia ago across the wastelands of [[Benacia]]. God communicated to his people through prophets and sometimes through angels. However, after some time, God grew tired of this arrangement of communication and decided that he would now be a god for everyone on the planet, and had himself incarnated as a child with the name Yeshua. His mother was known as Miryam. Yeshua preached the new rules of God (now known as "The Father") to the Ashkenatzis and was generally ridiculed by them, but managed to get some followers. The followers very quite good and spreading the message of God Father and Yeshua to the non-Ashkenatzis, especially the people that would be known as the Tellians, Cisamarrese, and later, also to the Alexandrians, Martinos, Matbaics, and Atterans. In the end, the Ashkenatzis, now occupied by the Machiavellians, had Yeshua executed for public disorder.
In Nazarene belief, God is the creator of the heavens and all the planets, including Micras. He chose the Ashkenatzis as his own people, guiding them tens of millennia ago across the wastelands of [[Benacia]]. God communicated to his people through prophets and sometimes through angels. However, after some time, God grew tired of this arrangement of communication and decided that he would now be a god for everyone on the planet, and had himself incarnated as a child with the name Yeshua. His mother was known as Miryam. Yeshua preached the new rules of God (now known as "The Father") to the Ashkenatzis and was generally ridiculed by them, but managed to get some followers. The followers were quite good at spreading the message of God Father and Yeshua to the non-Ashkenatzis, especially the people that would be known as the Tellians, Cisamarrese, and later, also to the Alexandrians, Martinos, Matbaics, and Atterans. In the end, the Ashkenatzis, now occupied by the Machiavellians, had Yeshua executed for public disorder.


Nazarenes believe in the eternity of the soul, but for the soul to have a good existence after death, the soul must acclaim Yeshua as the son of God, confess all sins to God and seek God's forgiveness for them. All other souls will be separated from God upon death. The nature of this post-life existence is also heavily debated among the Nazarenes.
Nazarenes believe in the eternity of the soul, but for the soul to have a good existence after death, the soul must acclaim Yeshua as the son of God, confess all sins to God and seek God's forgiveness for them. All other souls will be separated from God upon death. The nature of this post-life existence is also heavily debated among the Nazarenes.


They commune with their God through a ritual known as communion. They share wine and bread during a service. Other sacraments are baptism, marriage, and the anointing of the ill.  
They commune with their God through a ritual known as communion. They share wine and bread during a service. Other sacraments are baptism, marriage, and the anointing of the ill.
 
== Holidays ==
* Six-day week
* God created the world in 5 days, rested on the sixth
* Last day of the week is the Day of the Lord
 
=== Liturgial year ===
''Real-life analogues in Italics''
* Day of the Birth of the Lord (''Christmas'') occurs on the second day of the Lord following the solstice of month II.
** 18.II (''January, March, May, July, August, October, December'')
** 24.II (''April, June, September, November'')
** 6.III (''February in leap years'')
** 12.III (''February'')
* Fastentide (''Lent'') begins forty days before the Day of Resurrection, and ends with that same day:
** 14.IV (''January, March, May, July, August, October, December'')
** 20.IV (''April, June, September, November, and February in leap years'')
** 2.V (''February'')
* Day of Resurrection (''Easter'') occurs on the first '''day of the Lord''' following the equinox of month VI:
** 6.VI (''January, March, May, July, August, October, December'')
** 12.VI (''April, June, September, November, and February in leap years'')
** 18.VI (''February'')


== Organization ==
== Organization ==


The Nazarene faith is organised in several denominations and churches. They are generally in a Catholic or Orthodox tradition or communion, but exceptions exist.
The Nazarene faith is organised in several denominations and churches. They are generally in a Catholic or Orthodox tradition or communion, but exceptions exist. Reformed denominations are found in both branches of the religion, and reformed denominations are actually more similar with one another than with the greater branch they stem from.
 
The following tree reflects the descent of various denominations.
{{Tree list}}
{{Tree list}}
* Catholic denominations<ref>The Catholic community itself divided into the episcopal and presbyterian traditions but, in the absence of any overarching transnational religious authority towards whom doctrinal deference is due, this distinction is largely an administrative one - excepting one or two absurd arguments such as concerning the nature of the host upon the moment of its consecration.</ref>
* Nazarene religion
** [[Autocephalous Nazarene Church of Alexandria]]
** Catholic denominations<ref>The Catholic community itself divided into the episcopal and presbyterian traditions but, in the absence of any overarching transnational religious authority towards whom doctrinal deference is due, this distinction is largely an administrative one - excepting one or two absurd arguments such as concerning the nature of the host upon the moment of its consecration.</ref>
*** [[Movement of the Most Holy Nazarene Church]]
*** [[Autocephalous Nazarene Church of Alexandria]]
*** [[Neridian Alexandrian Church]]
**** [[Movement of the Most Holy Nazarene Church]]
*** [[Alexandrian Nazarene Church of the Sun]]
**** [[Neridian Alexandrian Church]]
** [[Church of Gotzborg]] (defunct)
**** [[Alexandrian Nazarene Church of the Sun]]
** Church of Stormark (defunct)
**** [[Church and See of Saint Christopher]] ([[Saint Christopher's]] and [[Lükanburg]], [[Senya]])
*** Norman Catholic Church, Normandy, Stormark (defunct)
*** [[Church of Gotzborg]] (''defunct'')
** [[Holy Nidarosian Church|Church of Nidaros]], [[Riskai]] and [[Varmland]]
**** [[Church of Treisenberg]] (''defunct'')
** Catholic Church of [[Krasnarus]] (defunct)
**** [[Church of Stormark]] (''defunct'')
** Church of Saint Christopher ([[Saint Christopher's]] and [[Lükanburg]], [[Natopia]])
***** [[Église de Normandie|Norman Catholic Church]] (''defunct'')
** [[Nazarene Church of Our Lady of Monsanto]], [[Cisamarra]], [[Sanama]]
****** Norman Church of Amaland (reformed)
*Protestant denominations
****** Norman Church of Karnamark (reformed)
** [[Church of Floria]]
****** Presbyterian Church of Normandie (mainly found in the Green, but also in Amaland and Karnamark) (reformed)
** [[Church of the Holy Lance]]
*** [[Holy Nidarosian Church|Church of Nidaros]], [[Riskai]] and [[Varmland]]
** [[Ludwiggian Reformed Church]]
*** Catholic Church of [[Krasnarus]] (defunct)
** [[Nazarene Congregations in Calbion]]
*** [[Nazarene Church of Our Lady of Monsanto]], [[Cisamarra]], [[Sanama]]
** [[Protestantse Kerk in de Zuidzee-eilanden]]
*** [[Church of the Holy Lance]] (reformed)
** [[Aerla|Aerlan Nazarene Church]]
**** [[Church of Floria]] (reformed)
* Orthodox denominations
**** Church of the Holy Lance in [[Moorland]] (reformed)
** Ocian Orthodox Church
**** [[Protestantse Kerk in de Zuidzee-eilanden|Protestant Church in the South Sea Islands]] (reformed)
*** [[Amokolian Orthodox Church]]
*** [[Ludwiggian Reformed Church]] (reformed)
*** [[Coria]]n Orthodox Church (Krasnorusyn Orthodox Church)
*** [[wikipedia:Maronite Church|Aerlan Nazarene Church]] <ref>In full communion with the [[Autocephalous Nazarene Church of Alexandria]], but holds its own distinct liturgical rites.</ref>
** Antican Church of the Nazarenes (defunct)
** Orthodox denominations
*** [[Apostolic Church of Kezan]]
*** [[Ocian Orthodox Church]]
** [[Matbaa#Matbaic_Orthodox_Church|Matbaic Orthodox Church]]
**** [[Amokolian Orthodox Church]]
** [[Eklesia|Eklesian Orthodox Church]]
**** [[Corian Orthodox Church]]
** [[Patriarchal Orthodox Faith|Patriarchal Orthodox Church of the Faith]] ''(Disputed by Deist and Zurvanite factions)''
***** [[Svetostrov|Holy Community of Svetostrov]]
*Albigensian denominations<ref>The Albigensian group of denominations include those Nazarene sects which reject fundamental theological principles of the Catholic and Orthodox denominations. These denominations may adhere to [[Wikipedia:Nontrinitarianism|nontrinitarianism]], [[Wikipedia:Restorationism|Nazarene primitivism]] or other widely varying beliefs. The group is named for the city of Albigensi, where the first rejecters of the [[Wikipedia:Nicene Creed|Helicorean Creed]] were massacred in 335 [[Norton calendar|AN]].</ref>
**** [[Ranentsi Orthodox Church]]
** [[Meckelnburgh|Church of Meckelnburgh]]
*** Antican Church of the Nazarenes (''defunct'')
*Humanist denominations
**** [[Apostolic Church of Kezan]]
** [[Covenanted Nazarene Church of Benacia]]  
*** [[Matbaa#Matbaic_Orthodox_Church|Matbaic Orthodox Church]]
*Keltian restorationism
**** [[Nazarene Congregations in Calbion]] (reformed)
**[[Church of the Scripture of Lake Caledonia]] {{tree list/end}}
*** [[Eklesia|Eklesian Orthodox Church]]
*** [[Patriarchal Orthodox Faith|Patriarchal Orthodox Church of the Faith]] ''(Disputed by Deist and Zurvanite factions)''
**Gnostic denominations
*** [[Church of Meckelnburgh]]  
**Humanist denominations
*** [[Covenanted Nazarene Church of Benacia]]  
**Keltian restorationism
***[[Church of the Scripture of Lake Caledonia]]  
{{tree list/end}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Religion]]
[[Category:Nazarene]]

Latest revision as of 14:54, 4 December 2024

The Nazarene religion, an off-shoot of the Ashkenatzi religion, is one of the larger monotheistic religions in Micras. It is also a highly diverse religion with numerous denominations in various cultures. It is also related to the Umraist religion.

Beliefs

Nazarenes generally believe in one incorporeal God, but God (generally used with the pronoun he) also has three shapes or avatars, known as the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. These avatars have a complicated relationship to one another and the exact nature of their divinity is under a lot of debate, sometimes violent too.

In Nazarene belief, God is the creator of the heavens and all the planets, including Micras. He chose the Ashkenatzis as his own people, guiding them tens of millennia ago across the wastelands of Benacia. God communicated to his people through prophets and sometimes through angels. However, after some time, God grew tired of this arrangement of communication and decided that he would now be a god for everyone on the planet, and had himself incarnated as a child with the name Yeshua. His mother was known as Miryam. Yeshua preached the new rules of God (now known as "The Father") to the Ashkenatzis and was generally ridiculed by them, but managed to get some followers. The followers were quite good at spreading the message of God Father and Yeshua to the non-Ashkenatzis, especially the people that would be known as the Tellians, Cisamarrese, and later, also to the Alexandrians, Martinos, Matbaics, and Atterans. In the end, the Ashkenatzis, now occupied by the Machiavellians, had Yeshua executed for public disorder.

Nazarenes believe in the eternity of the soul, but for the soul to have a good existence after death, the soul must acclaim Yeshua as the son of God, confess all sins to God and seek God's forgiveness for them. All other souls will be separated from God upon death. The nature of this post-life existence is also heavily debated among the Nazarenes.

They commune with their God through a ritual known as communion. They share wine and bread during a service. Other sacraments are baptism, marriage, and the anointing of the ill.

Holidays

  • Six-day week
  • God created the world in 5 days, rested on the sixth
  • Last day of the week is the Day of the Lord

Liturgial year

Real-life analogues in Italics

  • Day of the Birth of the Lord (Christmas) occurs on the second day of the Lord following the solstice of month II.
    • 18.II (January, March, May, July, August, October, December)
    • 24.II (April, June, September, November)
    • 6.III (February in leap years)
    • 12.III (February)
  • Fastentide (Lent) begins forty days before the Day of Resurrection, and ends with that same day:
    • 14.IV (January, March, May, July, August, October, December)
    • 20.IV (April, June, September, November, and February in leap years)
    • 2.V (February)
  • Day of Resurrection (Easter) occurs on the first day of the Lord following the equinox of month VI:
    • 6.VI (January, March, May, July, August, October, December)
    • 12.VI (April, June, September, November, and February in leap years)
    • 18.VI (February)

Organization

The Nazarene faith is organised in several denominations and churches. They are generally in a Catholic or Orthodox tradition or communion, but exceptions exist. Reformed denominations are found in both branches of the religion, and reformed denominations are actually more similar with one another than with the greater branch they stem from.

The following tree reflects the descent of various denominations.

Notes

  1. ^ The Catholic community itself divided into the episcopal and presbyterian traditions but, in the absence of any overarching transnational religious authority towards whom doctrinal deference is due, this distinction is largely an administrative one - excepting one or two absurd arguments such as concerning the nature of the host upon the moment of its consecration.
  2. ^ In full communion with the Autocephalous Nazarene Church of Alexandria, but holds its own distinct liturgical rites.
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