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The province of Sarpedon had been established in 1960 as a combination of several "aboriginal churches" - {{wp|Protestant}} churches that existed in Sarpedon which developed there organically - and "Levantine influenced churches", churches which were associated with ones in Levantia or made up of churches belonging to Levantine and emigrants diaspora. | The province of Sarpedon had been established in 1960 as a combination of several "aboriginal churches" - {{wp|Protestant}} churches that existed in Sarpedon which developed there organically - and "Levantine influenced churches", churches which were associated with ones in Levantia or made up of churches belonging to Levantine and emigrants diaspora. | ||
===Aboriginal churches=== | ===Aboriginal churches=== | ||
The {{wp|Protestant Reformation}} occurred in [[Sarpedon]] around the same period as [[Levantia]], but had much less permanence and social penetration due to the strong authority of the state in the [[Third Imperium]]. Instead, reformed theologians operated within the confines of the [[Catholic Church]]'s hierarchy. Movements such as {{wp|Jansenism}} were common in the Church in Sarpedon at that time, and reformed theologians were suddenly given prominent place in the [[Imperial Church]] following the [[Great Schism of 1615]]. Despite this, several Protestant sects emerged, although many of them were {{wp|low church}} in nature or had unsteady hierarchies and {{wp|Apostolic succession}} due to state persecution. The largest contingent of Protestants were known as "Dissenters", so called because they dissented from the "middle course" of {{wp|Calvinism|reformed theology}} embraced by the Imperial Church. Unlike Levantia, the relative reformed appeal of the Imperial Church as well as more stringent social controls meant that no firm underground Protestant Church could develop in most of [[Sarpedon]] during the 17th centuries, with small sects instead remaining underground throughout the next century. | The {{wp|Protestant Reformation}} occurred in [[Sarpedon]] around the same period as [[Levantia]], but had much less permanence and social penetration due to the strong authority of the state in the [[Third Imperium]]. Instead, reformed theologians operated within the confines of the [[Catholic Church]]'s hierarchy. Movements such as {{wp|Jansenism}} were common in the Church in Sarpedon at that time, and reformed theologians were suddenly given prominent place in the [[Imperial Church]] following the [[Great Schism of 1615]]. Despite this, several Protestant sects emerged, although many of them were {{wp|low church}} in nature or had unsteady hierarchies and {{wp|Apostolic succession}} due to state persecution. The largest contingent of Protestants were known as "Dissenters", so called because they dissented from the "middle course" of {{wp|Calvinism|reformed theology}} embraced by the Imperial Church. The majority of these originated from the [[The_Reformations_of_1627#Background|radical faction]] of the early Imperial Church, who were suppressed in [[1623]]. Unlike Levantia, the relative reformed appeal of the Imperial Church as well as more stringent social controls meant that no firm underground Protestant Church could develop in most of [[Sarpedon]] during the 17th centuries, with small sects instead remaining underground throughout the next century. | ||
The fortunes of reformed believers changed radically with the dawn of the [[Fourth Imperium]]. The government shifted efforts from persecution to cooption, and in [[1799]] the ''Ecclesio Reformatio'', the Reformed Assembly, which was a state run and state approved {{wp|Calvinism|reformed theology}} church which operated alongside the officially sanctioned [[Imperial Church]]. The Reformed Assembly retained the more dramatically reformed theology of the underground believers and their {{wp|low church}} worship services with the {{wp|ecclesiastical polity}} of the Imperial Church, creating ten Bishops for reformed believers. The effort at cooption was successful, with most underground believers coming forward to join. The Assembly functioned as a form of controlled opposition for the next five decades. A Protestant version of the [[Caphiric Rite]] was imposed on these Churches, engraining its cultural familiarity among Protestant believers, gradually transforming Caphiric reformed believers into a {{wp|high church}} continuum of faith. It was abolished in 1852 as part of a general effort to restore religious unity, and although reformed believers were not persecuted going forward, state support dried up. With a lack of state appointment and funding, the briefly unified reform movement split into nearly two hundred different denominations, with the splits largely based on lineages of bishops and legitimate church governance. | The fortunes of reformed believers changed radically with the dawn of the [[Fourth Imperium]]. The government shifted efforts from persecution to cooption, and in [[1799]] the ''Ecclesio Reformatio'', the Reformed Assembly, which was a state run and state approved {{wp|Calvinism|reformed theology}} church which operated alongside the officially sanctioned [[Imperial Church]]. The Reformed Assembly retained the more dramatically reformed theology of the underground believers and their {{wp|low church}} worship services with the {{wp|ecclesiastical polity}} of the Imperial Church, creating ten Bishops for reformed believers. The effort at cooption was successful, with most underground believers coming forward to join. The Assembly functioned as a form of controlled opposition for the next five decades. A Protestant version of the [[Caphiric Rite]] was imposed on these Churches, engraining its cultural familiarity among Protestant believers, gradually transforming Caphiric reformed believers into a {{wp|high church}} continuum of faith. It was abolished in 1852 as part of a general effort to restore religious unity, and although reformed believers were not persecuted going forward, state support dried up. With a lack of state appointment and funding, the briefly unified reform movement split into nearly two hundred different denominations, with the splits largely based on lineages of bishops and legitimate church governance. | ||
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===Levantine influences=== | ===Levantine influences=== | ||
Several churches directly related to Levantine populations in [[Sarpedon]] were active prior to 1954, nearly all of which were associated with or shared communion one of the churches which were founding members of the [[College of Levantine Churches]]. Specifically, [[College_of_Levantine_Churches#Old_Believers|Ænglish Old Believers]] as well as Lutherans associated with the Lutheran Church of Dericania operated throughout much of the continent in small numbers. {{wp|Old Catholics}}, due to their split with the [[Pope]] in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]], were also safeguarded by the [[Government of Caphiria]] beginning in [[1900]] and encouraged to a small degree before most were compelled to join the [[Imperial Church]] in the 1920s, though some Old Catholic dioceses and bishops remained associated with their colleagues in Levantia by [[1954]]. Most predominantly, Levantine-associated Protestants primarily resided in [[ | Several churches directly related to Levantine populations in [[Sarpedon]] were active prior to 1954, nearly all of which were associated with or shared communion one of the churches which were founding members of the [[College of Levantine Churches]]. Specifically, [[College_of_Levantine_Churches#Old_Believers|Ænglish Old Believers]] as well as Lutherans associated with the Lutheran Church of Dericania operated throughout much of the continent in small numbers. {{wp|Old Catholics}}, due to their split with the [[Pope]] in [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]], were also safeguarded by the [[Government of Caphiria]] beginning in [[1900]] and encouraged to a small degree before most were compelled to join the [[Imperial Church]] in the 1920s, though some Old Catholic dioceses and bishops remained associated with their colleagues in Levantia by [[1954]]. Most predominantly, Levantine-associated Protestants primarily resided in [[Lariana]] and insular colonial possessions of [[Kiravia]] throughout the continent. When the groups with which they shared communion joined together to form the College of Levantine Churches, most local congregations complied and joined the organization as well, lobbying for the formation of a local apparatus of church governance. These efforts came to fruition with the establishment of the Province of Sarpedon in 1960. Some groups, particularly those Protestant churches in [[Arona]], resisted the transition, only fully joining the Ecclesiastical Assembly in [[2020]]. | ||
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