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The Great Schism of 1615 occurred within the context of the rise of the [[Third Imperium]]. Unlike its two classical predecessors, the Third Imperium established towards the end of the Medieval period saw a significant consolidation of power within the person of the [[Imperator]]. Various republican institutions and cultural expectations which curtailed the rise of Imperial authority no longer existed following the collapse of the Second Imperium. Within this new system, the Imperators began to seek influence over the [[Catholic Church]] in Caphiria, the predominant social and moral institution of its day and the only part of Caphiric society beyond the control of the government. The rulers of the Third Imperium began to find the political confidence to demand increased autonomy beginning in the mid-1400s, and soon the {{wp|Protestant Reformation}} and the disastrous effects it would have on [[Levantia]] provided the Imperium with opportunities to pursue greater control.

===Oath of Allegiance===

With the [[Great Confessional War]] in [[Levantia]] intensifying, the sitting [[Imperator]], XXX, began to leverage Caphiria's increasingly important position in the Church for additional concessions. The Imperator again petitioned the [[Pope]] - now temporarily displaced from [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] - for the right of {{wp|lay investiture}}, stating that "in this time of heresy and war...the allegiance of the clerics of the republic to the authority of the state...is absolutely vital." {{wp|Pope Paul IV}} sent a diplomatic but forceful rejection of this request in [[1557]], leading to a flurry of letters between the {{wp|Roman Curia|Curia}} and Patriarch of Venceia which set the Church on the verge of schism. In 1559, Paul IV died and was replaced by {{wp|Pope Pius IV}}, an experienced diplomat. While the Levantine war raged, Pius viewed religious unity in [[Sarpedon]] as his top diplomatic priority, and in early [[1560]] he proposed a compromise option which would require all clerics in [[Caphiria]] to swear an oath of allegiance to the [[Imperator]]. This compromise suited both parties and was formally issued at the end of summer, 1560. While the compromise had the ~~practical~~ effect of retaining Caphiria within the [[Catholic Church]] at a moment of significant weakness for the Papacy, it had the ~~practical~~ effect of entrenching the Imperator at the top of the moral hierarchy within the country. Scholars are divided on its lasting impact on the coming Great Schism, with the traditional position being that priests were already more loyal to [[Venceia]] than Urceopolis by 1615. Modern scholarship has suggested that the oath of allegiance had no practical effect on the decision of individual priests and bishops to follow Venceia or Urceopolis following the schism, with underlying political and social concerns for each individual man playing a greater role according to their own letters and journals.

With the [[Great Confessional War]] in [[Levantia]] intensifying, the sitting [[Imperator]], XXX, began to leverage Caphiria's increasingly important position in the Church for additional concessions. The Imperator again petitioned the [[Pope]] - now temporarily displaced from [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] - for the right of {{wp|lay investiture}}, stating that "in this time of heresy and war...the allegiance of the clerics of the republic to the authority of the state...is absolutely vital." {{wp|Pope Paul IV}} sent a diplomatic but forceful rejection of this request in [[1557]], leading to a flurry of letters between the {{wp|Roman Curia|Curia}} and Patriarch of Venceia which set the Church on the verge of schism. In 1559, Paul IV died and was replaced by {{wp|Pope Pius IV}}, an experienced diplomat. While the Levantine war raged, Pius viewed religious unity in [[Sarpedon]] as his top diplomatic priority, and in early [[1560]] he proposed a compromise option which would require all clerics in [[Caphiria]] to swear an oath of allegiance to the [[Imperator]]. This compromise suited both parties and was formally issued at the end of summer, 1560. While the compromise had the short-term effect of retaining Caphiria within the [[Catholic Church]] at a moment of significant weakness for the Papacy, it had the long-term effect of entrenching the Imperator at the top of the moral hierarchy within the country. Scholars are divided on its lasting impact on the coming Great Schism, with the traditional position being that priests were already more loyal to [[Venceia]] than Urceopolis by 1615. Modern scholarship has suggested that the oath of allegiance had no practical effect on the decision of individual priests and bishops to follow Venceia or Urceopolis following the schism, with underlying political and social concerns for each individual man playing a greater role according to their own letters and journals.

===Differences underlying the schism===

==History==

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 The Great Schism of 1615 occurred within the context of the rise of the [[Third Imperium]]. Unlike its two classical predecessors, the Third Imperium established towards the end of the Medieval period saw a significant consolidation of power within the person of the [[Imperator]]. Various republican institutions and cultural expectations which curtailed the rise of Imperial authority no longer existed following the collapse of the Second Imperium. Within this new system, the Imperators began to seek influence over the [[Catholic Church]] in Caphiria, the predominant social and moral institution of its day and the only part of Caphiric society beyond the control of the government. The rulers of the Third Imperium began to find the political confidence to demand increased autonomy beginning in the mid-1400s, and soon the {{wp|Protestant Reformation}} and the disastrous effects it would have on [[Levantia]] provided the Imperium with opportunities to pursue greater control.
 ===Oath of Allegiance===
-With the [[Great Confessional War]] in [[Levantia]] intensifying, the sitting [[Imperator]], XXX, began to leverage Caphiria's increasingly important position in the Church for additional concessions. The Imperator again petitioned the [[Pope]] - now temporarily displaced from [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] - for the right of {{wp|lay investiture}}, stating that "in this time of heresy and war...the allegiance of the clerics of the republic to the authority of the state...is absolutely vital." {{wp|Pope Paul IV}} sent a diplomatic but forceful rejection of this request in [[1557]], leading to a flurry of letters between the {{wp|Roman Curia|Curia}} and Patriarch of Venceia which set the Church on the verge of schism. In 1559, Paul IV died and was replaced by {{wp|Pope Pius IV}}, an experienced diplomat. While the Levantine war raged, Pius viewed religious unity in [[Sarpedon]] as his top diplomatic priority, and in early [[1560]] he proposed a compromise option which would require all clerics in [[Caphiria]] to swear an oath of allegiance to the [[Imperator]]. This compromise suited both parties and was formally issued at the end of summer, 1560. While the compromise had the practical effect of retaining Caphiria within the [[Catholic Church]] at a moment of significant weakness for the Papacy, it had the practical effect of entrenching the Imperator at the top of the moral hierarchy within the country. Scholars are divided on its lasting impact on the coming Great Schism, with the traditional position being that priests were already more loyal to [[Venceia]] than Urceopolis by 1615. Modern scholarship has suggested that the oath of allegiance had no practical effect on the decision of individual priests and bishops to follow Venceia or Urceopolis following the schism, with underlying political and social concerns for each individual man playing a greater role according to their own letters and journals.
+With the [[Great Confessional War]] in [[Levantia]] intensifying, the sitting [[Imperator]], XXX, began to leverage Caphiria's increasingly important position in the Church for additional concessions. The Imperator again petitioned the [[Pope]] - now temporarily displaced from [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] - for the right of {{wp|lay investiture}}, stating that "in this time of heresy and war...the allegiance of the clerics of the republic to the authority of the state...is absolutely vital." {{wp|Pope Paul IV}} sent a diplomatic but forceful rejection of this request in [[1557]], leading to a flurry of letters between the {{wp|Roman Curia|Curia}} and Patriarch of Venceia which set the Church on the verge of schism. In 1559, Paul IV died and was replaced by {{wp|Pope Pius IV}}, an experienced diplomat. While the Levantine war raged, Pius viewed religious unity in [[Sarpedon]] as his top diplomatic priority, and in early [[1560]] he proposed a compromise option which would require all clerics in [[Caphiria]] to swear an oath of allegiance to the [[Imperator]]. This compromise suited both parties and was formally issued at the end of summer, 1560. While the compromise had the short-term effect of retaining Caphiria within the [[Catholic Church]] at a moment of significant weakness for the Papacy, it had the long-term effect of entrenching the Imperator at the top of the moral hierarchy within the country. Scholars are divided on its lasting impact on the coming Great Schism, with the traditional position being that priests were already more loyal to [[Venceia]] than Urceopolis by 1615. Modern scholarship has suggested that the oath of allegiance had no practical effect on the decision of individual priests and bishops to follow Venceia or Urceopolis following the schism, with underlying political and social concerns for each individual man playing a greater role according to their own letters and journals.
 ===Differences underlying the schism===
 ==History==

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