Anti-Catholic League
| 消灭基督徒 | |
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| Abbreviation | ACL |
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| Formation | 1993 |
| Founder | Chul Lung Qua |
| Founded at | Ganshi, Corumm |
| Purpose | Preventing the spread of Christianity in Corumm |
Key people | Bogmin Lung Qua |
The Anti-Catholic League commonly abbreviated as ACL is a nonprofit organization whose stated purpose is to stand against the spread of Christian doctrines and practices in Alshar in general and Corumm in particular. Founded in 1993 by businessman Chul Lung Qua, the ACL tapped into a vein of growing xenophobia and anti-christian attitudes in Corummese society spurred on by the controversial legal case of Qua v. His Most Christian Majesty's Government. The ACL reached the height of its influence in the late 90's when the government moved to ban organized religious practice. Afterwards it began to lose importance and visibility as it came under pressure by the government by being banned from advertising, organizing meetings or rallies and even recruiting new members.
Background
Christianity first appeared in Corumm in 1623 when Emperor Dagai of the Qian Dynasty petitioned the court of Metzetta to send Christian missionaries to educate his heir, Prince Chun, in western caligraphy, philosophy and religious practice. From Ankae came Acirian Friar Corso Pizarra and two Caphirian learned priests, Quintulo Batiato and Maximo Cosinga, arriving in Mirzak by the autumn of 1623. They were received at the imperial court amid great fanfare and with a mix of curiosity and suspicion. Being outsiders preaching a foreign religion, they were beset by intrigues almost from the very beginning of their stay, targeted by court scholars, imperial eunuchs and officials. Batiato's predilection for overindulging in sacramental wine was quickly noted by the palace eunuchs, who began plying him with alcohol in an attempt to, through him, curry favor with the imperial heir. Friar Pizarra's tutelage of the prince was deemed so successful, he was granted permission to open a small seminary and an adjacent school for the sons of a select group of nobles. Corummese men who could read and write were free to apply for enrollment into the seminary to be trained as priests. Friar Cosinga for his part would be dispatched to the court of the Duke of Zong and would later go on to found the Monastery of the Yellow Rose, famed for having the biggest repository of Christian illuminated manuscripts in all of Alshar.
Over the next 200 years Catholicism would slowly and cautiously spread in certain urban centers of Corumm under the patronage and protection of certain noble families and magnates, with Mirzak having a sizable Christian Quarter well into the late 1800's. Official attitudes would range from toleration, indifference, to terrible persecutions.
History
Foundation
The Anti-Catholic League was formed in 1993 after an explosion of public outrage and demonstrations caused by the ruling in an Urcean court against Corummese businessman Chul Lung Qua, on the matter of his underage daughter converting to christianity and being granted religious asylum. Various small nationalist and anti-Catholic associations, secretly prodded by the Party of Corummese Democrats, banded together under the leadership of Mr. Qua to push for the criminalization of the Catholic faith.