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The Church of Xaethos is a religion that grew out of early Alksearian religions.
==Creation and History==
The Church was formally created in 1500 when the first Archbishop, St. Theodore Vaïno, reorganized the Church and formalized the teachings of the Tomes of Xaethos. The first thing he did was establish a formal hierarchy with an Archbishop as the leader, bishops as heads of a regional church, and priests as the leader of the local church. The second thing that happened in the formal founding was the establishment of a formal doctrine and a formal ritual. The Council of Bishops, at the time of the establishment, determined that anything that was outside of established teachings and doctrine would be heretical. Prior to the formal creation, Priests and High Priest would only follow one of the four Great Prophets and Great Saints, L'Oracle Silencieux, the Seer of Xaethos, The Disciple of Xaethos Pantocrator, and Le Devot
In 1602, under Archbishop Pierre VI, the title was changed from it's original name to Archbishop as the language of the region of Alksearia started to shift and change. In the early 1700s, the Church of Xaethos support the rise of the Grand Duchy of Eastern Alksearia and the Grand Duchy of Western Alksearia. In 1750, the Archbishop would hold a seat on the Regional Council of Alksearia. The Archbishop would start to favor the Grand Duke of Eastern Alksearia over the Grand Duke of Western Alksearia. As the regional council started to condense down into just the Grand Dukes, the Church would build it's Grand Temple in Urgia-Nova as a symbol of the official stance of the church.
=== Xaethos's Chosen Schism ===
In 1839, a group started to form within the Church of Xaethos known as Xaethos's Chosen. They started to spread a heretical version of the Tomes of Xaethos known as the True Tomes of Xaethos. These tomes, according to them, contain hidden knowledge that Xaethos Pantocrator never did return to the Good Place, but rather Xaethos Pantocrator left his vessel. These "2 other books" tell the story of the Spirit of the Pantocrator roaming around the old nations of Alksearia searching for a new vessel. The Pantocrator sends us settling on the Great Saint the Disciple of Xaethos Pantocrator. To Xaethos's Chosen, this means that there is a bloodline that is descendant of the Pantocrator. The schism grew larger and larger until in 1841, they declared that King Eldras III was the "Anti-Xaethos and the agent of and the spawn of [DEMON NAME GOES HERE]." This lead to a large group of noble rebelling and causing trouble for a rebellious nation to begin with.
After the Rebellions of 1841 and 1842, Xaethos's Chosen stayed quiet and under the radar for many years. In 1982, the group came back into prominence when they started to support groups in Western Alksearia that wanted to go back to the old ways of life. In recent years, they have started to grow in prominence as a way to go against the King and the recent move towards a constitutional monarchy.
==Doctrine and Teachings==
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