Church of Xathos

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The Church of Xaethos is a religion that grew out of early Alksearian religions. The first written records of the Holy Texts comes from early 1300s. Prior to the 1300s, the Priests and High Priests would retell the stories and The Church has held onto a lot of political freedom until extremists in the Church tried to create an insurrection against the re-established Kingdom of Eastern Alksearia in 1902. As a formal religion, the Church has existed since 1500.

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 D'Xaethos. When the Church was fully established and reformed in 1500, the Four Saints were put together into one full Tome of Xaethos. St. Theodore also changed the structure of the Church. He reformed the structure to be Priests, Bishops (changed from High Priests), and a council of High Bishops. These High Bishops would have a Primus inter pares among themselves, known as the Head Bishop. After St. Theodore reformed the religion into one established body, he stepped away so to let a new generation of Bishops serve. In 1502 however, he would be brought onto the Council of Bishops and given the title Archevêque en chef(translated into Staynish as "Head Archbishop), an honorary title that allowed St. Theodore to help establish and create a central authority and doctrine. In 1504, three months before the passing of St. Theodore, the Council of Bishops held the first Xaethoien Council. In this council, they established that the title Archevêque en chef would be changed to just Archevêque and established that the Archevêque would be over all Bishops. St. Theodore was elected as the first Archevêque and put into office April 3rd, 1504. Unfortunately, St. Theodore would pass away on May 2nd 1504 as the council was ready to adjourn. The council voted to elect St. Pierre

Doctrine and Teachings

According the The Doctrine of the Church of Xaethos, there is no iconography of Xaethos the Creator. The first iconography was of Xaethos Pantocrator, a vessel on Urth that Xaethos was said to inhibit. In one of the books of the Tome of Xaethos, Xaethos Pantocrator was said to have been assumed into The Good Place both body and soul There are four other Great Prophets and Great Saints, L'Oracle Silencieux, The Seer of Xaethos, The Disciple of Xaethos Prantocrator, and Le Devot d'Xaethos, who are typically also depicted alongside Xaethos Pantocrator.