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The history of the Paerdist Faith is intertwined with the Vistari Enlightenment during the late 18th Century, a time in which a period of downturn and instability within the Vistari Empire allowed the facilitation of alternatives to what was the generally accepted fundamental ideas that traditionally had steered Vistari society and governance. This gave rise to the cynicism and societal tolerance to allow a community of theologians and spiritualists to seek alternatives from the established [[Vierism|Ademarist]] institutions. One, Theodore Antonzoon Witten took these ideas one step forward by actively criticizing the Church of St. Arend and the power held by the nobility-aligned religious institutions across the Empire. In an open letter to the [[Ademarism|Ademarist]] Clergy of the Grand Duchy of Telebrocht, he wrote, |
The history of the Paerdist Faith is intertwined with the Vistari Enlightenment during the late 18th Century, a time in which a period of downturn and instability within the Vistari Empire allowed the facilitation of alternatives to what was the generally accepted fundamental ideas that traditionally had steered Vistari society and governance. This gave rise to the cynicism and societal tolerance to allow a community of theologians and spiritualists to seek alternatives from the established [[Vierism|Ademarist]] institutions. One, Theodore Antonzoon Witten took these ideas one step forward by actively criticizing the Church of St. Arend and the power held by the nobility-aligned religious institutions across the Empire. In an open letter to the [[Ademarism|Ademarist]] Clergy of the Grand Duchy of Telebrocht, he wrote, |
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{{quote|If we are to accept the existence of the God-on-Urth, then those who would claim to represent him while stealing the impoverished man’s wealth must be the most abhorrent of sinners.|Theodore A. Witten}} |
{{quote|If we are to accept the existence of the God-on-Urth, then those who would claim to represent him while stealing the impoverished man’s wealth must be the most abhorrent of sinners.|An Open Letter to those in the Clerical Institutions of the Grand Duchy of Telebrocht, Theodore A. Witten}} |
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This letter saw Witten placed under arrest and sentenced to Life Imprisonment, however only serving seven years due to his rapid surmounting of support from the local populous, seeing Witten released on the condition he leave Telebrocht, which Witten agreed to, taking residence in the city of Schemoer until being invited back to his home in Verlateburg in 1848 following the ascension of the more tolerant Karl II to the position of Grand Duke. |
This letter saw Witten placed under arrest and sentenced to Life Imprisonment, however only serving seven years due to his rapid surmounting of support from the local populous, seeing Witten released on the condition he leave Telebrocht, which Witten agreed to, taking residence in the city of Schemoer until being invited back to his home in Verlateburg in 1848 following the ascension of the more tolerant Karl II to the position of Grand Duke. |
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[[File:William-Lamb-2nd-Viscount-Melbourne.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Portrait of Theodore A. Witten by Costijn H. Visser, 1842]] |
[[File:William-Lamb-2nd-Viscount-Melbourne.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Portrait of Theodore A. Witten by Costijn H. Visser, 1842]] |
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It was reportedly during his time in Schemoer where he first met Wilfred, a stallion of Alvan breed, chestnut coloured with a stripe and star upon his face, as well as a white Fetlock on each of his hind legs. According to Witten, the first sight of the stallion was at a local church, where the horse defecated upon the steps leading up to the entrance. Paerdists usually refer to this formally as the "''Thesis by Faeces''", although it has occasionally been referred to as the "''Holy Shit''" in modern dialogues. |
It was reportedly during his time in Schemoer where he first met Wilfred, a stallion of Alvan breed, chestnut coloured with a stripe and star upon his face, as well as a white Fetlock on each of his hind legs. According to Witten, the first sight of the stallion was at a local church, where the horse defecated upon the steps leading up to the entrance. Paerdists usually refer to this formally as the "''Thesis by Faeces''", although it has occasionally been referred to as the "''Holy Shit''" in modern dialogues. In later writings, Witten would state, {{quote|"Never have I felt a deeper connection to the soul of a creature than when Wilfred stood upon the entrance to that insult to reason standing before me, and absentmindedly defecated upon it. It was truly a memory that I shall not ask to pay any charter to reside within my mind."|In Loathing Memory, Theodore A. Witten}} |
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