Church of Giles the Creator - Revision history

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 == Links ==
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=27578#p27578 Source of quotations (Dr Nil, ''etc'']
+*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=27578#p27578 Source of quotations (Dr Nil, ''etc'')]
 *[[Missionaries OXP]]
 *[[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]]

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 *'''Enjoyment of Amendment'''
-One of the approved forms of this enjoyment is modification and tweaking (called '''The Embrace of the Dark Side''' by some devotees and celebrated by the flinging and then the communal consumption of walnut cookies). Prepackaged untweakable commodities are to be avoided at all cost as they are not enjoyable and thus constitute the Amassment of Excess Wealth (AEW) - or the Amassment of Unmanipulatable Modifications (AUM: terminology used in certain more conservative sections of the Church). The more enthusiastic devotees avoid all shrink-wrapping.
+One of the approved forms of this enjoyment is modification and tweaking (called '''The Embrace of the [[Dark Side]]''' by some devotees and celebrated by the flinging and then the communal consumption of walnut cookies). Prepackaged untweakable commodities are to be avoided at all cost as they are not enjoyable and thus constitute the Amassment of Excess Wealth (AEW) - or the Amassment of Unmanipulatable Modifications (AUM: terminology used in certain more conservative sections of the Church). The more enthusiastic devotees avoid all shrink-wrapping.
 === Fundamental Tenets of the Word of Giles ===

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 *[[Aronar (Rough Guide)]]
 *[[Tibecea (Rough Guide)]]
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 == Politics ==
 *There are rumours that [[Aegidian Industries]] is linked with the Church of Giles the Creator at its highest levels. Why else their insistence on using the finest Bemearan walnut wood to craft their astrogatory panels for the Fer-de-Lance?
 == Links ==

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 == Overview ==
 ''Also known as'' '''CGC'''
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=27578#p27578 The Church of Giles the Creator] are orthodox evolutionary creationists (see theology). Monotheistic and dogmatic. CGC is quite old and very influential.
+*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=27578#p27578 The Church of Giles the Creator] are orthodox evolutionary creationists (see theology). Monotheistic and dogmatic. CGC is quite old and ''very'' influential.
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 [[File:Aegidian.jpg|thumb|256px|right|Giles the Creator in his guise as Boatsman of the Blessed Barque: holostim depiction in the Crystal Cathedral of Tibecea]]
 == Saint Giles ==
-Saint Giles was Immanent when he created The Ooniverse. As his Creation matured, his guiding hand was needed less and less and he eventually occultated. The Holy One spent some aeons in Minimal Occultation, guiding the '''Holy Jens''', his '''Vicar of The Eight, Co-ordinator of the Celestial Codes of Creation'''. Giles the Creator then eventually transcended even this supernal state, attaining the supreme state of Maximal Occultation which he now enjoys. This was the same Epoch when the Holy Jens achieved the Minimal Occultation. The Holy Jens was later reunited with Giles the Creator in the Transcendental Glorious Galaxy (known to the inner initiates as '''The Ninth''') when he too attained Maximal Occultation.
+Saint Giles was Immanent when he created The Ooniverse. As his Creation matured, his guiding hand was needed less and less and with the fullness of time he occultated. The Holy One spent some aeons in Minimal Occultation, guiding the '''Holy Jens''', his '''Vicar of The Eight, Co-ordinator of the Celestial Codes of Creation'''. Giles the Creator then eventually transcended even this supernal state, attaining the supreme state of Maximal Occultation which he now enjoys. This was the same Epoch when the Holy Jens achieved the Minimal Occultation. The Holy Jens was later reunited with Giles the Creator in the Transcendental Glorious Galaxy (known to the inner initiates as '''The Ninth''') when he too attained Maximal Occultation.
 === Significance of the term "Saint" ===
-"Saint" was a term used in the halcyon era on Sol. It depicted one imbued with spiritual force and who would help those existing in the immanent realms.
+"Saint" was a term used in the Halcyon Era on Sol. It depicted one imbued with spiritual force and who would help those existing in the Immanent Realms.
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 == Theology ==
 *The Ooniverse evolved, evolves and will evolve, but was created by Giles out of the '''Elite Precursor''' (EP).
-*The Elite Precursor, a term laden with mystical innuendo (mostly of the ineffable variety: it may or may not refer to the Halcyon Era - interpretations differ), was '''centric'''. The Blessed Giles created the Ooniverse which is '''not centric''' (mostly) - hence the Octagonal Reality of [[The Eight]].
+*The Elite Precursor, a term laden with mystical innuendo (mostly of the ineffable variety: it may or may not refer to the Halcyon Era - interpretations differ), was '''centric'''. The Blessed Giles created the Ooniverse which is '''not centric''' (mostly) - hence the Octoid Reality of [[The Eight]].
 *Giles was there at the beginning, Giles will be there at the end!
 *"And He looked upon His Work and spake, 'It needeth Debugging. But Some Bugger else can doeth it.'. And thus he rested, knowing that his disciples would go forth and spread His Works far and near, and create Great Works that would add to the greatness of His Work. And He looked upon all this and saw it was good...."
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 ::'''The Holy Waters''': original High Water from the Elite Precursor has been sprinkled on the Lower Waters of The Eight to imbue them with potentiality. This is used in a number of Church ceremonies.
 ::'''The Wheel of Destiny''': representations of the great Wheel, lovingly turned by Saint Giles, as he improves the lot of some and diminishes that of others.
-::'''The Pylon of Purity''': often features on jewellery worn by the Supreme Sacerdotes of the Church. The top level represents the purity of the Holy Giles, the intermediate level represents the purity of the Holy Jens and the bottom level that of the Supreme Sacerdotes.
+::'''The Pylon of Purity''': often features on jewellery worn by the Supreme Sacerdotes of the Church. The top level represents the purity of the Holy Giles, the intermediate level represents the purity of the Holy Jens and the bottom level that of their Supreme Sacerdotes.
 *Symbolism of Ivory & Walnut. Ivory represents death, the cessation, the ceasing to be of the living spirit inhabiting the barque of the body. The ''inhibition of the inhabitation'', if you like. It is used for the Knucklebones of Negation, and for the Ivory labels with which the individual Temple Barques are festooned. Walnut represents life, and the barque is usually made of walnut (often Bemearan Walnut). It is rumoured that walnut is ritualistically ingested at some of the more elite sacerdotal ceremonies of the Church. A blessed walnut is waved over the newborn to induct them into the River of Life as they are bathed in the Holy Waters of the River.
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 == Links ==
-*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=27578#p27578 Source of quotations]
+*[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=27578#p27578 Source of quotations (Dr Nil, ''etc'']
 *[[Missionaries OXP]]
 *[[User:Aegidian|Aegidian]]
 *[[Religion]]
 [[Category:Fictional organisations]]

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 *[http://www.aegidian.org/bb/viewtopic.php?p=27578#p27578 The Church of Giles the Creator] are orthodox evolutionary creationists (see theology). Monotheistic and dogmatic. CGC is quite old and very influential.
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-[[File:Aegidian.jpg|thumb|256px|right|Giles the Creator: holostim depiction in the Crystal Cathedral of Tibecea]]
+[[File:Aegidian.jpg|thumb|256px|right|Giles the Creator in his guise as Boatsman of the Blessed Barque: holostim depiction in the Crystal Cathedral of Tibecea]]
 == Saint Giles ==
 Saint Giles was Immanent when he created The Ooniverse. As his Creation matured, his guiding hand was needed less and less and he eventually occultated. The Holy One spent some aeons in Minimal Occultation, guiding the '''Holy Jens''', his '''Vicar of The Eight, Co-ordinator of the Celestial Codes of Creation'''. Giles the Creator then eventually transcended even this supernal state, attaining the supreme state of Maximal Occultation which he now enjoys. This was the same Epoch when the Holy Jens achieved the Minimal Occultation. The Holy Jens was later reunited with Giles the Creator in the Transcendental Glorious Galaxy (known to the inner initiates as '''The Ninth''') when he too attained Maximal Occultation.
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 :::''Excerpt from the '''Codex of Giles the Creator''', Third Codicil, Chapter Six 'Zen and the Art of Coding'.''
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-[[File:Blessed Barque.png|thumb|right|200px|An early Blessed Barque (psuedo-walnut wood)]]
+[[File:Blessed Barque.png|thumb|right|200px|An early icon of the Blessed Barque (psuedo-walnut wood)]]
 [[File:Pylon of Purity.png|thumb|200px|right|Pylon of Purity cuff links]]
 [[File:The Holy Sceptre of Office.png|thumb|right|200px|Holy Sceptre of Sacerdotal Serenity (ivory)]]
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 *'''The Pool of Pellucid Placidity''': The End, that which transpires at the End of Days. One's goal in Life is to attain the PPP, under the guidance of the Fundamental Tenets of the Church. The term "Pool", of course, alludes to the collative nature of the end: All are collected together there under the watchful eye of Saint Giles. The "Pellucidity" refers to its translucence - Saint Giles can see through to the depths - and those sinking in them, to lend a watchful hand and bring them to the surface. The "Placidity" naturally refers to the placid nature of the sempiternal cessation of strife and woe, in the Transcendental Glorious Galaxy at the end of time.
-*'''The Blessed Barque''': this is the vessel which is guided by Saint Giles through the sempiternities of time, bringing the deceased to their eternal tranquil rest in the Transcendental Glorious Galaxy. The Blessedness refers ''both'' to the blessed fact of its manipulation by the Blessed Creator - ''and'' to the blessed nature of the souls, driven personally by the Blessed Creator to the Transcendental Glorious Galaxy.
+*'''The Blessed Barque''': this is the vessel which is guided by Saint Giles through the sempiternities of time, bringing the deceased to their eternal tranquil rest in the Transcendental Glorious Galaxy. The ''Blessedness'' refers ''both'' to the blessed fact of its manipulation by the Blessed Creator - ''and'' to the blessed nature of the souls, driven personally by the Blessed Creator to the Transcendental Glorious Galaxy.
 *Holy Relics:
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 *'''Enjoyment of Amendment'''
-One of the approved forms of this enjoyment is modification and tweaking (called '''The Embrace of the Dark Side''' by some devotees and celebrated by the flinging and then the communal consumption of walnut cookies). Prepackaged untweakable commodities are to be avoided at all cost as they are not enjoyable and thus constitute the Amassment of Excess Wealth (AEW) - or the Amassment of Unmanipulatable Modifications (term used in certain more conservative sections of the Church). The more enthusiastic devotees avoid all shrink-wrapping.
+One of the approved forms of this enjoyment is modification and tweaking (called '''The Embrace of the Dark Side''' by some devotees and celebrated by the flinging and then the communal consumption of walnut cookies). Prepackaged untweakable commodities are to be avoided at all cost as they are not enjoyable and thus constitute the Amassment of Excess Wealth (AEW) - or the Amassment of Unmanipulatable Modifications (AUM: terminology used in certain more conservative sections of the Church). The more enthusiastic devotees avoid all shrink-wrapping.
 === Fundamental Tenets of the Word of Giles ===
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 *Giles is the Boatsman who directs the Blessed Barque of Bereavement through the River of Life towards the The Pool of Pellucid Placidity.
 *In the Words of the Holy Giles: Tweak! - or be weak!
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