Alexandrian Theology
Contents
Alexandrian Orthodoxy
- Godhead:
- Holy Texts:
- Views of Alexandria:
- Views on Morality:
- Views on Afterlife:
- Church Organization:
- Role of the Church:
Peteran Heterodoxy
- Godhead:
- Holy Texts:
- Views of Alexandria:
- Views on Morality:
- Views on Afterlife:
- Church Organization:
- Role of the Church:
Zupanist Heterodoxy
- Godhead:
- Holy Texts:
- Views of Alexandria:
- Views on Morality:
- Views on Afterlife:
- Church Organization:
- Role of the Church:
Atheist Heterodoxy
- Godhead:
- Holy Texts:
- Views of Alexandria:
- Views on Morality:
- Views on Afterlife:
- Church Organization:
- Role of the Church:
Heresies
It is rare, but not unheard of, for splinter groups to break off from the true church based on differences in interpretation, tradition, history, or any number of factors. Normally, these groups originate around a charismatic leader whose unorthodox preaching brings together a large enough flock to allow divine investiture. An alternate route to accessing divine power attracts a mass number of follower to the cause, leading to explosive early growth. Inevitably, the Temporal Authority takes notice and sends in the inquisitors to suppress the movement by any means necessary.
However, often the same heresies pop up again and again through history, as new preachers - almost always evangelists -
Alternatively, most cults are technically heresies, although the technical definition is still as subject of tremendous debate among sages. According to Hardraldick Thane's widely accepted definition, cults can be differentiated from heresies by the fact that most cults generate in secret, grow their number over time, and do not depend on any one individual as a focus. The gnomish philosopher Gabrababriabopor (gab ra bab ree ah bo poor), however, argues this definition is inadequate because it lumps in groups dedicated to the worship of outsiders with those groups that simply practice heretical - but essentially Alexandrian - beliefs in secret.
It is worth noting here that this section does not servitor religions, which are alien enough to warrant unique treatment.
Kivanite Heresy
The most radical - and unique - of the Alexandrian heresies, and an exception to the rules above, in that it was based not on a different interpretation of canon, but rather on an entirely new, revelatory Second Testimonial of Kivan given from an apparition of Kivan Half-Elven himself to the Alexandrian priest Redzan the Clean.
