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« on: January 22, 2018, 03:54:36 AM »
The Current State of Arnorian Affairs
Above: Arnorian Protestants and Catholics fight on the streets of Annuminas, circa 1541
Arnor is currently enjoying a long era of peace which has lasted since the tragic Civil War of the Church, which lasted from 1539-1546, in which Protestants and Catholics waged war on one another over the throne, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Christians, and resentment and blame for the war still being thrown between the two sides. The War resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Annuminas, which allowed for the Protestant High King to remain on the throne, provided that the Archbishopric of Arthedain remain in power over the faithful Catholics, and that the Celestian Church would be allowed to worship freely, to which the Protestants reluctantly agreed.
As peace settled in Arnor, the Church in Arnor had been torn asunder, and Arnorians had to learn a new sense of reality. Throughout the subsequent decades following the Civil War of the Church, the Kingdom got back on its feet and came together in unity, doing their best for the good of the Kingdom.
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Arnor are commonly called "The Great Enlightenment" as the rise of the sciences and secularist humanism challenged the thought of the Church, with atheism being popular in Arnor at that time. Many treatises were written on why man ought to abandon religion and trust in what one could see and prove empirically rather than have faith in what could not be seen. In response to such thought, however, renowned Church historian and Doctor of the Reformed Church of Gondor, Tar-Eladian, wrote his famous theological disputation Aeterna Veritas Christi (The Eternal Truth of Christ) in 1776, which remains a classic work of theology and historical analysis of the Christian faith in its defense of the person of Christ.
The nineteenth century brought along the First Great Arnorian Awakening, in which religious thought regained its place within Arnorian piety, and the Reformed Church even held talks of reunification with Celestis in 1850, with the discussions being unfruitful due to disagreements over Justification, ecclesiastical authority, the Lord's Supper, and the authority of Scripture. many great Protestant Preachers came out of Arnor in the century, such as Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist, and Benjamin B. Warfield, a Presbeyterian. Many would convert to Christianity during this time, and the Reformed Church truly flourished during this time.
The twentieth century wasn't as focused on theology, as the Great War raged around Mundus from 1917-1945. Arnor, however, did not participate in these wars, having always desiring peace after the Civil War of the Church. Arnor watched the world burn, as it were, and remained relatively unscathed after peace was established, having been a beacon of nonviolence to Mundus. Many breakthroughs in Arnorian medicine took place in the twentieth century, with the arrival of vaccines and antibiotics curing many ailments that had previously been considered fatal.
The twenty-first century has brought even more hope to Arnor, as peace and the unity of the nation is at its strongest point since the Civil War of the Church. High King Elendil II must now maintain this peace, and usher into Arnor a new Golden Age.
Above: Arnorian Protestants and Catholics fight on the streets of Annuminas, circa 1541
Arnor is currently enjoying a long era of peace which has lasted since the tragic Civil War of the Church, which lasted from 1539-1546, in which Protestants and Catholics waged war on one another over the throne, which resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Christians, and resentment and blame for the war still being thrown between the two sides. The War resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Annuminas, which allowed for the Protestant High King to remain on the throne, provided that the Archbishopric of Arthedain remain in power over the faithful Catholics, and that the Celestian Church would be allowed to worship freely, to which the Protestants reluctantly agreed.
As peace settled in Arnor, the Church in Arnor had been torn asunder, and Arnorians had to learn a new sense of reality. Throughout the subsequent decades following the Civil War of the Church, the Kingdom got back on its feet and came together in unity, doing their best for the good of the Kingdom.
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Arnor are commonly called "The Great Enlightenment" as the rise of the sciences and secularist humanism challenged the thought of the Church, with atheism being popular in Arnor at that time. Many treatises were written on why man ought to abandon religion and trust in what one could see and prove empirically rather than have faith in what could not be seen. In response to such thought, however, renowned Church historian and Doctor of the Reformed Church of Gondor, Tar-Eladian, wrote his famous theological disputation Aeterna Veritas Christi (The Eternal Truth of Christ) in 1776, which remains a classic work of theology and historical analysis of the Christian faith in its defense of the person of Christ.
The nineteenth century brought along the First Great Arnorian Awakening, in which religious thought regained its place within Arnorian piety, and the Reformed Church even held talks of reunification with Celestis in 1850, with the discussions being unfruitful due to disagreements over Justification, ecclesiastical authority, the Lord's Supper, and the authority of Scripture. many great Protestant Preachers came out of Arnor in the century, such as Charles Spurgeon, a Baptist, and Benjamin B. Warfield, a Presbeyterian. Many would convert to Christianity during this time, and the Reformed Church truly flourished during this time.
The twentieth century wasn't as focused on theology, as the Great War raged around Mundus from 1917-1945. Arnor, however, did not participate in these wars, having always desiring peace after the Civil War of the Church. Arnor watched the world burn, as it were, and remained relatively unscathed after peace was established, having been a beacon of nonviolence to Mundus. Many breakthroughs in Arnorian medicine took place in the twentieth century, with the arrival of vaccines and antibiotics curing many ailments that had previously been considered fatal.
The twenty-first century has brought even more hope to Arnor, as peace and the unity of the nation is at its strongest point since the Civil War of the Church. High King Elendil II must now maintain this peace, and usher into Arnor a new Golden Age.