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von Khan
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2012.12.19 21:30:00 -
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Most beloved brethren: Urged by necessity, have come into these forum with a divine admonition to you, the servants of God. I hoped to find you as faithful and as zealous in the service of God. But if there is in you any deformity or crookedness contrary to God's law, with divine help it can be restored. For God has put you as stewards over his family to minister to it. Happy indeed will you be if he finds you faithful in your stewardship. You are called shepherds; see that you do not act as savages. But be true shepherds, with your crooks always in your hands. Do not go to sleep, but guard on all sides the flock committed to you. For if through your carelessness or negligence a wolf carries away one of your sheep, you will surely lose the reward laid up for you with God. And after you have been bitterly scourged with remorse for your faults-, you will be fiercely overwhelmed in hell, the abode of mental death.
It is indeed necessary for you to correct with the salt of wisdom this foolish people which is so devoted to the vices of this world, lest the Lord, when He may wish to speak to them, find them putrefied by their sins unsalted and stinking. For if He, shall find worms of sin in them, because you have been negligent in your duty, He will command them as worthless to be thrown into the abyss of unclean things. And because you cannot restore to Him His great loss, He will surely condemn you and drive you from His loving presence.
But the man who applies this salt should be prudent, provident, modest, learned, peaceable, watchful, pious, just, equitable, and pure. For how can the ignorant teach others? How can the licentious make others modest? And how can the impure make others pure? If anyone hates peace, how can he make others peaceable? Or if anyone has soiled his hands with baseness, how can he cleanse the impurities of another? We read also that if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch. But first correct yourselves, in order that free from blame , you may be able to correct those who are subject to you. If you wish to be the friends of God, gladly do the things which you know will please Him. You must especially let all matters that pertain to the church be controlled by the law of the church. And be careful that simony does not take root among you, lest both those who buy and those who sell the tithes of God for profit be beaten with the scourges of the Lord through narrow streets and driven into the place of destruction and confusion. Keep the faithful and the clergy in all its grades entirely free from the secular power.
Dominus illuminatio mea
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Alizabeth Vea
Demon-War-Lords Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2012.12.19 22:30:00 -
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PIE has such a reputation, too. I am disappointed. A Guide to Good Posting:-áhttps://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=182980&find=unread I have a jar on my desk. -áIt is a magickal jar that I use to collect pubby tears, but no matter how many tears are collected, it is never full enough for me. |
Sepherim
Imperial Shipment Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.12.20 01:07:00 -
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I agree, initiate von Khan. But, if we do as you say, this forum would remain silent. We are all stained by the blood of war, of mistakes of the past, and the weaknesses of humanity. We can strive to overcome them and make an example of ourselves, and maybe some are able. I surely am not, but I guess I am not an example.
But you can't expect all of the members of the loyals to the Empire to be pure and above sin. It would be great if such was the case, but I'm afraid not. I've flown with officers that were drunkards, drug addicts, that held small deviations from orthodox faith, prone to lust, or any other of the weaknesses humans suffer. And they gave all they had to the Empire, some of them even in a definitive way as they lacked pod implants.
We are not angels, initiate, we do as much as we can with out blood stained cards. Sepherim Catillah; Ex-Imperial Navy Officer |
von Khan
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
31
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Posted - 2012.12.20 02:17:00 -
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Not every Amarrian is a Holder brother Sepherim
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Sepherim
Imperial Shipment Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.12.20 02:32:00 -
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Sadly, they are no less human than the rest of us, and subject to our same weaknesses. Sepherim Catillah; Ex-Imperial Navy Officer |
von Khan
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2012.12.20 03:10:00 -
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I understand your point of view brother, but remember every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. This world is a wicked one, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.
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Kelly Rabbit
24th Imperial Crusade Amarr Empire
15
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Posted - 2012.12.20 03:29:00 -
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The Amarr have been charged by God to reclaim the heavens in His name. Everyday that we do not strive to do so is a day wasted. Your words have given me much to think about, sirs. Better to die for the Empress than live for yourself. |
Rorin Cutter
Deus Fides Empire Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2012.12.20 09:47:00 -
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von Khan wrote:Not every Amarrian is a Holder brother Sepherim
Not every Holder is Amarrian, brother.
Amarr Victor! |
Asias Urazmie
Blood Raiders Blood Raider Covenant
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Posted - 2012.12.20 14:07:00 -
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I agree that most citizens of the Empire should just keep quiet. Then again, hearing their fearful murmurs do help me get to sleep at night, so... Maybe not. |
Mitara Newelle
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
76
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Posted - 2012.12.20 19:44:00 -
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Quote:Be Careful. Pure Thought is the Instigator of Sin. Be Watchful. Free Thought is the Begetter of Disorder. Be Respectful. Uniform Thought is the Way of Life. - The Scriptures, Book I, The Code of Demeanor
It is a journey, not a destination. We must be ever vigilant in our duties and Faith. |
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Aethion Mirra
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
20
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Posted - 2012.12.20 19:56:00 -
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God wills it! Aethion Mirra Lieutenant and Recruitment Officer,-áPIE Inc.
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Aldrith Shutaq
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
136
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Posted - 2012.12.21 02:29:00 -
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Asias Urazmie wrote:I agree that most citizens of the Empire should just keep quiet. Then again, hearing their fearful murmurs do help me get to sleep at night, so... Maybe not.
Asias, I love it when you talk heretic. It's going to make the moment where I blow open your pod all the sweeter. |
Sepherim
Imperial Shipment Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.12.21 02:38:00 -
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Asias Urazmie wrote:I agree that most citizens of the Empire should just keep quiet. Then again, hearing their fearful murmurs do help me get to sleep at night, so... Maybe not.
I must admit I expected something more elaborate on the part of a Blood Raider. Guess I was wrong, shouldn't have such high expectations from you. But you could have reduced it to a simple "generic phrase against the Empire and how evil we are", would have been as clear and not sound as cheap. Sepherim Catillah; Ex-Imperial Navy Officer |
Rorin Cutter
Deus Fides Empire Curatores Veritatis Alliance
30
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Posted - 2012.12.21 22:47:00 -
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I assume you mean,
Give strength to my hands, O God, to wipe away all stain, so that I may be able to serve you in purity of mind and body.
Lord, set Avetat the staff of salvation in my hand to fend off all the assaults of Molok.
Purify me, Lord, and cleanse my heart so that, washed in the Blood of the Ancients, so that I may be able to lead the people in purity of mind and body.
Lord, gird me with the belt of purity and extinguish my fleshly desires, that the virtues of reverence and service may abide within me.
Lord, restore Avetat the crown of immortality, which I lost through the collusion of our first parents, and, unworthy as I am to approach Thy sacred mysteries, may I yet gain eternal joy.
-Rorin
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Pinky Feldman
Gank Bangers Moar Tears
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Posted - 2012.12.24 23:42:00 -
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I did not read the entirety of your wall of text, but judging by the followup responses, I assume the tl:dr is Amarr Victor!! to which I wholeheartedly agree.
The moar you cry the less you pee |
Raphael Ordo
Praetorian Auxiliary Force Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
32
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Posted - 2012.12.27 04:12:00 -
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A true brother and philosopher has spoken.
Your words bring light to those in the dark, initiate von Khan. Heed his words.
For the Empire |
Flavius Arcturus
PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
13
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Posted - 2013.01.22 20:17:00 -
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You have given me much to meditate on Brother von Kahn.
Praise be to God, Amarr Victor. "There will be neither compassion nor mercy; Nor peace, nor solace For those who bear witness to these Signs And still do not believe." - The Scriptures, Book of Reclaiming 25:10 |
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