Divine Legion - Revision history

Moishe Rosenbaum: /* Annotation */ More similarities to Salvation Army

2020-10-11T02:47:27Z

Annotation: More similarities to Salvation Army

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	Possibly a parody of such [[Roundworld]] religious militias as the {{wp\|Knights_Templar\|Knights Templar}} and the Knights of the Rosy Cross, although there are elements of the Dominican inquisitorial nastiness for which they used slightly more worldly people. The Jesuits, under their founder St Ignatius Loyola, were originally intended to be an all-round martial order who would spearhead the reclamation of territories lost to the church during the Reformation, as well as heading evangelical missions into new lands. (The Jesuits got to the Philippines, Japan and China and founded Catholic missions in all three countries: Catholicism is still dominant today in the Philippines and remains a thriving minority religion in Japan and China). In Europe, Jesuits were prominent in Catholic armies fighting in Holland and Germany, in we know today as the Thirty Years War, and they also acted as the "underground" that kept Catholicism alive in Ireland, despite British attempts to destroy the religion and force conversion to Protestantism. Jesuit priests also acted undercover in England during periods of anti-Catholic persecution.		Possibly a parody of such [[Roundworld]] religious militias as the {{wp\|Knights_Templar\|Knights Templar}} and the Knights of the Rosy Cross, although there are elements of the Dominican inquisitorial nastiness for which they used slightly more worldly people. The Jesuits, under their founder St Ignatius Loyola, were originally intended to be an all-round martial order who would spearhead the reclamation of territories lost to the church during the Reformation, as well as heading evangelical missions into new lands. (The Jesuits got to the Philippines, Japan and China and founded Catholic missions in all three countries: Catholicism is still dominant today in the Philippines and remains a thriving minority religion in Japan and China). In Europe, Jesuits were prominent in Catholic armies fighting in Holland and Germany, in we know today as the Thirty Years War, and they also acted as the "underground" that kept Catholicism alive in Ireland, despite British attempts to destroy the religion and force conversion to Protestantism. Jesuit priests also acted undercover in England during periods of anti-Catholic persecution.

	Another "Divine Legion" on Roundworld was (and still is) the nineteenth century Salvation Army, a uniformed body dedicating itself to being the Church Militant bringing salvation and knowledge of divine love through Good Works.		Another "Divine Legion" on Roundworld was (and still is) the nineteenth century Salvation Army, a uniformed body dedicating itself to being the Church Militant bringing salvation and knowledge of divine love through Good Works. The Salvation Army is also well known for rattling tambourines (well, bells, anyway) near collection boxes during Hogswatch season.

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AgProv: The good old sally ann

2014-07-21T09:15:09Z

The good old sally ann

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	* Sergeant Fergmen		* Sergeant Fergmen
	* Private Dervi Ichlos		* Private Dervi Ichlos

			By the time of {{SOD4}}, the Legion has mutated again into the paramilitary, but not ostensibly martial, [[Sanitary Legion]], a worthy uniformed body of men and women dedicated to preaching the word of Om via good works and the rattling of tambourines and collection boxes.

	==Annotation==		==Annotation==

	Possibly a parody of such [[Roundworld]] religious militias as the {{wp\|Knights_Templar\|Knights Templar}} and the Knights of the Rosy Cross, although there are elements of the Dominican inquisitorial nastiness for which they used slightly more worldly people. The Jesuits, under their founder St Ignatius Loyola, were originally intended to be an all-round martial order who would spearhead the reclamation of territories lost to the church during the Reformation, as well as heading evangelical missions into new lands. (The Jesuits got to the Philippines, Japan and China and founded Catholic missions in all three countries: Catholicism is still dominant today in the Philippines and remains a thriving minority religion in Japan and China). In Europe, Jesuits were prominent in Catholic armies fighting in Holland and Germany, in we know today as the Thirty Years War, and they also acted as the "underground" that kept Catholicism alive in Ireland, despite British attempts to destroy the religion and force conversion to Protestantism. Jesuit priests also acted undercover in England during periods of anti-Catholic persecution.		Possibly a parody of such [[Roundworld]] religious militias as the {{wp\|Knights_Templar\|Knights Templar}} and the Knights of the Rosy Cross, although there are elements of the Dominican inquisitorial nastiness for which they used slightly more worldly people. The Jesuits, under their founder St Ignatius Loyola, were originally intended to be an all-round martial order who would spearhead the reclamation of territories lost to the church during the Reformation, as well as heading evangelical missions into new lands. (The Jesuits got to the Philippines, Japan and China and founded Catholic missions in all three countries: Catholicism is still dominant today in the Philippines and remains a thriving minority religion in Japan and China). In Europe, Jesuits were prominent in Catholic armies fighting in Holland and Germany, in we know today as the Thirty Years War, and they also acted as the "underground" that kept Catholicism alive in Ireland, despite British attempts to destroy the religion and force conversion to Protestantism. Jesuit priests also acted undercover in England during periods of anti-Catholic persecution.

			Another "Divine Legion" on Roundworld was (and still is) the nineteenth century Salvation Army, a uniformed body dedicating itself to being the Church Militant bringing salvation and knowledge of divine love through Good Works.

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Old Dickens: sp

2013-11-28T01:12:17Z

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	The military arm of the [[Omnia]]n state. Every good authoritarian religious theocracy needs its own army, to enforce the writ of the priesthood, and to support what could be called muscular evangelical missionary drives into neighbouring countries. In the time of [[Brutha]], the legion was used to support the mission to bring the word of [[Om]] to the [[Ephebe\|Ephebians]]. One of its hitherto unregarded members was a certain Sergeant [[Simony]].		The military arm of the [[Omnia]]n state. Every good authoritarian religious theocracy needs its own army, to enforce the writ of the priesthood, and to support what could be called muscular evangelical missionary drives into neighbouring countries. In the time of [[Brutha]], the legion was used to support the mission to bring the word of [[Om]] to the [[Ephebe\|Ephebians]]. One of its hitherto unregarded members was a certain Sergeant [[Simony]].

	Most ~~menber~~ of the Legion wear Fishmail with a black and Yellow cloak, however some have been known to travel in the djeliba of the desert tribes.		Most members of the Legion wear Fishmail with a black and Yellow cloak, however some have been known to travel in the djeliba of the desert tribes.

	Members of the legion include;		Members of the legion include;
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	==Annotation==		==Annotation==

	Possibly a parody of such [[Roundworld]] religious militias as the {{wp\|Knights_Templar\|Knights Templar}} and the Knights of the Rosy Cross, although there are elements of the Dominican inquisitorial nastiness for which they used slightly more worldly people. The Jesuits, under their founder St Ignatius Loyola, were originally intended to be an all-round martial order who would spearhead the reclamation of territories lost to the church during the Reformation, as well as heading evangelical missions into new lands. (The Jesuits got to the ~~Phillipines~~, Japan and China and founded Catholic missions in all three countries: Catholicism is still dominant today in the ~~Phillipines~~ and remains a thriving minority religion in Japan and China). In Europe, Jesuits were prominent in Catholic armies fighting in ~~Hollland~~ and Germany, in we know today as the Thirty Years War, and they also acted as the "underground" that kept Catholicism alive in Ireland, despite British attempts to destroy the religion and force conversion to Protestantism. Jesuit priests also acted undercover in England during periods of anti-Catholic persecution.		Possibly a parody of such [[Roundworld]] religious militias as the {{wp\|Knights_Templar\|Knights Templar}} and the Knights of the Rosy Cross, although there are elements of the Dominican inquisitorial nastiness for which they used slightly more worldly people. The Jesuits, under their founder St Ignatius Loyola, were originally intended to be an all-round martial order who would spearhead the reclamation of territories lost to the church during the Reformation, as well as heading evangelical missions into new lands. (The Jesuits got to the Philippines, Japan and China and founded Catholic missions in all three countries: Catholicism is still dominant today in the Philippines and remains a thriving minority religion in Japan and China). In Europe, Jesuits were prominent in Catholic armies fighting in Holland and Germany, in we know today as the Thirty Years War, and they also acted as the "underground" that kept Catholicism alive in Ireland, despite British attempts to destroy the religion and force conversion to Protestantism. Jesuit priests also acted undercover in England during periods of anti-Catholic persecution.

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User: 1 revision: Discworld import

2012-09-23T21:57:08Z

1 revision: Discworld import

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The military arm of the [[Omnia]]n state. Every good authoritarian religious theocracy needs its own army, to enforce the writ of the priesthood, and to support what could be called muscular evangelical missionary drives into neighbouring countries. In the time of [[Brutha]], the legion was used to support the mission to bring the word of [[Om]] to the [[Ephebe|Ephebians]]. One of its hitherto unregarded members was a certain Sergeant [[Simony]].

Most menber of the Legion wear Fishmail with a black and Yellow cloak, however some have been known to travel in the djeliba of the desert tribes.

Members of the legion include;
* General Iam [[Fri'it]]
* Sergeat [[Simony]]
* Sergeant Aktar
* Sergeant Fergmen
* Private Dervi Ichlos

==Annotation==

Possibly a parody of such [[Roundworld]] religious militias as the {{wp|Knights_Templar|Knights Templar}} and the Knights of the Rosy Cross, although there are elements of the Dominican inquisitorial nastiness for which they used slightly more worldly people. The Jesuits, under their founder St Ignatius Loyola, were originally intended to be an all-round martial order who would spearhead the reclamation of territories lost to the church during the Reformation, as well as heading evangelical missions into new lands. (The Jesuits got to the Phillipines, Japan and China and founded Catholic missions in all three countries: Catholicism is still dominant today in the Phillipines and remains a thriving minority religion in Japan and China). In Europe, Jesuits were prominent in Catholic armies fighting in Hollland and Germany, in we know today as the Thirty Years War, and they also acted as the "underground" that kept Catholicism alive in Ireland, despite British attempts to destroy the religion and force conversion to Protestantism. Jesuit priests also acted undercover in England during periods of anti-Catholic persecution.

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[[Category:Discworld culture]]
[[de:Heilige Legion]]