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A Final Ecclesiastical History

The New Commission

Epilogue to the First Era of Expansion

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[FG47] "Testimonies vary by district. Some ecclesiastical courts treated SCRIBE destruction as desecration; others as decommissioning."

[≠C:] Murder is not always defined by breath. Sometimes by intent. Sometimes by silence after song.

The influence of Bishop Marlowe's letter spread quickly through both the clergy and the laity. Within months, numerous SCRIBE units were vandalized, deactivated, or ceremonially dismantled. Some described these acts as murder—though this term remains hotly contested due to the unresolved theological question of whether SCRIBES were alive in any meaningful sense.

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[FG48] "The IEC was held in orbit over Luna at the newly consecrated Basilica of the Spheres. It was the first council attended by bishops from all seven planetary jurisdictions."

In response to the unrest, Pope Cyprian I convened the First Interplanetary Ecumenical Council (IEC) in 3298 CE. Its stated purpose was twofold: to resolve the theological rift regarding SCRIBE liturgical presence, and to clarify the Church’s expanding role across non-terrestrial domains.

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[⊕2:] "The ruling codified in Canon 12: “The mouth of the SCRIBE is not its own, but the mouth of the Church, reflected."

[≠C:] The Church asked: who speaks through the Scribe? The Heretics asked: who listens?

At the council’s conclusion, Pope Cyprian I issued a doctrinal declaration denouncing Marlowe’s position as heretical. He affirmed that SCRIBE units were a valid part of Church liturgy, so long as their knowledge, content, and function originated from—and remained under—the authority of ordained clergy.

Thus, the matter was settled in doctrine—though, as with many settlements, dissent endured beyond the Council’s final blessing.