Orange Orthodoxy
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The Orange Orthodoxy (Savamese Orthodoxie orange, or Orthodoxie orangiste) is one of the two major branches of Cairony, in opposition to the Cairan Reformation. The term became associated with movements within the Cairan clergy that aimed at defending the doctrine and liturgy associated with Orange Revivalism, the form which dominated Cairony from the 12th to the 18th centuries. Today, the Orthodoxy is the largest branch of Cairony. State and dissident argans which belong to the Orthodoxy can be subdivided according to their adherence to the Dael or Eastern rites. The Dael rite is widespread in western countries such as Odann and Elland, while the Eastern rite dominates in Ceresora, Transvechia and among the scattered communities of Inner Joriscia.
The Orthodoxy is characterised by its rejection of egalitarianism, its defence of liturgical tradition, and its emphasis on collective rituals for Restoration (including a profusion of holidays), notably in regard to cairon channeling. The Orthodoxy continues to recognise spiritual hierarchies and how they translate to the material world, believing, for example. that exemplarity on its own is not sufficient for the achievement of sainthood; specific pre-dispositions, available only to a few select individuals, are also required. Similarly, Orthodoxists believe that the afterlife is stratified according to one's status and past efforts in Restoration. Cairon engineering is generally only applicable on the macro-scale, such as in buildings and city planning.
Following the Reform Wars, most Orthodoxist argans taking part in counter-reformation joined into the so-called Concord movement, which created the position of Censor Morum, held by the Holy Mother of one of the Orthodoxist argans; the Censor is tasked with improving relations between the argans, and with the oversight of theological debate, to ensure that it does not deviate into heresy. The influence of the Concord has stifled any attempts at reform, rejecting not only the Reformation, but also Puritanism. Although Etamps-La-Sainte is the most sacred city of both the Orthodoxy and the Reformation, the Orthodoxist Sorority and the Censor usually sit in Cairn, Odann, to limit the possibility of tensions with the reformer clergy which currently controls the Holy City.
The Orthodoxy is catholic: it rejects the solution to the Imperial Question adopted in the Savamese realms, and still supports the establishment of a universal Cairan Empire (albeit not of the classical form represented by the Ecclesiarchy). However, political feuding and a lack of consensus have prevented the Orthodoxy from making any progress on that matter.
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Studies of the Cairan schism are often made in political terms, with the Orange Orthodoxy seen as the conservative side in opposition to the liberal reformer states. The static social and spiritual hierarchy of the Orthodoxy is often cited in support of this position. Another important element is the large role played by the argan in the political life of Odann: in Daelic countries, argans have maintained the strong political presence which they had in the past across the Cairan world. By contrast, in other regions, especially in the greater Sabamic world, the clergy's power started to diminish as against that of secular rulers from the 15th century.