Act 1 Caspius I c1

Act 1 Caspius I c1 (also known as "AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARCHEPISCOPATE OF CASPIUS") was the first act of Archbishop Caspius.

The act provides for the positions of Lord Chamberlain of the Church, Lord Vicar of the Church, Lord Chancellor of the Church, and Noble Guard; grants the Vicarship of the Argent Crusade to Nelany Ellerian; subsumes the Diocese of Icecrown into that of Northrend; advances Niklos Adamant to the Bishopric of the Diocese of Lordaeron; removes the Suffragan status of the Diocese of Alterac and Gilneas; and institutes the conditions for a period of General Confession and absolution.

Text of the Act
1 CASPIUS I c1

AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARCHEPISCOPATE OF CASPIUS

CASPIUS

Through the power given him as chief executor of the Light's will and mercy on Azeroth, the holy Archbishop of the Church of the Holy Light, who has been appointed to administer spiritual and temporal guidance, chastisement, and charity upon all the faithful, hereby decrees

I. That JOHANNES MOORWHELP, currently serving as the Most Reverend Bishop of Stormwind, be appointed the Beneficent LORD CHAMBERLAIN OF THE CHURCH.

II. That MELCHIZ TZEDECK, currently serving as the Most Reverend Bishop of Lordaeron, be appointed the Eminent LORD VICAR OF THE CHURCH; and, that the same Bishop be assigned the pastoral care of the DIOCESE OF GILNEAS.

III. That ALLRICK ANTONIUS, currently serving as the Most Reverend Bishop of Arathi, be appointed the Excellent LORD CHANCELLOR OF THE CHURCH.

IV. That NELANY ELLERIAN, in recogition of her work with the ARGENT CRUSADE, be named VICAR TO THE ARGENT CRUSADE, and rightwise ordinary in such territories appurtenant; and, that the DIOCESE OF ICECROWN be wholly assumed into the extant DIOCESE OF NORTHREND under the pastoral care of the said bishop.

V. That the priest, NIKLOS ADAMANT, currently serving as Prior and Secretary of the Chancery to the Most Holy Council of Bishops, be released from the duties and responsibilities of a Council Prior and be consecrated and appointed a Most Reverend BISHOP, assigned the pastoral care of the DIOCESE OF LORDAERON.

VI. That the man-at-arms REGG CORINTHAL, currently serving as a guard to the Most Holy Council of Bishops, be appointed the NOBLE GUARD OF HIS HOLINESS THE ARCHBISHOP.

VII. That the DIOCESES OF ALTERAC and GILNEAS shall henceforth no longer be Suffragan Dioceses.

VIII. That, in the hope of fostering amity and healing the wounds lately suffered by the Church and its faithful, a GENERAL CONFESSION is declared for the next fortnight ending on 26 January, granting absolution and forgiveness for any and all past sins, upon condition only of a private and genuine act of contrition to be made with His Holiness the Archbishop, and open to ALL.

Given at Northshire Abbey in the Holy See, on the twelfth day of January, in the first year of our Archepiscopate,

Caspius Pontifex