Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition: Difference between revisions

'''Monastic Orders''' (''ñæltryucamūh'', pl. ''-camūvai'') have a peculiar status in Chlouvānem society as their monasteries have an extremely high degree of autonomy that they're usually said to be "independent" from the Inquisition; as each recognized monastic tradition may have divergent interpretations of the Holy Books, the laws followed in them are sometimes not the same as outside; they rely on the Inquisition for services, foreign representation, and, through various agreements, all of them have come to recognize the Great Inquisitor as a spiritual guide - in fact, Head Monks of a few monasteries do take part in the Conclave of Bishops. Monasteries are especially important as education facilities, offering curricula somewhat different from the standard Inquisitorial ones but completely accepted in the wider society. Monastic Orders, in order to be recognized as such an independent entity, must be accepted as such by the Great Inquisitor. Currently, there are 386 monastic orders in the Chlouvānem Inquisition (on a total of 401 throughout the whole of Calémere), with about 1,100 individual monasteries.

'''Legions''' (''jānilšeidah'', pl. ''jānilšeidai'') are congregations formed exclusively by voluntary laypeople that operate inside society, mostly as localized specific support to the state. Different Legions operate in different fields, but most commonly they do provide extrascholastic education - it should however be noted that, according to recent statistics, about 65% of primary and secondary school teachers in the Inquisition are members of some Legion -, pre-Kindergarten services, recreational and holiday activities (summer sports and gymnastics camps) for school students, operation of [[w:Emergency medical services|EMS]], civil security support in case of emergency, general support to poor and ill people, and, especially abroad, services for Chlouvānem people living outside the Inquisition as well as Yunyalīlti proselytism. The latter element is, outside Yunyalīlti-majority countries, very controversial, as many Legions operate in Western countries as terrorist groups and have been responsible for most of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the West since the end of the East-West Global War; the fact that all Legions are recognized and endorsed by the Inquisitorial central power (a Legion only legally exists after having been confirmed by the Inquisitorial Conclave) remains, to date, the most notable issue that keeps relations between the Inquisition and the Western bloc very tense and problematic.