#papa Emeritus iv

[okahairomi]

Kiss Of Death

[madpatti]

Commission for prizefighterk on instagram :)

[easilyandromeda]

My beloved <3

October treat. 🎃

[snake-seeds]

This only took me 3 hours, which shocked me because I insisted on drawing every single detail in that god forsaken robe. I don’t know why considering you can barely see half of them because of the shading.

I’m very proud of this one though. Me likey, snake certified thumbs up.

[faiyx]

The snugglers….

Commission for @nosferatu-png

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[lilspacewolfie]

Save me red suit Cardi, save me

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[dolceterzo]

a classic papa pops series | primo's sour cherry soda | secondo's sicilian lemonade | terzo's tangy tangerine soda

[serpentine-illusion]

Lots of ghost requests this month 😩😩😩 [cirrus/ftm copia, dew/aether, omega/ftm terzo and more 😖😖 i was in the mines this month ]

[pumpkinpeasyy]

Everything that has a beginning, has an end.

[mdemorita]

new pic❕Tobias at the Pantera concert in Stockholm

[skywarpie]

What is he doing? Wrong answers only

[ps11chic]

copia after doing that jump in RHRN

[omoghouls]

It them- the peepee men 😌 ( @bor3dp3rson @peeprincess76 @stopreportingme1722 )

[cityofmeliora]

Quick question, do we actually know WHO the clergy is? it's spoken but do we ever get a hint on what they are? If not, what do you think they are? Strictly humans? A mix of humans and ghouls? Sister Imperator was a member, right? Sorry if its a lot of questions I was literally trying to figure it out in my head earlier and couldn't come up with an answer

The Clergy are the leaders / decision makers of the Ghost church. they're compared to a board of directors, basically.

the person who holds the title Imperator (Sister Imperator / Frater Imperator) is the "head of the Clergy", so they would be the top decision-maker / leader within the Clergy.

SISTER IMPERATOR: My son, I'm sorry could not find it in my heart to tell you about my condition. I was afraid you might lose your sometimes frail concentration. My hope is that while reading this, you will come to understand that one day ending means the beginning of a new one– after a night of darkness, of course. Anyway, boy-o, now you have an even greater task ahead of you– as the head of the clergy. You will henceforth be known as… PAPA EMERITUS IV: … Frater Imperator? RITE HERE RITE NOW

SISTER IMPERATOR GHOST: Well, I'm not in charge anymore. FRATER IMPERATOR: No, you're not! RITE HERE RITE NOW

The Clergy makes decisions such as who will become the next Papa and when they will replace the current Papa.

So Papa Emeritus I and II were, and are, on contracts, and there will soon be a Papa III. That's how it works, yes. But Papa II will be with us for quite some time. So how would you choose Papa III? Oh he's being chosen by the clergy. It's like having a President. There's a board that decides who will be the next guy and we just have to follow and hope for a better one next time. Phoenix New Times (October 23, 2013)

What was the selection process for Papa Emeritus III, or is just Pope Benedict in disguise? Well, it is, actually. No, usually that process is taken care of by the clergy so I can’t really answer. MUSIC&RIOTS Magazine (August 26, 2015)

interestingly, Papa himself is not considered to be part of the Clergy. as we've seen, Papa has no say in how much he works / when he'll get replaced / what he has to wear and do and sing. all of those decisions are made for him. so despite being the literal Pope of the Ghost church, Papa actually ranks below the Clergy.

The Clergy also assigns elements / parts in the band to the Nameless Ghouls.

INTERVIEWER: You have funny signs on your costumes and guitars. NAMELESS GHOUL: They represent the elements, with the addition of a 5th, like... the aether. Yes. INTERVIEWER: So actually, they are not funny. NAMELESS GHOUL: No, they're not there for fun. They have a meaning. That's not our entire meaning, but it has a symbolic meaning. INTERVIEWER: And everyone has a symbol. Why that? Did you choose it yourself? NAMELESS GHOUL: No, they were given to us. INTERVIEWER: By the Papa? NAMELESS GHOUL: By the Clergy. Berlin Metal TV (December 9, 2013)

the Nameless Ghouls are not part of the Clergy. we know this because they take orders from the Clergy and don't get to make decisions, and also because their meetings / briefings are kept separate from Clergy meetings, as shown by the title cards in the 'The Summoning' lore videos.

THE CLERGY HAS ADJOURNED AND THE NAMELESS GHOULS ARE SUMMONED… The Summoning part 1 // The Summoning V: The Square And Hammer

(to be clear, the word "summoned" here means like "called into the room to attend a meeting", not literally summoned from hell adklfjsdfsk)

the question of whether the Clergy are all humans or a mix of humans and ghouls is also kinda pointless to me because the Nameless Ghouls are definitely humans too.

so yeah. TLDR; The Clergy is the mostly-unseen group of human leaders that make decisions in the Ghost church. Sister Imperator / Frater Imperator is the only person we know to be part of that group and is the leader of all of them.

[nihildenial]

i know something else that can make a hole inside me