Father Fletch
SOC-12
Many things are done in the Emperors name. Ships are commissioned, fifes are granted, lives are ended, sentences are commuted, wars are begun and ended, money is coined, trade is initiated and protected, curses are laid, blessings are bestowed and any other activity you might imagine that happens in the vastness of the Imperium will often be done in his name
The visage of the Emperor looks down from countless imperial offices; He is said to represent the Imperium, "taking the Emperors credit" when a marine or starman signs up for service.
To many low TL/Primitive cultures this may seem like a form of Deism. Now I am NOT talking about WHmr. 40K and the Psychic god-emperor, but I am talking about the Ruler of 11,000 worlds, trillions of sophonts and 1000 years of tradition and history. This usually rated minor god hood in many pre-spaceflight societies on Earth. Then there is the celebrity adoration, which according to recent sociobiology theory, may be genetically coded into humans. Just look at all the attention paid to the British Royal Family in our present day, add to that the nigh canonization of Princess Diana and I think that Travellers would, on occasion, run into the Emperor God in their perambulations. Throw in a Devil who lives in jump space and you got a duality. Add the angels of the Navy and Scouts who protect those who travel in the cold dark of space .
The holy trinity of Emperor, Nobility, Common Man? Or rather, Emperor, Moot and Navy?
OED
Avatar
1. Hindu Myth. The descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form.
2. Manifestation in human form; incarnation.
3. Manifestation or presentation to the world as a ruling power or object of worship.
4. loosely, Manifestation; display; phase.
Name (in the name of)
11. in one's name, in the name of one:
a. In phrases expressing invocation of, reliance upon, or devotion to, the persons of the Godhead.
b. In adjurations, orig. by solemn reference to God, Christ, or the saints, but latterly with various substitutions for the names of these, the phrase freq. becoming a mere ejaculation.
c. Denoting the use of another's name to give authority or countenance to one's acts; or implying that the action is done on account or on behalf of some other person or persons. Hence, by contrast to this, in one's own name.
d. = Under the character or designation of (some person or thing). Now rare or Obs.
e. Indicating the assigned ownership of a thing.
The visage of the Emperor looks down from countless imperial offices; He is said to represent the Imperium, "taking the Emperors credit" when a marine or starman signs up for service.
To many low TL/Primitive cultures this may seem like a form of Deism. Now I am NOT talking about WHmr. 40K and the Psychic god-emperor, but I am talking about the Ruler of 11,000 worlds, trillions of sophonts and 1000 years of tradition and history. This usually rated minor god hood in many pre-spaceflight societies on Earth. Then there is the celebrity adoration, which according to recent sociobiology theory, may be genetically coded into humans. Just look at all the attention paid to the British Royal Family in our present day, add to that the nigh canonization of Princess Diana and I think that Travellers would, on occasion, run into the Emperor God in their perambulations. Throw in a Devil who lives in jump space and you got a duality. Add the angels of the Navy and Scouts who protect those who travel in the cold dark of space .
The holy trinity of Emperor, Nobility, Common Man? Or rather, Emperor, Moot and Navy?
OED
Avatar
1. Hindu Myth. The descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form.
2. Manifestation in human form; incarnation.
3. Manifestation or presentation to the world as a ruling power or object of worship.
4. loosely, Manifestation; display; phase.
Name (in the name of)
11. in one's name, in the name of one:
a. In phrases expressing invocation of, reliance upon, or devotion to, the persons of the Godhead.
b. In adjurations, orig. by solemn reference to God, Christ, or the saints, but latterly with various substitutions for the names of these, the phrase freq. becoming a mere ejaculation.
c. Denoting the use of another's name to give authority or countenance to one's acts; or implying that the action is done on account or on behalf of some other person or persons. Hence, by contrast to this, in one's own name.
d. = Under the character or designation of (some person or thing). Now rare or Obs.
e. Indicating the assigned ownership of a thing.
