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| | | #REDIRECT [[Sanction]] |
| <ic>"...an Atun herself shall turn her gaze from you, as your soul lingers, unmourned, in the darkest recesses of the Labyrinth. You are excommunicated."
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| "You... you can't do that! Your writ of excommunication never passed the General Assembly!"
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| "You are condemned as a heretic. I will be sure the magistrate's know it. Besides, if the Assembly lacked the spine to issue a writ of excommunication against the likes of '''you''', what makes you think they have the will to condemn '''me'''?"</ic>
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| The Synod is responsible for investigating [[Religious Crimes|religious crimes]] in the Empire and bringing these cases to the magistrates.
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| {{CaptionedImage|file=Gatekeeper_Serrusto.jpg|align=right|width=250|caption=Photography by [http://jazwhiteside.4ormat.com/ Jaz Whitesite]}}
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| A priest of a Virtue Assembly may call for a judgement of condemnation to be made against an individual or small group, such as a coven, sect or banner, in relation to a religious crime, or a refusal to respond to inquisition.
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| A judgement of condemnation determines that there is a case to be brought to the magistrates . The priest who brought the motion of condemnation is usually expected to be part of any group that addresses the magistrates, and present the basis for the condemnation.
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| The magistrates will then consider:
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| * Whether the presenting priests have sufficiently established a religious crime has taken place
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| * The severity of the religious crime in terms of harm, or potential harm, to the Empire
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| * Any pleas for [[clemency]]
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| The magistrate will then make a ruling accordingly.
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| Individuals subject to a judgement of condemnation may also be subjected to liao ceremonies, independently of the magistrate's ruling.
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| The full detail of how magistrates prosecute religious crimes can be found [[Criminal_Trials#Differences in the criminal process for religious crimes|here]].
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| ===Further Reading===
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| *[[Imperial Synod |Synod Processes and Powers]]
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| ** [[The Assemblies of the Synod|Information about the different Assemblies]]
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| ** [[The Powers of Synod Priests|The powers of individual Synod Members]]
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| ***[[How Assemblies make Judgments|Judgement]]
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| ***[[Witness]]
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| ***[[Sanctuary]]
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| ***[[Clemency]]
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| ** [[The Judgments of the Synod|The Judgements of the Synod]]
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| ***[[Appointment]]
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| ***[[Inquisition]]
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| ***[[Condemnation]]
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| ***[[Statement of Principle]]
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| ***[[Revocation]]
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| ***[[Recognition]]
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| ***[[Veto]]
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| ***[[Rewarding]]
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| ***[[Changing Doctrine]]
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| ***[[Writ of Excommunication]]
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| * Religion
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| ** [[The Way|The Way of Virtue]]
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| ** [[Imperial Theology]]
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| ** [[Religious skills]]
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| **[[Religious Crimes]]
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| * [[Recent history]]
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| [[Category:Synod]] | |