Marian Church

The Church of the Queen of Peace, commonly called the Marian Church, is a endemic to, founded in 1877 at the behest of the Brazorian King Pascal I. The Marian Church is the of Brazoria, and is practiced by some 12 million people within the country, and a further 19 million throughout the, with particularly strong footholds in Central America, , , and.

The Church places special emphasis on the role of and her human qualities, affirming the ability of humans to possess goodness within them, and focusing on acts of  and  as the primary methods of moving oneself towards  in life. The Church emphasizes the importance of Mary as an intermediary figure in Heaven who has the special designation as the Mother of Christ, the Wife of God, and the Queen of Heaven. Adherents to the Church devote their prayers primarily to Mary, as followers believe that grace is made more readily attainable through her blessing.

The Marian Church was specifically created by King Pascal I in order to appease s within the realm, many of whom felt fear of Papal intervention in state affairs due to which was rampant at the time due to the wide scale immigration of many Catholic immigrants. Although initially the Church was seen as mere political move by most Catholics, over time a great deal of the population converted, as the Marian Church became the largest in Brazoria through the establishment of s and s in downtrodden industrial areas. By 1900, the Marian Church had a reached a total of 10 million adherents worldwide. Today, the Church is one of the largest religious communities in Brazoria, and it is presided over by the Archbishop of Austin, Joan Wilkerson as of 2014.