Editing Palmarian Catholic Church (section)

===Church Militant: friars, nuns and seculars===
{{Main|Church Militant|Miles Christianus}}

Living, active members of the Palmarian Church; whether religious or laymen; must be formally enrolled into the [[religious order]] of the Palmarian Church known as the '''Order of the Carmelites of the Holy Face in Company of Jesus and Mary''' (Spanish: ''Orden Religiosa de los Carmelitas de la Santa Faz en Compañía de Jesús y María''). This, as with many historical Catholic religious orders, is organised into three distinct aspects: the [[friars]], the [[nuns]] and the seculars (members of the Palmarian laity who belong to the [[third order]]). Thus, in the Palmarian Catholic Church, actively engaging with the spirit of the Order is essential, regardless of vocation and [[Cafeteria Catholicism|laxity not a possibility]]. Exact up to date numbers for those currently belonging to one of the three bodies of the Carmelites of the Holy Face (and thus Palmarian Catholic Church) are hard to come by, however, in a sermon delivered in August 2011, the then reigning Pope Gregory XVIII claimed that there were between 1,000 and 1,500 members. Between 1976 and 2005, there were 192 men consecrated to the priesthood and ordained to the episcopate during the Pontificate of Pope Gregory XVII (thus belonging to the Friars of the Carmelites of the Holy Face), but by 2016, the number active was supposedly down to 32 bishops.<ref name="Lundberg2015b">{{cite web|last=Lundberg|first=Magnus|date=2015|title=Modern alternative popes|website=uu.diva-portal.org|publisher=Uppsala University Library|url=https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:873666/FULLTEXT01.pdf|access-date=2016-04-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406111743/https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2%3A873666/FULLTEXT01.pdf|archive-date=2016-04-06|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>As regards the bishops, from 1976 to 2005, under the pontificate of Gregory XVII, a total of 192 bishops were consecrated, but in less than thirty years 133 of them were expelled from the organisation for [[apostasy]] or voluntarily withdrew from the Palmarian Catholic Church, thus being excommunicated and losing their positions ({{citation|title=Palmarian Catholic Church|url=https://wrldrels.org/2016/10/08/palmarian-catholic-church/}})</ref> In the same year, the number of Sisters of the Carmelites of the Holy Face was around 40 nuns.

[[File:Third Order of the Carmelites of the Holy Face.png|thumb|right|280px|Religious accoutrements of a male Third Order Carmelite of the Holy Face in 2023. Including Palmarian religious books, brown shirt, Holy Face of Jesus scapular and penitential rosary.]]
Through the Carmelites of the Holy Face, the mystical [[Carmelite Charism]] is of great significance for Palmarians; members of the Third Order wear a large variation of the [[Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel]] with the [[Holy Face of Jesus]] on one side and the unified [[Sacred Heart of Jesus]] and the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]] on the other. The men from the order dress in Carmelite brown while attending El Palmar de Troya at feast days and for the religious “Carmelite” as a [[Liturgical colours|liturgical colour]] for certain feasts has been added by the Palmarian Church to its Rite. In their religious documents, the Palmarians accept the traditional mystical narrative of the Carmelites as having been founded by the Prophet [[Elijah|Elias]] on [[Mount Carmel]] (succeeded by the Prophet [[Elisha|Eliseo]]). In following with [[Daniel a Virgine Maria]] (1615–1678) against the critical claims of the [[Bollandists]], they claim that the Elian Carmelite heritage was identical with that of the [[Essenes]]. In their Bible, the ''Sacred History or the Holy Palmarian Bible'', they call many Prophets direct predecessors, “Superior General of the Essenes”,  the Israelite “Caudillos” of the [[Maccabees]] are also presented as Essenes/Carmelites. The Palmarians glorify the Teresian Reform of St. [[Teresa of Ávila]] and St. [[John of the Cross]] from the [[Carmelites of the Ancient Observance]] into the [[Discalced Carmelites]] and consider themselves the true heirs of this tradition. Clemente and Manolo met Mother [[María de las Maravillas de Jesús]], a significant conservative figure of the Spanish Discalced Carmelites and claimed that she told them, "You, one day, will guide the sacred destinies of the Church.”<ref name="palmar">{{cite web |title=The Pontifical Documents of His Holiness Pope Gregory XVII|url=https://magnuslundbergblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pontifical-documents-1978-1980.pdf|publisher=Magnus Lundberg}} Retrieved on 9 November 2023.</ref> They in turn canonised her as a saint on 17 September 1978 in the ''Fourteenth Papal Document'' of Pope Gregory XVII.<ref name="palmar"/>

Over the years, there have been Palmarians active in many different countries all over the world. In the late 1990s, there were Palmarian chapels in the following places (typically in the homes of lay members); in [[Spain]] ([[El Palmar de Troya]], [[Seville]], [[Granada]], [[Bermeo]], [[Hernani, Spain|Hernani]], [[La Bañeza]], [[Barcelona]], [[Gran Canaria]], [[Madrid]], [[Oliva, Spain|Oliva]], [[Sabadell]], [[Santander, Spain|Santander]] & [[Valencia]]), in [[England]] ([[London]], [[Southport]] & [[Manchester]]), in [[Scotland]] ([[Hamilton, Scotland|Hamilton]]), in [[Ireland]] ([[Belfast]], [[Dublin]], [[Gorey]], [[Thurles]] & [[Portaferry]]), in [[Italy]] (Cengles village of [[Lasa, Italy|Lasa]] & [[San Candido]]), in [[Germany]] ([[Augsburg]], [[Berlin]], [[Bottrop]], [[Delbrück]], [[Grafing bei München]], [[Kempten]], [[Mainz]], [[Hohberg|Niederschopfheim]], [[Nonnenbach (Ahr)|Nonnenbach]] & [[Haiterbach|Unterschwandorf]]), in [[Switzerland]] ([[Aadorf]], [[Andermatt]], [[Jaun, Switzerland|Jaun]] & [[Oberwil, Basel-Landschaft|Oberwil]]), in [[Liechtenstein]] ([[Triesenberg]]), in [[Austria]] ([[Sonntagberg|Böhlerwerk]], [[Lower Austria|Hollenstein]], [[Kitzeck im Sausal|Kitzeck]], [[Leonding]], [[Ludersdorf]], Mittlern, [[Oberperfuss]], [[Salzburg]], [[Sollenau]] & [[Virgen]]), in [[Poland]], in [[Russia]], in the [[United States]] ([[Arkdale]], [[Chicago]], [[Livingston Manor, New York|Livingston Manor]], [[Sonoma, California|Sonoma]], [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] & [[Yelm, Washington|Yelm]]), in the former [[Netherlands Antilles]] ([[Bonaire]] & [[Curaçao]]), in [[Australia]], in [[New Zealand]], in [[Argentina]] ([[Buenos Aires]], [[Arequito]], [[Deán Funes, Argentina|Deán Funes]], [[Santa Fe, Argentina|Santa Fe]], [[Mar del Plata]], [[Mendoza, Argentina|Mendoza]], [[Capilla del Monte|Sierra Chica]], [[Tandil]] & [[Lanús Partido|Villa Diamante]]), in [[Paraguay]] ([[Julián Augusto Saldívar]], [[Ciudad del Este]] & [[Villa Elisa, Paraguay|Villa Elisa]]), in [[Peru]] ([[Huancayo]], [[Lima, Peru|Lima]], [[Pisco, Peru|Pisco]], [[Las Lomas District|Piura]] & [[Santa Rosa de Yavarí|Santa Rosa]]), in [[Venezuela]], in [[Nigeria]] ([[Abatete]], [[Abuja]], Akpim, [[Asaba]], [[Awkuzu]], [[Enugu (city)|Enugu]], Ihitta Ogada, [[Lagos]] & Nguru Mbaise), [[Kenya]] (Nguru Dawida, Ngange Nyika, [[Taveta, Kenya|Taveta]], Migwani & Wudany), in the [[Philippines]] ([[Gandara, Samar|San Ramón]]) & in [[Brazil]] ([[Aracaju]], [[Atibaia]], [[Buerarema]], [[Belo Horizonte]], [[Ilhéus]], [[Passo Fundo]], [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[São Paulo]] & [[Vitória, Espírito Santo|Vitória]]).<ref>{{citation|title=Per l'elenco delle cappelle palmariane nel mondo|url=https://magnuslundbergblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/00-Capillas-1.pdf}}</ref>
 {| class="wikitable" 
|- style="background-color:white"
|[[File:PopePalmarian.png|centro|100px]] || [[File:BishopPalmarian.png|centro|100px]] || [[File:Cassock (Catholic Priest).svg|centro|90px]]
|- style="text-align:center"
|Pope || Bishop ||Priest, Deacon
|}