Liberacism

A brief history of Liberacism

Liberace was known originally as Władziu Valentino Liberace, this name coming from his parents. In life her was a famous, talented, and wealthy musician. He considered himself to be a Roman Catholic, in the tradition of other prophets and holy incarnations like Jesus Xisto.

Liberace was a homosexual, though, due to the views of homosexuality at the time, he was persercuted for and had to hide from the wider public. Liberace contrated the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which was a heavily politiciced disease due to its association with gay men. This disease allows other illnesses to cause more damage than they would otherwise.

Liberace completed his first earthly life on the 4th of February 1987. Due to his larger than life personality and charitable contributions, his extravogant legacy outlived him on earth for many years. Thousands of young musicians and creatives continued to be inspired by him.

After his death, Liberace continued to be a fascination to worldwide fans. Many fans and followers dedicated time to preserving his memory through tributes in song, film, and writing. In the mid to alte 2000s a small group of followers began to communicate on a small social networking platform. They innitially began to discuss their mutual love of Liberace. This group also formed close relationships offline, and began to move their discussions into a very philosophical and theological domain.

Among these early thinkers was Hertz Novosad, a Christian brother. Novosad had long harboured suspicions about the spiritual connection between Xisto and Liberace. He had kept this belief secret, fearing the Christian Church's narrow view of Xisto.

In 2018, Hertz Novosad emigrated from Germany to America, supported by the members of the Liberace forum. Novosad wrote thousands of illuminated letters during this time; posts on the forum, notes to followers and friends, even some attempting to convince other Christians he had lived with to understand Liberace's message.

Now numbering several hundered, thanks in part to their community outreach, charitable work and creative works. The religious order began purchasing land. They had several places of worship by 2021, some were former Catholic churches, others were music halls, theatres, and houses. This early church was still a fundamentally Christian sect. Through the influence of its highest members, Novosad and the other members of the Liberace forum, a passion for music and especially the life and performance of Liberace was emphasised.

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This early church had much in common with wider Christian new age ideas at the time. One key belief which continues today is belief in the gospel of prosperity. Money, health, and hapiness are within the power of divinity, and divinity is able to bestow these virtues on its devout beleivers. Liberace embodied the gospel of prosperity, and the virtue of signifying ones standing with divinity through extravagance.

Novosad was, at this point, nearing his 70s. He remained active as a minister in the church while continuing to develop his theology around Liberace, mostly in privte. A small circle of his most dedicated followers and the heads of the congregation began urging him to publish his work and split from Christianity.

Hertz Novosad published the Liberace Treatise to explain the mystical beliefs previously only accessable to members of the inner circle. This pamflet remains controversial.

After Novosad's passing the congregation was in a state of limbo. Several sects developed with different interpretations of the core texts and beliefs of Liberacism. One influential sect pursued the search for the next prophet of Liberacism. One identified potential prophet was Jeon Jungkook from the Korean idol group BTS. This lead to several incidents where members of the sect attempted to contact Jeon Jungkook. Jeon Jungkook has never publicly addressed the beliefs of this group, nor his own beliefs on this subject.

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