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Pre-Approved Sermon
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Part of the clergy's job is writing and delivering a sermon to their flock. This is harder than it sounds, since it requires that the preacher be both a good essayist and a good orator. What's more, the message has to be chosen with care to meet the needs of the particular congregation... "good thing" the preacher has help there in the form of some meddling authority! A cleric subject to Pre-Approved Sermons either has their sermons pre-written by another person and is forced to read them as is, or has their own sermon heavily edited. Usually, the meddler is either the cleric's direct benefactor (the one who owns or funds the parish building is a likely culprit) or a lay leader who finances the church, or a local political leader with a lot of clout. Even if the meddler has no material means to bully the preacher in this way, he usually has such force of personality (aided by the preacher being young or insecure) that he can get away with it. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Such meddlers do this for one or more reasons. Primarily, they believe they are best suited to spiritually lead the congregation, and so "help" the clergyperson. They might instead/also have an obsession with controlling everything, especially sources of potential criticism or rebellion (pick up a history book, a good number of revolutions started behind a pulpit), or they out-and-out mean to "train" the populace to accept less than ideal living conditions directly or indirectly brought about by the meddler. Expect the religious leader to either grow a backbone and speak out against the meddler at some point — at which point he may become an example of a Turbulent Priest — or have the meddler somehow be stopped from interfering or exposed for meddling. Compare and contrast Suspiciously Specific Sermon, which the meddler might be trying to cause — or avoid. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Examples: |
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In Trollope's The Chronicles of Barsetshire, the Bishop of Barchester is so dominated by his wife that she has significant input into the sermons he preaches. | |
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In The Simpsons, Mr Burns financed the rebuilding of the church, intending to recoup the money from advertising. As part of the settlement, Rev. Lovejoy had to praise the sponsors in his sermons, which drove Lisa to leave the church. | |
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To the Manor Born. One of the reasons the Rector would be glad if Audrey moved away is because as the former matron of the manor she would stick her nose into everything, including his sermons. | |
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The comic strip Candorville applies this to American faith-based initiatives, with a preacher forced to give pro-Republican sermons to get cash. (Candorville is not very subtle when it goes for pure political commentary.) | |
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Something*Positive uses a similar plot line: a rich but very dour parishioner in Fred and Faye's church offers to buy a new baptismal fountain, but on the condition that the annual Easter festivities are canceled, since she sees them as distracting from the holiday's message of sin and salvation. She actually wins in the end, because even while most of the church disagrees with her, nobody but Faye and Fred are willing to do anything about it. | |
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The bishop from V for Vendetta mentions building his sermons around the suggestions of Fate, the totalitarian government's supercomputer. (Neither this trope nor the supercomputer are present in the film version.) | |
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Pride and Prejudice had Mr. Collins submit all his sermons to Lady Catherine De Bourgh's editing and approval willingly. | |
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In the M*A*S*H episode "Alcoholics Unanimous", Frank Burns is left in temporary command, and as his wont, tried again to reimpose the 18th Amendment on the 4077th. This time, he strongarmed Fr. Mulcahy into giving a temperance sermon to help sell his initiative, making it a direct order that all camp personnel attend. It backfires spectacularly, as a nervous Mulcahy is given whiskey by Klinger to calm his nerves and he ends up delivering the Pre-Approved Sermon drunk. | |
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In an episode of Carnivàle, Brother Justin is given a pre-approved sermon which he starts to read then rips apart in favor of his own words. Not quite a heartwarming moment, as Brother Justin isn't exactly the good guy. | |
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Chocolat had the mayor do this to the young priest who just came in. The first time he gets to make his own sermon marks when the town is finally 'healed' of the rift the chocolaterie and the mayor were in. Note that the Chocolat example only applies to the movie. In the book, the mayor character is actually the priest, and there is no younger priest character. |
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The Safehold series has the Church of God Awaiting operate like this. When Charis's bishop gives a sermon that comes very close to heresy by Church standards, it's taken as very serious by the Group of Four. | |
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