The Divinity Certificate is the official document certifying adherence to Kresimirianism, issued by local Diviners under the supervision of the Council for Divinity. It is the practical mechanism of the Faith Restriction Clause: without a valid certificate, a resident of the Divine Republic cannot vote, hold most public offices, or access upper-tier civil service positions.
Issuance and revocation
Certificates are typically issued at birth to children of Kresimirian families or upon adult conversion following catechesis. A Diviner may revoke a certificate if the holder is deemed to have abandoned the faith — a power that Article 5, Clause 4 treats as tantamount to stripping citizenship. Revoked citizens may appeal to district courts, but those courts must refer final judgment to the Council for Divinity, whose ruling is binding.
Political significance
The certificate system constitutionally disenfranchised the Bosken majority of Moraviskameja for four decades, keeping district turnout between three and six percent while a handful of elite Bosken politicians — notably Senators Josipa Vukel, Adin Vedran, and Aida Merjem — held “certificates of convenience” through nominal conversion. The 1961 Treaty of Brod Moravice waived certificate presentation at District X polling stations, enfranchising the general Bosken population while leaving the requirement in force elsewhere (including Ozla). Reformers in the Civic Renewal Front have periodically proposed secularising suffrage nationwide, but Sons of Kresimir leaders such as Malik Kondratiev treat the certificate as non-negotiable theological law.
District X polling-station waiver
Since 1961, Article 5, Clause 3’s requirement to present a certificate does not apply at polling stations in District X. Any citizen aged fourteen or older may vote at an X station regardless of faith or certification status. The waiver is territorial and station-specific: it does not extend to Boskens voting outside Moraviskameja, and it does not apply in Ozla or any other district.