The Doctrine of Man

The only official document written, and sealed as canon by the Cathedral of Light, is also one of only 2 documents that have ever been stricken from official record. Penned by Ramius Mirr during the reconstruction after the War of the Talon, it exudes the virtue of humanity and dictates a new means of the operation of the Cathedral. Namely, it stated that the power of the gods was the sole province of man, and that the demi humans were not fit to be counted in its ranks. It spoke of the virtue of focusing on the self, and the satisfaction and domination of the mortal world. That so called high, and noble ideals were in fact selfish, and manipulative acts to rob people of their free will. That charity allows you to be taken advantage of, chastity robs the world of life, that making peace in the face of war is an invitation for disaster. It was out of no misguided virtue, but the lies of the dark pantheon that corrupted the mind of the Hierophant and forever broke the church. Still preached from by clerics of the pantheon, the Doctrine has remained unchanged and unquestioned. The original remains in the Basilica, entombed with the body of Ramius Mirr. The only other original copy is sealed inside the Heart of the Word in Alaecia.