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The history of the Paerdist Faith is intertwined with the Vistari Enlightenment during the late 18th Century, a time in which a period of downturn and instability within the Vistari Empire allowed the facilitation of alternatives to what was the generally accepted fundamental ideas that traditionally had steered Vistari society and governance. This gave rise to the cynicism and societal tolerance to allow a community of theologians and spiritualists to seek alternatives from the established [[Vierism|Ademarist]] institutions. One, Theodore Antonzoon Witten took these ideas one step forward by actively criticizing the Church of St. Arend and the power held by the nobility-aligned religious institutions across the Empire. In an open letter to the [[Ademarism|Ademarist]] Clergy of the Grand Duchy of Telebrocht, he wrote,

 

 

This letter saw Witten placed under arrest and sentanced to Life Imprisonment, however only serving seven years due to his rapid surmounting of suppirt from the local populous, seeing Witten released on the condition he leave Telebrocht, which Witten agreed to, taking residence in the city of Schemoer until being invited back to his home in Verlateburg in 1848 following the ascension of the more tolerant Karl II to the position of Grand Duke.