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* Prophet Matilda<br><small>(Traditional Holy Saint)</small>
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* Prophet Eldwin<br><small>(Reformist Holy Saint)</small>
* Prophet Tybalt
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'''Thaerism''', also known as the '''Thaerist Faith''' is a [[wikipedia:Monotheism|monotheistic]] [[wikipedia:Religion|religion]] based on the teachings and wisdom of Thaer. Its adherents, known as Thaerists, believe in a single deity (Thaer), who passed on his teachings to the
▲'''Thaerism''', also known as the '''Thaerist Faith''' is a [[wikipedia:Monotheism|monotheistic]] [[wikipedia:Religion|religion]] based on the teachings and wisdom of Thaer. Its adherents, known as Thaerists, believe in a single deity (Thaer), who passed on his teachings to the Prophet Matilda. Through his guidance to life on [[Urth]] with prophets, it is taught that Thaer is all-existing and all-knowing. He is not depicted through incarnate being but through colour. It is one of the major world religions with over a billion worldwide followers.
Thaerism remains culturally diverse in the world. Its teachings do not conflict with culture and so over it's existence has seen a huge growth of following.
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==History==
===13th Century Reformation===▼
===Valerian Thaerism===▼
Valerian Thaerism formed after the Thaerist reform in the 13th century where it was changed to act more as a way of life than a classic missionary religion. A group of old-way Thaerists from the Kingdom of Valeria sought to introduce a more hard approach to the assimilation of irreligious groups. Valerian Thaerism is considered a denomination of Thaerism.▼
=== Spread to Greater Oa ===
{{Main|Mauism}}
In the 8th to 10th Centuries CE, proselytes from mainland Aurora introduced Thaerism to the [[Polynesian Union|Greater Oan Islands]]. In the 11th century CE, the King Ahua of Toka who became Rangitanga-a-te-Moana [[Ahua the Great]] of Greater Oa established a mid-way between Thaerist purists and Folk religion traditionalists that integrated their ideas and beliefs. This new Greater Oan branch of Thaerism, called [[Mauism]], evolved separately from the Thaerist sects on mainland Aurora. Shaped by the political and social realities of the Greater Oan island nations, it gradually drifted from mainland beliefs. The ideological tenets that would arise from the later Valerian and Reformation movements did not make it to Greater Oan nations like [[The Oan Isles|the Oan Isles.]]
Today, mainland and insular branches of Thaerism are barely comparable. Some of these differences including belief in supernatural spiritual beings which act on behalf of or against the divine law of Thaer (Atea) to bring goodness or ruin on humanity, respectively. One of them is Maui, who is believed to be the Angelic Protector of the Greater Oan people, who granted the Ahua clan the right to rule over Greater Oa forever. Moreover, they believed that souls are distinguishable, rational, and efficacious in the Luminiferous Aether. This had massive consequences in that it established a basis for eschatological beliefs that wildly differed from Mainland Thaerism such as prophecies of the end of and reconstitution of the mortal universe with the effect of the expurgation of Dark Angelic beings and evil from the mortal universe. Mainland Thaerists believed that many of these beliefs were heretical.
Mauist scholars, spiritual leaders and fundamentalists have rejected the name "Mauism" and consider themselves Insular Thaerists. Thus there are ethno-centric and ecumenical elements of Mauist belief. The ethno-centric concepts relate to Maui, the line of Ahua the Great and the Greater Oan people. The ecumenical concepts encompass the nature of creation, the nature of Thaer, the eschatology of the Universe and so on. Thus, Mauist teachings are considered heretical by Mainland Thaerist churches. The proliferation of Mauist/Insular Thaerist ecumenical beliefs in Morstaybishlia particularly was squashed to oblivion. Mauism was especially persecuted in Jusdelva as it provided a political rival to the Morstaybishlian High King in the form of the [[Rangitanga-a-te-Moana]].
▲===13th Century Reformation===
▲The Valerian
[[File:Interior thaerist temple.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Interior to a Thaerist Temple]]
===Temple===
Most temples, besides Syllester Abbey and other large ceremonial temples, are basic in design. They feature large interior spaces with basic architectural design. Most temples will feature walls full of mellow stained glass windows; the most common of which being all blue, all purple or all green. An area at the front is designated for speech, meditation and other routine. For speeches and weddings, the interior is filled with rows of basic wooden observer chairs. There can exist stands and other niche details that vary from temple to temple.
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