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| label3 = Deity | data3 = Thaer
| label4 = Region(s) | data4 = Worldwide
| label5 = Founder | data5 = ProphetThe MatildaProphets;
* Prophet Matilda<br><small>(Traditional Holy Saint)</small>
| label6 = Founded | data6 = 7th century CE ▼* Prophet Eldwin<br><small>(Reformist Holy Saint)</small>
* Prophet Tybalt
▲ | label6 = Founded | data6 = 7th century CEBCE
| label7 = Origin | data7 = Thaerist Mythology
| label8 = Parson of Matilda | data8 = Cedric II
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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 ProphetProphets; Matilda , Eldwin and Tybalt. 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 with various branches such as the'''Traditional Thaerism''', '''Reformist Thaerism''' (colloquially ''Valerian Thaerism''; ''Vaerism''), and '''[[Mauism]] ''' in [[Polynesian Union| PolynesianGreater Oan]] nations like [[the Oan Isles]] and Jus tribes in Jusdelva. ▼
▲'''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 with various branches such as the [[Mauism]] in [[Polynesian Union|Polynesian]] nations like [[the Oan Isles]].
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.
==History==
=== Spread to PolynesiaGreater Oa ===
{{Main|Mauism}}
In the 8th to 10th Centuries CE, proselytes from mainland Aurora introduced Thaerism to the [[Polynesian Union|PolynesianGreater Oan Islands]]. In the 11th century CE, the ChiefKing Ahua of aToka majorwho tribe,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 PolynesianGreater Oan branch of Thaerism, called [[Mauism]], evolved separately from the Thaerist sects on mainland Aurora. Shaped by the political and social realities of the PolynesianGreater 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 PolynesianGreater 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 isin 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 PolynesianGreater Oan people, who granted the Ahua clan the right to rule over PolynesiaGreater 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 PolynesianGreater 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 JustelvardJusdelva as it provided a political rival to the Morstaybishlian High King in the form of the Emperor of Polynesia[[Rangitanga-a-te-Moana]].
===13th Century Reformation===
===ValerianReformist Thaerism===
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[[File:Interior thaerist temple.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Interior to a Thaerist Temple]]
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