OMAC001: Here ya go.

carcturus334: The Confederation of the Enlightenment still carries things against xenos. Remember, their beliefs stem from most of the aspects of the original Imperial Truth. It's really just that the Harlequin have changed a lot of things. Their interventions forced the Imperium to delve into the actual history of the Eldar. With that understanding combined with the devastation of the Heresy, it leaves people with a deeper knowledge and a more open attitude. It's hard to label the Eldar simply as Xenos when you know what they went through and you've gone through the same thing on top of the fact they are helping you now. In addition, the Emperor himself was the one to forge and sanction this alliance, which removes many inhibitions or misgivings. It's a somewhat hypocritical view, because humanity is deciding to attempt to understand one species but refuses to do so with any of the others. It also adds to the Eldar's arrogance in a way because, it literally says they're better than all the other races of the galaxy and are allowed into the Imperium.

Benjyboy: Thank you.

Adeptus Ministorum

History (Cont.)

With the High Lords' acceptance of the Confederation of Enlightenment, it became the uniting ideology of the Imperium. It also became an official organization of the Imperium as the Adeptus Ministorum. The outrage that spawned from the Temple faction of the Imperium was immense but not unexpected. However, again, the sheer practicality of the former Confederation's methods quickly became apparent. As less time was needed to establish Sanctuaries of Reflection and backed fully by the Adeptus Terra and Adeptus Mechanicus, the Ministorum spread quickly throughout the rest of the Imperium. Despite fierce resistance of the Temple, it faced a new kind of enemy that it wasn't equipped to deal with: one with reason and a deep understanding of the human psyche that could not be cowed by physical force. The former Confederation's teaching had long forced them to look at themselves to minimize weakness and/or, ideally, eradicate it. As such, its' various agents and operatives knew the nature of humanity. Where the Temple called for blind faith, the Ministorum countered with knowledge and understanding. Where the Temple said the Emperor was a God, the Ministorum recited the Emperor's own belief that he was not a God. Even further, the Ministorum spread propaganda of the traitorous Word Bearers, connecting religious zeal to corruption.

The newly created Ministorum's teachings and methods infiltrated the Temple. Citizens who had long been oppressed by tithes and forced to adhere to a narrow doctrine, where now offered the ability to learn to take their destiny with their own hands and minds, just as the Emperor had always planned since the Great Crusade. Soon, disgruntled parties who had been persecuted by the Temple came forward and were quickly followed by new populations of worlds that had been brought into the Imperium. The backing of the Imperium's governing body made the rising Ministorum untouchable. Any attempted violence that came from the Temple was put down and only served to strength the Ministorum's position: the Temple was made up of religious zealots. Slowly but steadily, the Temple's followers were converted or imprisoned. It would be nearly two hundred and fifty years before the Temple fell into full decline. As more and more people gathered towards the Ministorum, remnants of the Temple went into hiding. Only a few cells and hidden shrines of the Savior Emperor managed to survive the mass conversions and the power of the Ecclesiarchy was made complete.

At the end of the 33rd millennium every Imperial world was furnished with its own sanctuary and the coffers of the Ecclesiarchy were filled with the offerings and tithes of billions of faithful. This wealth was wisely spent in maintaining the various Sanctuaries of Reflection or diverted to other organizations when needed.

Over the course of the millennia, the Ministorum's influence upon the Imperium's population was considerable. While other organizations and departments, such as the Adeptus Administratum, feared the possibility of the Ministorum becoming too powerful, the Ecclesiarchy's own doctrine kept this fear from manifesting into reality.

Tenets

The Imperial Creed is highly flexible and is tailored to fit the native culture, religion, and practices of whatever world it exists upon. As such, practices adhered to on one world may be held as abhorrent or strange on another. The Ministorum tolerates this vast range of practices and beliefs, as it would be impossible to maintain a complete standardization across the entire Imperium.

However, the Ecclesiarchy does enforce basic key tenets:

The Emperor is the one true representation and saviour of humanity. As such he surpasses any past deity that humankind may have worshipped.

To purge Chaos, beware the mutant, be wary of the psyker and abhor the xenos.

Excess of any negative emotion or trait is a weakness. To be out of control of oneself is to invite disaster.

Every human being and Eldar has a place within the Imperium.

To obey the authority of the Imperial government and one's superiors.

One's action should lead to the betterment of the Imperium and her people, not oneself.

Interaction with the Paths of the Eldar

As the Eldar Path are behavior patterns that act as a form of physical and psychic protection against the Eldar's baser nature, and allows an Eldar to experience his race's incredibly intense emotions without repeating the terrible excesses that led to the cataclysmic Fall of the Eldar in the past, the Ministorum and Imperial Creed acts much the same way to humans. That said, there is little to no friction between the Creed and the Paths as they both are designed to do the same thing. The Creed accepts the Eldar's gods due to the fact that the Emperor is regarded as the peak of HUMAN potential and the firsthand accounts of the Avatars of Kaela Mensha Khaine.

AN: I'm sorry for taking so long but my finals really tied me up. Also, I really needed a break. I know that I haven't spoken about the Sisters of Battle in depth or the Age of Apostasy.

The problem is that I haven't figured out how to work them in exactly. There's also the face that I need to write on another topic so that this story doesn't go into limbo or the like.

As such I'll get back to all of it eventually. I will be looking into the Mechainicus, the Tyrannic Wars, the Phoenix Lords and the fates of the Loyalist Primarchs.