The Common Prayer

While education in the larger cities in Myrth is a pretty common practice, many children being sent to tutors during the day to keep them out of trouble. That isn't something that really happens outside the sheltered walls of cities such as Akozar and Leuth. Many of the common citizens cannot read or write. And for the most part that's fine, but there is one book that everyone learns by heart, be it from reading it's words or having someone else read them.

Purpose

To spread enlightenment to the common folk and spread the word of their God.

Document Structure

Clauses

This book has three major sections it is divided into, each one with it's own title page.
The first section is filled with carefully crafted prayers that anyone may use. They are written in a simple straightforward style as a way of appealing to the common folk.
The second section has the most important scriptures and laws their god has given them.
The last is a series of sermons to be used in the farther reaches where the clerics don't have access to the temples and priests.

Publication Status

Every cleric is given a copy of the Common Prayer when they finish their training and are sent out to where they are to preside. It isn't unusual for Paladins and other Religious persons to carry a copy along with their more detailed prayer books.

Legal status

Each region of Atone has it's own version of the Common Prayer, every one of them specific to their God. It isn't unusual for them to cross between territories.

Historical Details

Legacy

This book gave the common people a way to connect with their Gods in a way never before touched upon. It caused a huge increase in faith in the peasantry, as well as an increase in the tithe donations they were willing to part with in the name of their deity.

Type

Text, Religious

Authoring Date

8859 SD

Location

Atone