Andorian Church Breviary

Purpose

A small book to be carried by faithful worshippers, containing the bare minimum of prayers, as decreed by the Andorian Church.

Document Structure

Clauses

Each prayer is in its own section, ordered by usage and popularity:

1. Midday
2. Plenty (Dawn)
3. Sliver (Sunset)
4. Mains (Holidays)
   • Days of Judgement
   • The Verdict
   • Harvest Festivities
   • Days of None Magic
   • Days of High Magic
5. Eround (Rituals, Rarely Included)

Publication Status

This book is issued by the Andorian Church and used throughout the Empire of Ader.

Historical Details

Background

In 493, it became clear that worshippers needed a way to pray while they weren't close to a church. Thus, the Andorian Church decreed that a uniform prayer must be formulated for all, and the writing of the first breviary began in 497 and ended three years later. This coincidence led to another decree, that the breviary is to be codified every 250 years.

Legacy

The breviary is still in use, with the current, fourth version being referred to here. Changes from the third version include the removal of the prayer section for Father's Gaze, and expansion of Mains section.

Term

Each version is valid, but the general consensus is that the most recent one is preferable. This makes the term, in that sense, 250 years.

Current Date: 2^nd of Latsum, 1572

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Andorian Church Breviary

The following is not the full wording of the breviary, but only the essential and necessary prayers.

Midday

As we stand at your feet;
As towering as you are;
As your light is in the center of the sky;
So do we wish to be judged;

Plenty

By your grace I draw breath;
By your will dawn shall break;
With your guidance I shall resolve;
By your divinity I shall endure;

Sliver

Praise, for they are by your will;
Fear, for absence is upon them;
Praise, for you are with me;
Praise, for your light shall return;

Mains

Days of Judgment

Radiant and glorious, gracious to the bearers of thy name;
Holy one art thou, cover us with your light;
Arise for the judge of all, by his name all is;
Atonement is our humble intent;
Naught but rightful trial we seek of thee.

The Verdict

All congregates: Forgive us for our transgressions
Against nobility; our mothers; our fathers; our siblings; the plenty we have; the creed of our gods; the laws of our land; the order of our people.
All congregates: Forgive us for our faults
Vanity; Complacency; Unruliness; Apostasy; Malefication; Darkness; Corruption; Excess; Deceit.
All congregates: On this day, by this crowd, we permit the malefactors to attend repeat three times.
All congregates: Forgive us and forgive our kin
The thieves; the liars; the rapists; the obstructors; the apostates; the unlawful; the deserters; the marauders; the murderers; the quintists.
All congregates: Enact true judgement on all, retribute the wrong and strike true; Bring swift justice and adjudicate as you will; May this flock meet his shepherd next year, may the mother welcome us, may the sage teach us, may the wolf herd us to this place once more. repeat four times.

Harvest Festivities

Days of High-Magic

Eround

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Type

Text, Religious

Medium

Paper

Authoring Date

999

Ratification Date

1499

Expiration Date

1750

Signatories (Organizations)

• Andorian Church