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== Doctrine ==
The doctrine most taught by the Steel Ministry is that the skaa are cursed and the nobility are blessed.{{book ref|mb2|14}} The basic doctrine is that the nobility has prestige and access to Allomancy because of their ancestors' loyalty to the Lord Ruler, while the skaa were punished for the sins of their own ancestors. The Mistborn are taught to be descendants of the only men who supported the Lord Ruler before his Ascension.{{book ref|mb1|3}}{{book ref|mb1|7}}
[[File:The_Lord_Ruler_2_by_Rafael_Sousa.png|thumb|right|The Lord Ruler by [[Rafael_Sousa]]]]
It is taught that before his Ascension, the Lord Ruler was only a mortal man.{{book ref|mb1|17}} He is revered as the creator and savior of the world, the "Sliver of Infinity".{{book ref|mb1|8}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|6}} When the Deepness, taught to be a dark monster, threatened the world, the Lord Ruler slew it and saved the world.{{book ref|mb2|56}} He punished the people's lack of faith with the ash and mists.{{book ref|mb1|6}} Not much else on the Deepness or the Lord Ruler is taught; religion is seen as something the Ministry would take care of.{{book ref|mb2|14}} Skaa aren't taught much of the Ministry's doctrine. Skaa and nobles alike were required to fulfill their roles in the Empire and obey the Lord Ruler, but neither devotion nor faith is requested.{{book ref|mb1|7}}
For the obligators, more worship is required. Daily prayer and ceremonies to the Lord Ruler are practices of the religion.{{wob ref|7695}} There is a ritual that involves an altar made of gold. It is centered in a room with four candelabra at the corners. Near the altar, [[Alendi's journal]], written in Khlenni, was kept. Near the doorway, a bowl of small, triangular knives was kept on a pillar to be used in the ritual.{{book ref|mb1|14}} The knives were occasionally used for the worshiper to slice their own body.{{wob ref|7695}}
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