Difference between revisions of "Hierocracy"

The main goal of the Hierocracy was to unite the world under the Vorin faith, ruled by the ardents.{{book ref|sa1|26}} By the zenith of its power, the Hierocracy controlled nearly all of eastern Roshar.{{book ref|sa2|3}} It is uncertain what nations aside from [[Alethela]]{{book ref|sa1|18}} were controlled by the Hierocracy, but it is possible that the other primarily Vorin eastern nations of [[Kharbranth]], [[Natanatan]] and [[Jah Keved]] also fell under the Church's influence.{{book ref|sa2|8}} The Church tried to conquer the world and control the people "for their own good."{{book ref|sa1|18}} Priests controlled what people learned, what religious paths they followed, and the overall doctrine, because they claimed that the common people could not understand theology. They justified this with visions and prophecyprophecies from they claimed to see. This flew in the face of traditional Vorin doctrine, which held that trying to divine the future was evil, and a part of the heart of [[Voidbinding]].

One of the other primary goals of the Hierocracy was to expunge knowledge of [[Shadesmar]], the [[Knights Radiant]] and the [[Recreance]],{{book ref|sa2|3}} the first failure of Vorinism,{{book ref|sa1|45}} from the records as best as they could.{{book ref|sa2|3}} Many primary sources and other historical documents were tampered with and altered by the ardents in their attempts to repress history. They suppressed knowledge of the abilities of the Knights Radiant, as well as subjects related to them, such as their home city, the lost of city of [[Urithiru]].{{book ref|sa2|6}} This cleansing of history is present across all of Roshar; even the great libraries of the world such as the [[Palanaeum]] show signs of this tampering.