Deathwatch/Grey knight Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Does any one wonder what would happen if they found out it was written by a traitor Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/280777-lectitio-divinatus/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMalone Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 I think a lot of people know and I think that was part of the word bearers being punished at mornicha. but during the days of heresy the general populace needed something to cling to Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/280777-lectitio-divinatus/#findComment-3472091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyMonkey Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Yeah. I thing they knew about it in the first millennia or so after the Horus Heresy, but over time people forgot and it's probably now a state secret, or Ecclesiastical secret to be exact. But yeah, I think people were generally more open minded back then. The Lectitio Divinatus had already taken hold, and it generally wasn't really a bad thing for society at that moment apart from Imperial Truth saying it was bad. Probably the fact that it wasn't bad in practice outweighed the fact that it was written by Lorgar. Also, I don't think the Lectitio Divinatus is taken as a central text to the belief in the God Emperor. It's one of the founding texts in that it provided the basis for many of the ideas, but I don't think the modern Ecclesiarchy still teaches it. Selections of it have probably made their way into a book of canon, though. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/280777-lectitio-divinatus/#findComment-3472107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathwatch/Grey knight Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 But has it been said that others know lorgar wrote it Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/280777-lectitio-divinatus/#findComment-3472428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy1391 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Pre fall primarchs works weren't purged. Hell Peturabo's chapter in the codex astartes is about siege warfare and it stuck! And you have to remember the imperial cult was spreading at the same time as the lodges. Who is to say how many people knew Lorgara wrote it. Another thing to remember is that proclamation of faith in divine beings was frowned on so I don't think a book titled "my daddy the god emperor..... By lorgar aurelian." Probably would have gone over like a turd in a punch bowl! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/280777-lectitio-divinatus/#findComment-3473252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Sergeant Bohemond Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 The Ecclesiasy probably stuck 'written by Bob Bloggs' on the front cover of every copy replacing Lorgar's name. Then when a Word Bearer is like 'hey, our traitor daddy wrote this!' the church can just say 'nope, heresy. Bob Bloggs wrote it!'. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/280777-lectitio-divinatus/#findComment-3473279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verythrax Draconis Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 The Ecclesiasy probably stuck 'written by Bob Bloggs' on the front cover of every copy replacing Lorgar's name. Then when a Word Bearer is like 'hey, our traitor daddy wrote this!' the church can just say 'nope, heresy. Bob Bloggs wrote it!'. Hail BOB! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/280777-lectitio-divinatus/#findComment-3474990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Written by Logar with divine guidance from the Emperor. Of course Logar fell to Chaos, showing us that anyone no matter how important or close to the Emperor can fall..... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/280777-lectitio-divinatus/#findComment-3476308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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