Editing MedHammer 40,000: Religion (section)

==Legal Status of Religion in M41==

Religions Imperium wide are free from condemnation by the Imperium so long as they are deemed compliant to The Terran Creed. That is not to say that they are necessarily accepted. Indeed, many higher level  Imperial organizations openly discriminate against particualr religions, barring devotees from upper echelons of membership, if not outright banning them from any sort of leadership roles. Otherwise the treatment of religion can vary segmentum by segmentum, system by system, and planet by planet.

===In the Segmentum Solar===

Because the Segmentum Solar's privilege of Governance by The High Lords of Terra, it is perhaps the only place where any sort of official stance of Tolerance is kept. The High Lords of Terra have official representatives of both ancient religions and the cults of Mechanicum and Aurelian as part of their leadership. The Segmentum Solar practices a policy of official tolerance outside of Terra and Mars. So long as the religion is Compliant to The Terran Creed it is afforded certain rights and privileges in the Segmentum Solar.

====Magna Terra====
Terra Itself is a little more complicated.  In keeping with an official Terran decree dating from before The Great Crusade, no churches nor houses of worship are permitted on Terra. Because of this many religions with Religious seats on Terra actually have their Ecclesiastic Palaces on Luna, where the Rules are less constraining. Some of these Religions additionally have secular "Monuments" and "Museums" on terra, that despite being owned by the various churches, comply enough with of Terra's rules to be permitted. To call these "Museums" or monuments does not do these architectural masterpieces justice. These are massive complexes of schools, research centers, grand halls, plazas, the size of citties, complete with massive spaceports and lodging complexes built to house the many pilgrims (i mean visitors) who come to visit. All of these museums are effectively small primitive hive-worlds due to terra's lack of atmosphere requiring their own life support.

These Monuments include, but are not limited to:
*;The Museum of The First To Fall
:Owned by The Aurelian Cult
:Is a grand museum dedicated to those original preachers who came from the Maccragge Pilgrim Fleet
:Is also commemorating their efforts in proselytizing before Terra's atmosphere was decimated by Alpharius
:The Museum is one of the Best historical archives on the Great Treachery as well as Pre-Heresy Ultramar Culture.
*;The Monument of Sacra Terra
:Owned by the Katholians
:This museum is a monument to Terra's ancient religious sites from its most ancient history.
:along with the Museum Inculabra, this is one of the few places in which any knowledge of Terra's ancient history is kept.
*;The Monument of The Inculabra
:a museum located on the site of the Holy site of the Obsequiani
:this grand museum is the third most regularly traversed to places on magna terra outside of The Museum of The First to Fall and The Imperial Palace.
:At the Center of these museum is the origional complex, built and funded by none other than The Primarch Jaghatai Khan himelf.
:Along with The Sacra Terra Monument, this harbors some of the best collections of Terra's ancient history
*; Saline Monument
:owned by The Apiani Cult
:This monument explains the history of The Apiani people and history, both on earth and outside it.
:It is considered to be one of the Pre-eminent centers for Merikanology.

====Mars====
Mars is an independent Political entity from Tera, and as such, they are subject to their own rules. The Planet of Mars is a Theocracy for the Cult Mechanicus, and intends to stay that way.

===In The Segmentum Tempestus===
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===In The Segmentum Obscura===
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===In Grand Macharia===
Grand Macharia was ultimately the result of a citizen army composed of deeply spiritual refugees and volunteers. Reclaiming the Segmentum Pacificus from Chaos was just as much a work of faith as it was combat. As such, grand macharia looks upon non-religious with suspicion, seeing a lack of faith as a liability in a realm so close to The Eye of Terror.
===In The Ultima Segmentum===

The Segmentum Pacificus, led by the Primarch Vulkan, officially holds the Promethean Cult to be the official creed of the Segmentum. Given the the strenuous requirements of this faith, and Vulkan's own tolerant personality it is not enforced. Several religions exist within the segmentum including a substantial following of Aurellian Cult, and its syncretized version, the Dauntless Cult.

===In The Ultramar Autonomous Realm===