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==Overview==
The contents of this belief involved the removal of religion, faith and superstition that plagued numerous [[Human]] worlds that had been recontacted by [[Terra]]. Instead, the Imperial Truth was offered by [[Iterator]]s that provided the cold clarity of logic and science to the masses.<sup>1</sup>As part of his campaign to spread the Imperial truth, the Emperor's [[Thunder Warriors]] destroyed churches, believing it to be necessary to have humanity accept science and reason over superstition and barbarism.{{Fn|3}}
The Imperial Truth began to disintegrate due to the [[Horus Heresy]] and encounters with the [[Chaos|Dark Powers]] of the [[Warp]]. Many either turned Traitor as a result or embraced the growing [[Lectitio Divinitatus]] which proclaimed that the [[Emperor]] was a god. <sup>2</sup>
*<sup>1</sup>: [[Horus Rising (Novel)|Horus Rising]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
*<sup>2</sup>: [[Galaxy In Flames (Novel)|Galaxy In Flames]] by [[Ben Counter]]
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Last Church (Short Story)]]
[[Category:Imperium]]
[[Category:The Horus Heresy]]