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{{EcclesiarchyPortal}}{{clear}}Faction{|hspace=5 VSPACE=5 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=4 style="margin:7px; border:1px solid #090909"|colspan=2 alignName ="center"|'''Adeptus Ministorum (Ecclesiarchy)''' |-|align=center colspan=2 styleImage ="font-size:85%;font:85%"|[[File:Adeptus Ministorum Symbol.jpg|60px]]|-|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 styleImageCaption ="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Headquarters'Ecclesiarchy''symbol|cellpaddingTitle1 =2 cellspacingHeadquarters|Content1 =1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Ecclesiarchal Palace]], [[Terra]]|-|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 styleTitle2 ="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Leader'''|cellpaddingContent2 =2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Ecclesiarch]] [[Eos Ritira]]|-|cellpadding=2 cellspacingTitle3 =1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Governing Body'''|cellpaddingContent3 =2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Holy Synod]]|-|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 styleTitle4 ="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Armed Forces'''|cellpaddingContent4 =2 cellspacing=1 style="font-size:95%;font:95%"|[[Sisters of Battle]]<br>[[Death Cult]]s<br>[[Crusader]]s<br>[[Frateris Militia]]|-|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 styleTitle5 ="font-size:95%;font:95%"|'''Established'''|cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1 styleContent5 ="font-size:95%;font:95%"|Early [[M32]]|}}
The '''Ecclesiarchy''' (officially the '''Adeptus Ministorum''') is the hierarchy of the [[Imperial Cult]].{{Fn|1a}} It maintains and spreads the [[Imperial Creed]], the only official religion of the [[Imperium]]. Although the interpretation of the Ecclesiarchy's rites and dogma varies throughout the Imperium, any serious deviance from its strictures is considered [[heresy]] and dealt with severely. The Ecclesiarchy is based on [[Terra]], its urban [[Ecclesiarchal Palace|palace]] covering nearly all of the southernmost continent.{{Fn|1c}}
