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Similar to the [[Space Marine#Chapter Cult| Chapter Cults]] of other chapters, the Blood Ravens do not [[Space_Marines#Theist_Chapters| venerate the Emperor as a god]] but as the mightiest of men.{{fn|2b}}{{fn|11k}} As they are unable to identify their Primarch, they instead give praise to the Emperor with fervor greater than many other Chapters{{fn|11k}} which has been displayed at times by various individual marines which can help them allay the typical friction that occurs between typical Codex chapters and the ministorum.{{fn|2b}} Though this did not prevent them from pursuing open hostilities with the [[Order of the Sacred Rose]] during the [[Kaurava]] ''Campaign,''{{fn|5}} nor prevent the Inquisition declaring an [[Exterminatus]] on their subsector partly in response to this.{{fn|1}}
Although the Blood Ravens do not view the Emperor as a god, they are still deeply religious, believing that he can still protect the souls of the faithful, the . They place an importance of in faith, and believe in the existence of an afterlife:
*''Pain now, reward in the afterlife!'' — Anonymous Blood Raven Tactical Marine{{Fn|3}}
*''My faith is my shield!'' — Anonymous Blood Raven Tactical Marine{{Fn|1}}
