Editing MedHammer 40,000: Religion (section)

===The Codex Astartes===
Obviously the laity has little in the way of use for a book written to provide guidence towards managment of astartes legions, and battle tactics, however, that has not stemmed the fascination the laity has for the Last Words written by their god. As such, the Ancillae have created abriged and commentated versions of the Codex Astartes for private devotional use. These abridged codexes, often truncated to a bare sentence quotes with paragraphs of interpretation, are crafted by the individual chapters for use by the population under their command. So there are countless collections of devotional codexes. However, a few published by the more famous Holy Seats stand out and can be read regularly.

====The Yanna-Gaëlle Codex (The Masali Codex)====
{{topquote|Those we send to die on strange soil, unfathomable distances from their homes, are not turning to The Divine Gulliman for a course, they do not seek a disertation before turning to their bunks. They trust in us, in Horus, and in the emperor, to guide their  weapons and their feet in such matters. And thus we have compiled our collection of the Codex astartes, not to feed the soul, but to anchor it. Let the mind of Lord Gulliman and his wisdom soothe them with knowledge of his oversight, as a father does his child. Not with understanding of his methods, but comfort in knowing that he has them. | Abbess Anaïs Gaëlle to Spiritual Liege  Mael Perig of Masali}}

{{topquote| If you want to learn about your Ultramari Auxillaries, look at their Copy of The Codex. Don't look at their uniform, badges, hair, or mannerisms. You aren't going to learn anything from that, because the Ultramari are too proud and vain to let their appearance convey anything other than pride. But the Soldier's Codex is arranged by reflections into particular difficulties or dilemmas, it becomes a key to the Trillileur's Heart. Take this one Officer I met, her bright Prandium Orange Jacket was clean though worn, while her face, hair, and smile portrayed a look of mischief and youthful beauty. I asked her if she was in need of anything from the church, but she smiled and just asked for the standard needs for her subordinates and comrades. But as I looked the codex strapped to her waist, i saw a book almost untouched, save for a single section towards the second third of the book. The creases and dogears of where the section were well thumbed, uneven, and stuffed with loose leaves of personal writings. A few days later, I am administering a funeral. A captain abandons their company, and from reports, was laughing and howling at a squad of Fire Warriors before her demise. I was shocked to find that it was the same beguiling woman I had met only a few days before. Finding the copy of the codex again, I looked at the worn sections. "Reflections on St Aeonid, the Last Man at Calth," "Gulliman on the duties of survivors," "Prayers for Captured Comrades," "Recovering from Assaults on The Mind," "The Fate of Cowards and Deserters." The Aurelian had borne this woman's soul to me, and I was too blind to read it. We in the Ecclesiarchy should not disparage this diluted version of Our Lord Gulliman's work. We should study it well and use it, for our Lord has given us a key into the souls of his subjects.| Fratres Paschal Decimus, Astra Militarum Chaplain, SUEU}}
Sometimes also called the Soldier's Codex, or The Tarrasque Codex. It was the work of Ordo Militant Abbess Magali Yanna and Ordo Gramaticus Abbess Anaïs Gaëlle under the Commission of The Spiritual Liege of Masali. The Yanna-Gaelle Codex, was written for the Trillileurs, who are stationed nearby. Rather than arranging the codex in a way that apes its original composition, Magali Yana designed the codex under the conceit that a soldier turning to this book would be looking for words of comfort, healing, and solace. collects passages of the Codex and comprises them as "Reflections." Some of these reflections are taken from the Glossia of Chapters under the leadership of Masali, others are composed from interviews, others are drafted by Megali Yanna, herself a veteran of several wars. These reflections are written by Ultramarine warriors, Pious leaders, and Ancillae, who discuss the passage in relation to life of war and travel.