Editing Lectitio Divinitatus (section)

==Overview==
The Lectitio Divinitatus (also Lectio Divinitatus) was originally penned by [[Lorgar Aurelian]] after his vision of the [[Emprah]] gave this choir boy a [[Slaanesh|sexual awakening]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and before his fall to Chaos.

It postulated the worship of the Emperor of Mankind as a [[Heresy|divine being]]. The following of the Lectitio Divinitatus became an underground cult, believed to be the precursor of the Temple of the Saviour Emperor and the Imperial Cult, the basis of the modern [[Ecclesiarchy|Adeptus Ministorum]]. During the Great Crusade such cults were frowned upon by the Emperor and the Council of Terra, and most especially by the Astartes and those serving them. The Emperor downplayed his power but those who believed in the Emperor's godhood were of the opinion - as Titus Cassar once put it - that "only the truly divine deny their divinity".

In the 63rd Expeditionary Fleet, commanded by [[Horus Lupercal|Warmaster Horus]] himself, the cult was most prevalent. Horus took steps to try to extinguish the cult, as he perceived it as a threat to his power. The [[remembrancer]] Euphrati Keeler — who was attached to the 63rd - became a major figure, venerated as a [[Living Saint|living saint]] and prophet of the Emperor. As a result, she was the target of Horus' assassins at some point before she escaped from the Vengeful Spirit. Even some Astartes - such as Nathaniel Garro, the Death Guard loyalist who led the Eisenstein escape - became part of the cult at one point.

The [[Sisters of Battle]], the [[Red Scorpions]], the [[Fire Angels]] and the [[Black Templars]] treat this thing as holy writ and parade them inside a warzone. Lorgar then penned [[Book of Lorgar]] for Chaos.