Editing Oghma (section)

==Worshippers==
Priests of Oghma refer to themselves as ''"Loremasters"'', though it has no explicit connection to the [[Prestige Class]] of the same name, those Loremasters would make very good priests of Oghma anyway.

As mentioned, the church of Oghma is split into several factions: the first is the '''Orthodox Church of Oghma''', who believe that their <s>Pope</s> Grand Patriarch went missing during the [[Time of Troubles]]. They still believe that he either serves Oghma directly on the outer planes or has ascended to a semi-divine statues, so they have refused to elect a new one until his fate has been determined. This faction believes that knowledge should be shared freely, no matter its content.

The second faction are the '''Church of Oghma in Sembia''' who have elected a new Patriarch, who has far more conservative views on dissemination of knowledge,  feeling that it should be tested and proven worthy before general release.

A third faction called the '''Pursuers of Pure Knowledge''' acknowledge the new patriarch, but do not accept his stance on vetting knowledge.

This creates somewhat of an impasse between the three churches, to the point that priests of some factions were not welcome in the regions of others and vice versa. However while this religious schism seem to follow [[Heresy|real-world examples of faiths splintering]], one forgets that in Faerun the deities answer prayers through magic, so strictly speaking none of the factions are wrong because Oghma grants spells to all of his followers.

Another separate faction from the [[Shining South]] revere Oghma under the feminine guise of '''Curna''', who they consider to be an aspect of the unifying world spirit they refer to as '''Adama'''. This sect is barely involved with the politics of the others and has a more common sense approach to knowledge, dealing primarily with knowledge of day-to-day current events.