Editing Age of Apostasy (section)

==Thorian Reformation==
With Vandire dead, Thor became the new Ecclesiarch (initially refusing the position, but the Adeptus Custodes commanded him to either take the position or die) and he instituted some reforms. First, he toned down the Ecclesiarchy's grandeur, insisting that the Church serve the Imperium as much as the other way around. Second, he issued the [[Decree passive]], a law which stated that the Ecclesiarchy should have no "men under arms". Finally, since he realized that the Ecclesiarchy still needed an armed force in case another Vandire tried to spring up, he reformed the Daughters of the Emperor into the Orders Militant of a new, all-female branch of the Ecclesiarchy, the [[Adepta Sororitas]], reasoning that the Decree Passive didn't forbid them since they were ''women'' under arms and that the Ecclesiarchy shouldn't be left totally dependent on the other parts of the Imperium for its defense. Even in the [[grimdark|grim, dark]] future, there are still [[rules lawyers]].

If you're still trying to untangle the issue, remember that most of Vandire's former victims wanted the Ecclesiarchy up and gone. Hearing that Thor's second and third reforms were seemingly mutually exclusive probably shut them up with happy smiles, and hearing that the pious and largely-incorruptible Daughters would be doing the policing likely didn't raise any further complaints (and those that did complain [[Blam|shut themselves up quickly]]).

'''MERCIFULLY''', this infamous case of semantics fuckery was actually resolved in pretty badass fashion by the 8th Edition version of Codex: Adepta Sororitas in 2019. Witnessing the furiously fiery faith of the Daughters of the Emperor and recognizing the need for the missionaries and standing churches of the Imperial Cult to have a way to defend themselves, Sebastian Thor went to bat for the Daughters. Thanks to the momentum of, you know, saving mankind from a raving lunatic with delusions of grandeur, he was able to strongarm the High Lords into exempting the Daughters from the Decree Passive and allowing them to reorganize as the Adepta Sororitas we know and love today, with the caveat that the Sororitas have the responsibility of basically being the Ecclesiarchy's version of Commissars. [[Awesome]] guy, that Sebastian Thor.

So on the one hand, the Ministorum is happy to have the nuns with guns under their authority; on the other hand, the nuns with guns constantly watch the Ministorum and its personnel for any sign of corruption be it Chaotic or mundane and don't hesitate to get their flame on at the first hint. This hasn't stopped them from putting the Ecclesiarchy's desires first on occasion, though (which considering the Reign of Blood should have immediately gotten the offenders purged).

Finally, the Moirae Schism of the Adeptus Mechanicus (which had been ongoing since the Nova Terra Interregnum) was peacefully brought to an end with Thorian reformation and the schismatics were allowed to rejoin the Orthodox Tech Priests, while the [[Sons of Medusa]] Chapter made up of [[Iron Hands]] and Marines from successors believing in the Moirae doctrine (minus the [[Red Talons]] who killed all of their schismatics) were judged to be pure and their unofficial founding was formally ratified by an edict by the restored High Lords, finally bringing an end to the last major problem of the Nova Terra Interregnum as well.

To make sure these new reforms were followed, the [[Inquisition]] set up the Ordo Sanctorum and [[Ordo Hereticus]] to both police the Ecclesiarchy and protect the purity of its teachings, with the Battle-Sisters serving as the Ordo's Chamber Militant.

As proof that no good deed goes unpunished, Thor's head got taken by [[Trazyn the Infinite]], making Trazyn no less than the fifth person to have claimed that valuable skull. No kidding, the paperwork is such a clusterfuck that three different Sororitas shrines and at least one Chaos jackass all claim they've got Thor's skull knocking around in their attic somewhere (although to Trazyn's credit, this head is preserved in a jar, which makes it more plausible he did get the original).