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The faith was not founded by a single person, and can trace its roots back to nearly the beginning of yinrih history to an event called the Theophany, where the Creator of the universe is said to have revealed itself to the entire yinrih species. It shares many characteristics with human monotheistic religions, though the Supreme Being is explicitly claimed to lack both a name (as that would imply there are more than one of its kind that would need to be distinguished with names) and a gender (as that would imply that there others of its kind of the opposite gender with which it must beget young). In English, it is properly referred to using the neuter "it". Indeed, it is said to belong to no broader category to which even a common noun can be applied. Very orthodox Wayfarers hesitate to refer to it using words like "God" or "deity", though when pressed most will admit those terms fit well enough. It is properly addressed using epithets or kennings, with "The Uncreated Light", or just "The Light" being the most commonly used term.

The faith goes by a few other names in English, mostly stemming from the Latin calque ''clara via'' (Bright Way). These include ''Claravianism'' and ''Claravism''. Many Wayfarers regard these names to be mildly offensive~~, but~~ the adjectival form ''Claravian'' has no such connotations.

The faith goes by a few other names in English, mostly stemming from the Latin calque ''clara via'' (Bright Way). These include ''Claravianism'' and ''Claravism''. Many Wayfarers regard these names to be mildly offensive. They claim that the ''-ism'' suffix equates faith with a pathology like alcoholism. The adjectival form ''Claravian'' has no such connotations.

= Canons of Scripture =

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 The faith was not founded by a single person, and can trace its roots back to nearly the beginning of yinrih history to an event called the Theophany, where the Creator of the universe is said to have revealed itself to the entire yinrih species. It shares many characteristics with human monotheistic religions, though the Supreme Being is explicitly claimed to lack both a name (as that would imply there are more than one of its kind that would need to be distinguished with names) and a gender (as that would imply that there others of its kind of the opposite gender with which it must beget young). In English, it is properly referred to using the neuter "it". Indeed, it is said to belong to no broader category to which even a common noun can be applied. Very orthodox Wayfarers hesitate to refer to it using words like "God" or "deity", though when pressed most will admit those terms fit well enough. It is properly addressed using epithets or kennings, with "The Uncreated Light", or just "The Light" being the most commonly used term.
-The faith goes by a few other names in English, mostly stemming from the Latin calque ''clara via'' (Bright Way). These include ''Claravianism'' and ''Claravism''. Many Wayfarers regard these names to be mildly offensive, but the adjectival form ''Claravian'' has no such connotations.
+The faith goes by a few other names in English, mostly stemming from the Latin calque ''clara via'' (Bright Way). These include ''Claravianism'' and ''Claravism''. Many Wayfarers regard these names to be mildly offensive. They claim that the ''-ism'' suffix equates faith with a pathology like alcoholism. The adjectival form ''Claravian'' has no such connotations.
 = Canons of Scripture =