The Deistic Church

The Deistic Church of the Three Great Benevolents, also known as The Deistic Church or simply Deism, is a new faith that has emerged at the beginning of the Sixth Age, amalgamating the theological doctrines of Saradomin, Armadyl and Guthix whilst holding the Godless view that the Gods have no place interfering in the affairs of man. Deism rests on the teachings of Saint Virgil the Prophet, whose Mortal Testament is the first book of the four contained in the holy book, the Sacra Codex. The other three books, the Book of Order, the Book of Law and the Book of Balance, form the Godly Testament.

Deism is currently the state religion of the Kingdom of Anglia in western Asgarnia, and has a slowly growing following.

Structure
The head of the Deistic Church is the Ecumenical Patriarch, the incumbet being Magnus, who is also Patriarch of Asgarnia. The Ecumenical Patriarch can issue a Patriarchal Bull, which can be regarded as an official statement of dogma by the Ecumenical Patriarch and is to be regarded as legitimate religious practice, as much as the Sacra Codex.

Underneath the Ecumenical Patriarchs are the Pentarchy, a system of Patriarchs representing the Patriarchates of Misthalin, Asgarnia, Kandarin, the North and the Kharidian. The Patriarch of Asgarnia is held by the Ecumenical Patriarch however. A Patriarchate is activated at the Ecumenical Patriarch's command when the Deistic Church is sufficiently established within a nation. With the full activation of the Pentarchy, the Church will have regarded its mission of prosyletisation a success.

Canonisations and Beatifications
The following people have been canonised as Saints of the Deistic Church: The following people have been beatified, and are given the prefix Blessed:
 * Saint Virgil the Prophet
 * Saint Arrav the Martyer
 * Saint Alexander the Wise
 * Saint Althame the Wiccan
 * Saint Robert the Strong
 * Blessed Idria the Guardian