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    • The Four Pillars of Faith

    Posted by JJasper on 2018-01-26 19:06

    Pelorians believe that the life-giving sun is the best cure for all of the world’s ills. Justice and freedom are brought about through charity, modesty, perseverance, and self-sacrifice.

    Pelor’s priests teach that the truly strong don’t need to prove their power. Pelorians strive to perform so many good acts that evil has no room in which to exist, though they will fight if necessary.

    Pelor is wrathful against the forces of evil, and is especially opposed to the undead. However, Pelor urges his followers to remember that excessive attention to things of evil can blind one to the truly important things: compassion and goodness. These are what must be emphasized above all.

    Pelorian dogma has it that the energy and power of life originates in the sun.

    The Light of Pelor is the most common Pelorian holy book, beginning with Pelor’s creation of the sun and telling of how Pelor instructed the first mortals. How, in a time of great evil and darkness Pelor shown his light on the Rock of Pelor and gave his message to Marius. Some versions portray Pelor as the sun itself, rather than its creator, and tell of Pelor’s attempts to win back those who have strayed from his light. The Light of Pelor only has minor variations in it, and all are considered canonical, despite these small discrepancies. The book is often enchanted to glow with a soft solar radiance when it’s closed, and some versions are gilded.

    The Four pillars of the faith are laid out in the Light of Pelor:

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    Posted by JJasper on 2018-01-26 19:09

    Shahadah

    Shahadah is professing the glory and power of Pelor. This message is formost in the church. It does not claim that Pelor should be the only god simply that he is the most important god, both practically and metaphysically. During their lives, a worshiper of Pelor must proclaiming the following with full understanding and acceptance saying in Pelorian:

    “Pelor is the first among equals, without his light nothing is possible”
    "Deus est primoris inter par, vacuus suus lux lucis nusquam est venio"

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    Posted by JJasper on 2018-01-26 19:11

    Salah

    The second pillar of Pelor is Salat, the requirement to pray 5 times a day at fixed times during the day. The times of day to pray are at dawn, mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon, and sunset.

    Each salat is performed facing towards the west in the morning and east during the afternoon, the prayer at noon is done to the west in summer and spring and to the east in fall and winter. Salat is intended to focus the mind on the gifts which Pelor is giving us each day; it is seen as a personal communication with Pelor, expressing gratitude and worship.

    According to the Light of Pelor, the benefit of prayer “restrains one from shameful and evil deeds”. Light of Pelor 29:40

    Salat is compulsory but the body and clothing, as well as the place of prayer, must be cleansed.

    All prayers should be conducted within the prescribed time period (the vicis) and with the appropriate length of time (tempus). While the prayers may be made at any point within the vicis, it is considered best to begin them as soon as possible after the call to prayer is heard. That comes from the bells on a temple.

    The prayers are essentially expressions of adoration of Pelor, but the worshipper may add his own personal request. The most commonly repeated prayer is the short first verse declaired my Marius after his revelation:

    "Praise be to Pelor, Lord of the Sun, the compassionate, the merciful"
    "Laus exsisto ut Deus , Senior of Sol solis , pius , misericordaliter"
    Light of Pelor 3:01

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    Posted by JJasper on 2018-01-26 19:18

    Zakat

    Zakat or alms-giving, is the practice of charitable giving by Pelorians based on accumulated wealth, and is obligatory for all who are able to do so. It is considered to be a personal responsibility for Pelorians to ease economic hardship for others and eliminate inequality.

    Zakat consists of spending a fixed portion of one’s wealth for the benefit of the poor or needy, including slaves, debtors and travellers. A Pelorian may also donate more as an act of voluntary charity (sanctimonia), and all are incouraged to do so if able.

    There are four principles that should be followed when giving the Zakat:

    • The giver must declare to Pelor and his Priest his intention to give the Zakat.

    • The Zakat must be paid on the day that it is due, traditionaly the last day of Reaping. If one fails to pay the Zakat, people think he is refusing to fulfill God’s wishes.

    • Payment must be in kind. This means if one has a lot of money then he needs to pay 10% of his income. If he does not have much money, he needs to pay in a different way. For example, if he has a lot of cattle, then he pays in cattle instead of money.

    • The Zakat must be distributed in the community in which it was taken from.
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    Posted by JJasper on 2018-01-26 19:29

    Keeping the Fast during Reaping

    In the Pelorian faith the month of Reaping is known as Pia Pium Oris Sane the Holy Month of Rationing. Ritual fasting is an obligatory act during this month and Pelorians must abstain from food, and drink from dawn to dusk during this month, and are to be especially mindful of other sins.

    The fast is meant to allow Pelorians to seek nearness to Pelor, to express their gratitude to and dependence on him, to atone for their past sins, and to remind them of the needy. During the Oris Sane, Pelorians are also expected to put more effort into following the teachings of Pelor by refraining from violence, anger, envy, greed, lust, harsh language, gossip and to try to get along with people better than normal.

    Fasting during Oris Sane is obligatory, but is forbidden in some cases, for several groups for whom it would be dangerous or excessively problematic. These include pre-pubescent children, those with a medical condition such as diabetes, elderly people, and pregnant or breastfeeding women.

    Observing fasts is not required for those who "already spend their lives longing for food, for they observe the sacred fast year round" Light of Pelor 37:29.

    Other individuals for whom it is considered acceptable not to fast are those who are ill or travelling. Missing fasts usually must be made up soon afterwards, although the exact requirements vary according to circumstance.

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