Church Scripture

The church scripture is a heavily censored religious text. Its passages accompany both Wendel’s anguished search for salvation and a coercive cutting ritual.

Story so far

Juliette remembers the church’s ornate gilded scripture protected by a bent-steel cage on a welded podium, with only occasional sentences visible among blacked-out passages. By the time Father Wendel reads from Isaiah, his copy has come apart into loose pages, still marked with censored words and sentences. That passage promises salvation and restoration of the land.

At the later church gathering, an officiant reads a covenant concerning descendants and flesh from a book before cutting a restrained woman.

Appearance

An ornate gilded book once protected by a bent-steel cage on a welded podium. Wendel’s copy is now loose pages with words and sentences blacked out.

Role

A censored religious authority used in worship and ritual.

Relationships

Father Wendel — Father Wendel reads a passage promising salvation and restored land.

Juliette — Juliette remembers its extensive censorship.

Sources — 5 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 10

The church’s scripture is an ornate gilded book protected by a bent-steel cage on a welded podium.
Juliette remembers the church’s scripture as heavily censored, with occasional sentences visible among blacked-out passages.

Chapter 54

Father Wendel’s scripture has fallen into loose pages with words and sentences blacked out.
The passage Wendel reads from Isaiah promises salvation and restoration of the land.

Chapter 55

The officiant reads a covenant about descendants and flesh from a book before cutting the restrained woman.