Bathinian Church Soterianity
Bathinian Church Soterianity, also known as Bathinism, is a branch of the religion that broke off from both Canonical and Anatolist influences during the schism of these latter two. The church centers around its asceticism and monasticism, rejecting the more grandiose aspects of its predecessors. It is considered by some to be a Bathinian ethnoreligion as a result of its relative isolation and dominance within the Bathinian ethnic group versus other faiths, with theological doctrines vaguely comparable to that of some sects of Pietist Soterianity.
The Bathinian Church originates as an autonomous Soterian church in the region of Bathinia. With the area being subject to significant interplay between Eastern and Canonical Soterianity due to its geographic position, the local Bathinian population had frequent admixture of different liturgical and ecclesiastical concepts. Although Canonical authorities attempt to strengthen their position in the region, this was met with middling success due to poor communication and organization. The relative remoteness of the region, combined with these failures of ecclesial consolidation, eventually led to the Bathinian Church separating from the Canonical Church through the appointment of their own local clerics and the use of alternative liturgical languages.
Attempts to abjure those responsible for the separation and bring the region back under Canonical control failed over the following years. In addition, Eastern Soterianity was unable to fully instill itself over the now-separated population. Centuries of independence from either major Soterian denomination yielded what many consider a prototypical form of Pietist Soterianity, with the Bathinian Church's theological concepts slowly changing over time in a fashion similar to what would be seen in other areas of Eurysia following the Pietist Reformation.