The Commission of Ecumenical Translators emerged after Butlerian Jihad, when the Spacing Guild and the Bene Gesserit (who foresaw increased opportunities for furthering their own plans) encouraged the leaders of religions to exchange their views.
The CET in the course of 7 years created the Orange Catholic Bible; a revised amalgamation of the ancient holy scriptures, a considerable extension of the traditional canon, and it also abridged and reordered it.
They guaranteed labor for the next generation of scholars, who were engaged in assembling the Azhar Book, which preserves the great secrets of the most ancient faiths and traces the received texts to their origins.
The OCB spread out through the worlds. Some interpreted this as a sign from God, an omen of unity. But the CET delegates when they returned to their respective congregations 18 of them were lynched within two months and 53 recanted within the year.
Members of the CET included Chairman Toure Bomoko and Bertoli who wrote Memoirs from their meetings. They numbered some well published poets among them.
Faiths[]
This is a list of the 101 CET faiths as mentioned in the flyleaf of the first edition. Note that 20 of the original C.E.T. were recalled before the work was completed.
The Ahmadiyah Christian Council
The Assemblies of Allah
Astronomical Christian Observers
Baptismal Cosmotheists of Shingon
Belt Hypostatical Program
Ben Kalism in Gangishre
The Bhakti Votaries
Black Vedantist Conclave
The Buddhist Pali Movement
The Buddislamic Christian Church of Sikun
The Buddislamic Jain Faith of Lankivek
The Calvinistic Genetical Determinant Elect Body, Incorporated