Progress of Truth Content . EXCERPT : concerning the points of Temple doctrine challenged by the Dissident priests : 1 . the divinity of the Tribunal . Temple doctrine claims their apotheosis was miraculously achieved through questing , virtue , knowledge , testing , and battling with Evil ; Temple doctrine claims their divine powers and immortality are ultimately conferred as a communal judgement by the Dunmer ancestors < nowiki > [ < / nowiki > including , among others , the Good Daedra , the prophet Veloth , and Saint Nerevar < nowiki > ] < / nowiki > . Dissident Priests ask whether Dagoth Ur ' s powers and the Tribunal powers might ultimately derive from the same source - - Red Mountain . Sources in the Apographa suggest that the Tribunal relied on profanely enchanted tools to achieve godhead , and that those unholy devices were the ones originally created by the ungodly Dwemer sorceror Kagrenac to create the False Construct Numidium . 2 . the purity of the Tribunal . The Dissident Priests say that the Temple has always maintained a public face < nowiki > [ < / nowiki > represented by the Heirographa - - the " priestly writings " < nowiki > ] < / nowiki > and a hidden face < nowiki > [ < / nowiki > represented by the Apographa - - the < nowiki > " < / nowiki > hidden writings < nowiki > " ] < / nowiki > . The public account portrays the actions of the Tribunal in a heroic light , while the hidden writings reveal secrets , untruths , inconsistencies , conflicting accounts and varying interpretations which hint at darker and less heroic motives and actions of the Tribunes . In particular , conflicting accounts of the battle at Red Mountain raise questions about the Tribunal ' s conduct , and about the source of their subsequent apotheosis . Also , there is good evidence that the Tribunal have been concealing the true nature of the threat posed by Dagoth Ur at Red Mountain , misleading the people about the Tribunal ' s ability to protect Morrowind from Dagoth Ur , and concealing a recent dramatic diminishing of the Tribunal ' s magical powers . 3 . Temple accounts of the Battle of Red Mountain . Ashlander tradition does not place the Tribunal at Red Mountain , and holds that the Dwemer destroyed themselves , rather than that Nerevar destroyed them . Ashlander tradition further holds that Nerevar left Dagoth Ur guarding the profane secrets of Red Mountain while Nerevar went to confer with the Grand Council < nowiki > [ < / nowiki > i . e . , the Tribunal < nowiki > ] < / nowiki > , that Nerevar died at the conference < nowiki > [ < / nowiki > not of his wounds , according to the Ashlanders , but from treachery < nowiki > ] < / nowiki > , and that subsequently the Tribunal confronted a defiant Dagoth Ur within Red Mountain , then drove Dagoth Ur beneath Red Mountain when he would not yield to their will . 4 . veneration of the Daedra , Saints , and Ancestors . While challenging the divinity of the Tribunal , the Dissidents do not challenge the sainthood or heroism of the Tribunal . In fact , the Dissident Priests advocate restoring many of the elements of Fundamentalist Ancestor Worship as practiced by the Ashlanders and by Saint Veloth . Exactly how this would work is debated inconclusively within the Dissident Priests . 5 . denial of the prophecies of the Incarnate , and persecution of the Nerevarines . Though no consensus exists among the Dissidents about whether the Nerevarine prophecies are genuine , all agree that the persecution of the Nerevarines is unjust and politically motivated . The Dissident Priests do not reject mysticism , revelation , or prophecy as part of the religious experience . The Dissidents have not resolved the issue of true or false insights . They have studied the mysticism of the Ashlander Ancestor Cults , in particular the rites of the Ashlander seers and wise women , and the prophecies of the Incarnate . Many among the Dissident Priests have come to believe that the Nerevarine prophecies are genuine , and have made a systematic study of prophecies recorded in Temple archives . 6 . Authority of the Archcanon and the Ordinators . The Dissident Priests reject the authority of the Archcanon and the Ordinators . The temple hierarchy has been corrupted by self - interest and politics , and no longer acts in the best interests of the Temple or its worshippers . The Dissident Priests believe the Archcanon and Ordinators speak for themselves , not for the Tribunal . 7 . the Inquisition and the use of terror and torture by the Ordinators . Within the Temple hierarchy it is an open secret that the Ordinators rely on abduction , terror , torture , and secret imprisonment to discourage heresy and dissent . The Dissident Priests feel the Ordinators are either out of control , or tools used to maintain a corrupt priesthood in power . 8 . fundamentals of Temple doctrine - Charity for the Poor , Education for the Ignorant , Protection for the Weak . Though the Dissident Priests acknowledge that most rank - and - file priests honor the best traditions of the Temple , they believe that many priests in higher ranks are interested more in love of authority and luxury than in the welfare of the poor , weak , and ignorant .