Fighting the Sanctum(1)
Every Matron was always told a story by the one before them on the day that they took the position as the leader of the Goddess's Sanctum.
Many, many centuries ago, when the sect had first been created by the first Goddess, there had been a time when they were still quite weak, and needed to be left alone so that they could gather the strength to grow and reach the lofty heights that they were aiming for.
In such a time, one day, a man came to the doorstep of the then humble abode of the sect.
He was sent by the cautious leader of a different sect that was part of the then Big Four, and his purpose had been to eradicate them when they were still weak so that there would be no chance whatsoever that they would ever grow strong enough to threaten the position of the sect.