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Yeah, I never noticed myself even though I'd looked at the archetype a few times in the past.

Interestingly, the Oath of the People's Council oath you pointed out might actually provide me a really good way to house-rule a fix for Martyrs, as they function so closely the same in subbing out smite for a variation of bardic performance. Make Aura of Truth be affected by the Martyr's aura mastery and it makes a good outgrowth of the Hear No Evil, See No Evil aura Martyrs get.

So, one of my players has expressed interest in this particular Paladin archetype, and while I love the concept behind it, two things caught my eye that made me wonder if there was something missing with it. I couldn't find a single mention of it anywhere else, so maybe it's been ruled on but I missed it...

Anyway, I noticed that Aura of Justice and Holy Champion are both not addressed by the Archetype. Both of those abilities have major interaction with Smite Evil, and Smite Evil is replaced by Stigmata for Martyrs. Pretty much every other archetype I've seen that replaces Smite also alters those abilities to fit.

Was this an error that's been errata'd or just one of those 'oops' moments I've caught from time to time in Pathfinder stuff?

I'm certain that by the letter of the rules all of this is correct, but I'm not sure it's the intent of it.

Why be so specific to refer to it being considered 'on the caster's spell list'?

Why be so specific to point out that it is from the cleric spell list when there are arcane casters with the full range of cures on their lists (I think. Witches do, right? I could be wrong here).

Why write the fluff referencing divine power specifically?

'A white mage is an arcanist touched by a divine power and gifted with the ability to heal others.'

It just points to a more nuanced intent than the RAW approach would indicate.