Rites & Records Index

• Rite of First Breath
  (Ecclesiastical Record of Live Birth)

• Rite of Presentation
  (Dedication / Guardianship Acknowledgment)

• Rite of Union
  (Ecclesiastical Covenant of Union)

• Rite of Office
  (Appointment of Trustees / Officers / Clerks)

• Rite of Healing & Reconciliation
  (Spiritual restoration, release, sealing)

• Rite of Transition
  (Return to Source / Jurisdictional release)

• Rite of Continuance
  (Succession, legacy, trusteeship transfer)

• Rite of Knowledge
  → This is initiation into learning, not a service
  → Belongs under Academia

• Rite of Mastery (Important distinction)

  • Academia side: Preparation, study, inner formation

  • Sacred Services side: Final declaration and recognition

SACRED SERVICES RITES

ACADEMIA RITES

Rites that belong in sacred services

These are acts performed, not studied.

They require:

• An officiant

• Witnessing

• Record custody

• Ecclesiastical authority

Original records associated with the rites listed herein are sealed and preserved under trust custody. Copies, where issued, remain private ecclesiastical instruments and are released at the discretion of the Ecclesia.

This index defines the existence and scope of rites and records only. Verification, access, education, or inquiry functions are maintained through separate ecclesiastical channels.

“As one of the people, I hereby invoke the common law jurisdiction.”
Issued under the authority of The Awakening Ecclesia
Held in custodial trust

The Dividing Line

Learning, initiation into knowledge, preparation, study, internal formation.

Academia

Sacred Services

Formal rites, declarations, recognitions, and acts carried out by ecclesiastical authority.