V.   Sacraments

A valid Sacrament is an important sacred rite, also known as a ritual, instituted by the authority of the Divine Creator, entrusted to the Society of One Heaven through which certain divine property or action is properly conveyed or effected in the presence of the manifest spiritual.

All valid sacraments were instituted by the Divine Creator and entrusted to the Society of One Heaven. Any claimed sacrament that is not granted through the authority of One Heaven in accordance with these Canons is a false ritual and possesses no Divine authority or power to be known as a valid sacrament.

The Sacraments of One Heaven, also known as the Sacraments of Heaven, are a vital and necessary element of a fulfilled and purposeful life, assisting each and every higher order being, living and deceased to reach their full potential and communion with the Divine Creator, the Universe and with one another.

The Sacraments of Heaven are a manifest symbol of the plenary authority of the Society and the sacred covenant Pactum De Singularis Caelum. No other person, aggregate, entity, society, church or group may claim the right to administer any valid sacrament unless it is in accordance with these canons.

Thirty Three (33) valid sacraments were granted by the Divine Creator and entrusted to the Society of One Heaven. Seven (7) are known as the Key Sacraments, also known as the “Keys of Heaven” or simply “The Keys”, fourteen (14) are known as the Cardinal Sacraments or “The Ways” and twelve (12) are known as the Apostolic Life Sacraments or the “The Means”.

All valid Sacraments share the same essential elements, being:

(i) A defined structure in liturgy of three separate and deliberate Acts, themselves divided into smaller Parts representing completed Moments being sacred instances of units of time-space-location; and

(ii) An Ordinary and Extraordinary version of the sacrament distinguished by a shorter secular and more formal ecclesiastical version of the sacrament; and

(iii) One or more roles for authorized persons known as Celebrant(s) officiating some or all of the Acts; and

(iv) One or more roles for persons known as Participant(s) who participate under the guidance of the Celebrant(s) in some or all of the Acts; and

(v) One or more roles for persons known as Observant(s) who witness the celebration of the Sacrament and validate it as a Sacred Event; and

(vi) The memorialization of the celebration of the Sacrament as a Sacred Event through some produced instrument representing a Record of the (Sacred) Event.

All valid sacred rites, also known as rituals, customs and acts are derived from the thirty three (33) valid sacraments of One Heaven. A valid ritual, custom or act derived from one of the thirty (33) valid sacraments and expressed ecclesiastically may be said to be on the “private side” of the law.

All valid administrative writs, processes and acts are derived from the thirty three (33) valid sacraments of One Heaven. A valid writ, process or act derived from one of the thirty (33) valid sacraments and expressed civilly may be said to be on the “public side” of the law.

A Sacrament not properly conferred in accordance with these Canons has no effect of law and is invalid ab initio (from the beginning).

Only authorized persons may validly confer a Sacrament of Heaven properly through the role of Celebrant:

(i) Only persons properly ordained as a Minister or invested into office holding Magisterium or Visium in accordance with these Canons possesses the powers and authority to confer and administer these sacraments under Extraordinary Conditions; and

(ii) Only persons properly invested into office holding Administratum, Officium or Imperium or in accordance with these Canons possesses the powers and authority to confer and administer these sacraments under Ordinary Conditions.

Sacred ministers cannot deny the sacraments to those who seek them at appropriate times, are properly disposed, and are not prohibited by law from receiving them. All ministers, according to their respective ecclesiastical function, have the duty to take care that those who seek the sacraments are prepared to receive them by proper instruction, attentive to the norms issued by competent authority.

In celebrating the sacraments by extraordinary condition, the liturgical books approved by competent authority are to be observed faithfully; accordingly, no one is to add, omit, or alter anything in them on one’s own authority. In celebrating the sacraments by ordinary condition, only those things required for the validity of the sacrament must be observed.

The minister is to seek nothing for the administration of the sacraments beyond the offerings defined by competent authority, always taking care that the needy are not deprived of the assistance of the sacraments because of poverty.