The Cleric must serve the faithful and provide for them the rites they are due.
Initiation - the Rite of Initiation formally accepts new members into the Church.
Maturation - the Rite of Maturation is conferred upon those members of the Church, after Initiation, who have learned the tenets of the faith and put them into visible practice.
Restoration - the Rite of Restoration is offered to those who are tempted and fail. Justice is tempered by mercy for those who seek it.
Consecration - the Rite of Consecration sets aside people, places and objects for special use by God through the Church.
Recitation - the Rite of Recitation is the daily observance of repeating the first ten Canons before morning prayers.
Ordination - the Rite of Ordination is reserved to those who have already received the Rite of Maturation and will serve the Church as Clerics.
Unction - the Rite of Unction is performed for those who are sick, dying or recently dead and includes all burial prayers.
These are the Strictures of Gamasiel. These are written after the Ten Signs were given and the path was made plain. For many holy men of the old way fought with him and his fellow shepherds, but failed. So then their priesthood was thrown down and their Temples were swept clean.
To all who would follow these strictures, is offered the new priesthood of He who was forgotten, but is remembered again.
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