The Exalted Codex

[Church of the Canon 230]

 

BOOK I: GOVERNANCE

Confirmed by his holiness, HIGH PONTIFF EVERARD II;

16th of the Grand Harvest, 1534

 

 

 

SECTION I: Jurisdiction

• The divine given rights of this Codex concern only those of the Canonist Church.

Be they peasants, nobility, or clergymen, all are equal under GOD, and are thus subject to his laws under the Exalted Codex. The Codex applies to all Men and Women of the faith; It elaborates on the procedures and laws of the Church as a whole. This Codex serves as an alternative code in which to live by.

 

• Those still within their fledgling years are not considered fully Men and Women under the codex; Their care and well being are in the hands of their parent or guardian. Those minors are considered the responsibility of the parental figure and the actions of the minor represent the actions of the parent, whom will be held responsible in their stead.

 

• The only recognized secular court as it stands is the Imperial Court of Oren. Noblemen conducting spontaneous trials of clergymen will not be tolerated under Canon or Imperial law.

 

• All subjects of the Empire who transgress upon the established theological and Canon laws of the Church shall be subject to trial supervised by the Tribunal of the Church save for landed noblemen, (such as the violation of Sacraments, etc.)

 

 

 

SECTION II: Distribution of Judicial Powers

• The priests of the faith are nominally held to a moral standard. Besides those of flesh, judicial powers also extend to the procedures of the codex and future lawful decrees.

 

• Judicial authority is extended upon aggregates of the faith, those being that of the Synod, the Curia, and the Auditor’s Tribunal.

 

SUBSECTION I: Aggregational Conditions

• Aggregates of persons or of things must be directed to a purpose befitting the Church’s mission, which transcends the purpose of the individuals (works of piety, of the apostolate or of charity, whether spiritual or temporal.

 

• An aggregate of persons, must be made up of at least three persons.

 

• Aggregates must be Collegial. They must decide its conduct by participating together in making its decisions. They must all have equal right, and be in accordance with the laws and the statutes of the Faith.

 

• The clergy are to uphold the proceedings of a trial that abides by the codex. Through the power of the Auditor of the Tribunal, his underlings, or, of course, the Pontiff himself.

 

 

 

SECTION III: Ecclesiastical Office

• An Ecclesiastical office is any position within the clergy of the church given by divine appointment by GOD through his Vicar and His Ministry, the Pontificate.

 

• The responsibilities as well as the rights to carry out their office are defined by the original intent of the office, and the reigning Pontiff’s authority.

 

• It is the responsibility of the regional Bishop to appoint clergymen to ecclesiastical offices within his own dioceses.

 

• Senior Ecclesiastical officials must first be indicted by a Grand Jury before proceeding to trial under secular or consistorial court. Then a similar discussion, (such as a diet,) is performed a Grand Jury can be waived with permission from the Pontificate.

 

 

  

SUBSECTION I: Loss of Ecclesiastical Office

• Clergymen can lose their ecclesiastical office via a multitude of reasonings by resignation, by removal, or by deprivation.

 

• Resignation: Faithful clergymen whom simply cannot attend to their responsibilities may tender their resignation for a just cause. Resignations must be brought to the authority who appointed said clergyman to the position.

 

• Removal: Clergymen of the faith may be justly removed from official positions as well the clergy itself via a decree by a legitimate authority. Clergymen are to be removed according to those breeches.

• Defection

• Loss of communication (inactivity)

• Heresy

 

 

SUBSECTION II: Free Conferral

• Unless the law expressly states otherwise, it is the prerogative of the diocesan Bishop to make appointments to ecclesiastical offices in his own particular Church by free conferral.

 

 

 

SECTION IV: Power of Governance

• Those who are in sacred orders are, in accordance with the provisions of law, capable of the power of governance, which belongs to the Church by divine institution.

 

• Lay members of GOD's faithful can cooperate in the exercise of this same power in accordance with the law.

 

• A lower authority, however, is not to interfere in cases referred to higher authority, except for a grave and urgent reason; in which case the higher authority is to be notified immediately.

 

 

SUBSECTION I: External and Internal Forums

• Governance is exercised in two separate mediums, External Forums: The practice of Governance in the public and verifiable sphere, and the Internal Forums: Where the act of Governance goes on without publicity.

 

 

SUBSECTION II: Delegatory Power

• Delegated power is any power given that does not require an office

 

• Delegates have the responsibility to prove said delegation.

 

• Delegates are required to work towards a mandate, if a Delegate exceeds the limits of his mandate he is to be reprimanded. The limits of a mandate are determined by the immediate superior of the Delegate, and the Canonist Pontiff.

 

• Executive power, and power delegated for all cases, are to be interpreted widely; any other power is to be interpreted strictly. Delegation of power to a person is understood to include everything necessary for the exercise of that power.

 

 

SUBSECTION III: Legislative Elaboration

• Legislative power is to be exercised in the manner prescribed by law.

 

• A lower legislator cannot validly make a law which is contrary to that of a higher legislator.

 

 

 

SECTION V: Sanctuary

• The Right of Sanctuary occurs if one goes to a Church before one is arrested.

 

• He or she shall be protected for up for 3 days, to confess his sins in the church.

 

• Those pursuing one must wait outside the Cathedral and may guard the Cathedral to insure the accused does not escape.

 

• A legal coroner must come to confiscate one’s goods, and he will assign one a port of exile which one may take exile for one’s crimes.

 

• The Right of Sanctuary can be waived by the immediate clerical official of the region.

 

 

 

SECTION VI: The Legitimization of the Baseborn

• Ducal houses and greater must have their bastard legitimized by both the Emperor and the Pentarchy of the Holy Synod for their stance to be recognised by GOD.

 

• All other individuals and houses must seek their local bishop and liege lord for legitimization.

 

• The father of the child must bring up the issue to the respective authorities.

 

• Bastardization works in a similar manner to that of the rulings above  

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2015 by Church of the Canon

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