Constitution
The constitution of l'Église Gnostique Catholique Apostolique (The Gnostic Catholic Apostolic Church) d'Amérique du Nord, based on the synopsis of the Constitution of Synesius, A.D. 1906, which applies to the membership and clergy at large in North America:
I. The Gnostic Catholic Church by virtue of its doctrine of Gnosticism, seeks to unite all the primitive religions whom it acknowledges as descending from a common universal source.
II. The Gnostic Catholic Church abstains from any imposition, either legalistically or doctrinally, which opposes the true conscience of its members or others.
III. The Gnostic Catholic Church professes that true religion is integral science, and supports a doctrine which acknowledges a continuous and successive progression (evolution) of the human race, at least in a spiritual sense.
IV. The Gnostic Catholic Church is a universal church (Katholicos) and is accessible to all men and women without distinction of nationality, race or language.
V. The Gnostic Catholic Church confers its degrees and its orders upon its aspirants based upon their spiritual and intellectual merits without discrimination of race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, or sexual orientation.
VI. The Gnostic Catholic Church maintains that its rites, ceremonies and dogmas shall always demonstrate respect for all the republics of the peoples where it exists, and insists that its members conduct themselves as good citizens.
VII. The Gnostic Catholic Church of France is established under the direction of its Patriarch whose seat is Paris, France and whose title is "L'Eveque De Montsegur" and who is Primus inter Pares (first among equals) and therefore democratically, makes important decisions with approbation of the Holy Synod, otherwise called the college of the metropolitan.
VIII. The Holy Synod of the Gnostic Catholic Church is characterized by a democratic and egalitarian union, which is most representative and restorative of the Ancient and Christian Church whose head is Jesus Christ the Logos.
Translated and prepared for public instruction by the secretariat of the Primacy, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 4, 1985 A.D.
Article V amended by the Holy Synod at the Holy See of New York, New York, USA, July 7, 2017 A.D.
I. The Gnostic Catholic Church by virtue of its doctrine of Gnosticism, seeks to unite all the primitive religions whom it acknowledges as descending from a common universal source.
II. The Gnostic Catholic Church abstains from any imposition, either legalistically or doctrinally, which opposes the true conscience of its members or others.
III. The Gnostic Catholic Church professes that true religion is integral science, and supports a doctrine which acknowledges a continuous and successive progression (evolution) of the human race, at least in a spiritual sense.
IV. The Gnostic Catholic Church is a universal church (Katholicos) and is accessible to all men and women without distinction of nationality, race or language.
V. The Gnostic Catholic Church confers its degrees and its orders upon its aspirants based upon their spiritual and intellectual merits without discrimination of race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, or sexual orientation.
VI. The Gnostic Catholic Church maintains that its rites, ceremonies and dogmas shall always demonstrate respect for all the republics of the peoples where it exists, and insists that its members conduct themselves as good citizens.
VII. The Gnostic Catholic Church of France is established under the direction of its Patriarch whose seat is Paris, France and whose title is "L'Eveque De Montsegur" and who is Primus inter Pares (first among equals) and therefore democratically, makes important decisions with approbation of the Holy Synod, otherwise called the college of the metropolitan.
VIII. The Holy Synod of the Gnostic Catholic Church is characterized by a democratic and egalitarian union, which is most representative and restorative of the Ancient and Christian Church whose head is Jesus Christ the Logos.
Translated and prepared for public instruction by the secretariat of the Primacy, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 4, 1985 A.D.
Article V amended by the Holy Synod at the Holy See of New York, New York, USA, July 7, 2017 A.D.