V.   Sacraments

The Apostolic Life Sacraments also known as “The Means” are the twelve (12) of the thirty three (33) sacred rites of the supremely sacred covenant Pactum De Singularis Caelum instituted by the Divine Creator and entrusted to the Society of One Heaven and all associated valid entities being Annunciation, Natal, Divinus, Adventus, Epinoia, Genius, Beau Ideal, Haga Sofia, Adieu, Resolution, Remembrance and Veneration.

All members of One Heaven are entitled to receive the full benefits of all twelve (12) Life Sacraments, whether living or deceased either upon the anniversaries prescribed for the conferral of a sacrament or upon proof of majority and competency for the specific Life Sacraments of Epinoia, Genius, Beau Ideal and Haga Sofia.

A member who has not first received the prior Life Sacrament, cannot be admitted validly to receiving the subsequent sacrament.

As actions of the Divine Creator and One Heaven the Life Sacraments are signs and means which express and strengthen the faith, render worship to the Divine and effect the sanctification of humanity and thus contribute in the greatest way to establish, strengthen, and manifest ecclesiastical unity. Accordingly, in the celebration of the sacraments the sacred ministers and the other members of the faithful must use the greatest veneration and necessary diligence.

Since the Life Sacraments are the same for every Homo Sapien, living or deceased, it is only for the supreme authority of the Society of One Heaven to approve or define the requirements for their validity and what pertains to their licit celebration, administration, and reception and to the order to be observed in their celebration.

Since the Life Sacraments imprint a character, they cannot be repeated.

If after completing a diligent inquiry a prudent doubt still exists whether one or more Life Sacrament were actually or validly conferred, they are to be conferred conditionally.

All Life Sacraments are conferred either by Ordinary or Extraordinary condition. Ordinary condition is when a Life Sacrament is conferred by one who is invested with the powers of Administratum, Officium or Imperium. Extraordinary condition is when a Life Sacrament is conferred by one who is invested with the powers of Magisterium or Visium or an ordained sacred minister.

Sacred Celebrants 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 Celebrant 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.