I.   Introductory provisions

A See (also known as sedes and sea) is a term used to describe literally a “seat of power” and claimed customary, legal and spiritual authority of a particular Religion or Cult to impose its law and will over a particular geographic location. Hence, see as “sedes” in Latin means “throne” while see as “sea” also means a physical as well as temporal firmament.

A See as a source and “seat of power” may be defined by three interconnected elements of power: firstly, the customary temporal claim, secondly, the legal claim and thirdly the spiritual claim.

The first element of a See is the customary and temporal claim that a particular Religion or Cult claims a physical and historic presence at a certain location for an unbroken period of time.The most significant of these claims is what is known as an “Apostolic See” where a particular Religion or Cult claims that an Apostle of Jesus Christ first formed a church.

The second element of a See is the temporal legal claim through the law of the Religion or Cult to the See representing the highest temporal court and jurisdiction of the region, often known as the “Episcopal See” or the See of a Bishop. Several Religions and Cults believe this authority is independent of the actual Bishop, so that when a Bishop dies, the continuing See is called a “Sede vacante” or “vacant see”.

The third element of a See and most controversial, is the claim by some Religions and Cults that the See also represents a spiritual dimension simultaneously to the temporal realm, and comparable to the physical seas of the planet, so that a Bishop or leader also had influence over this spiritual realm as well as temporal realm.

In accordance with these canons and the most sacred Covenant Pactum de Singularis Caelum, the One See, the true See and the only Holy See is the Society of One Heaven and no other.

When anyone references, writes or speaks of the “See”, “Holy See”, or “First See” it shall mean the Society of One Heaven and no other.