We maintain a complete record of all ordained who are in good standing see not in good standing) with The Gnostic Order of Christ and you may contact us for verification. If you do not see someone listed near you, please contact us as not all persons are publicly listed and we may be able to refer you to someone in your area.

Those ordained who have received certification through The Gnostic Order of Christ are independent priests and teachers. Teachers with ordination Rites are vowed to God and are subject to the conditions as defined by the Rites to Ordain ceremony. See Lineage.

The persons ordained are bound by the vows of their Religious Orders, their commitment to Jesus Christ, the Ethics Code, the Ten commandments and the laws of the land in which they live.

Services and modes of teaching may vary. All ministries and communities are independent of The Gnostic Order of Christ.

We bear no responsibility for the activities of those who we independently ordained.

[From the Minutes of The Gnostic Order of Christ 1/15/89]

Re: Priests and Teachers are Independent

The Gnostic Order of Christ
SS 3.361 Other resolutions On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, that document titled "Purpose of Order" be adopted Within these minutes as an acknowledgment of the main purpose of the formation of this corporation.

THE QUESTION OF THE AUTHORITY OF THOSE PERSONS WHO MAY BE ORDAINED AS PRIESTS, BISHOPS OR MASTERS PURSUANT TO THE POWERS OF THIS CHURCH [The Gnostic Order of Christ] WAS DISCUSSED BY THE BOARD.

On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, the following resolution was adopted:

THAT THOSE PERSONS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN CHURCHES OR RELIGIOUS ORDERS, BUT NOT UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE GNOSTIC ORDER OF CHRIST. THE RITES OF ORDINATION ARE RIGHTS TO FUNCTION SPIRITUALLY AS INDEPENDENT PRIESTS, BISHOPS AND MASTERS. THE PURPOSE OF ORDINATION IS TO ESTABLISH APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION SO THEY MAY PERFORM THEIR SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONS LEGITIMATELY.

Organizations Not in Good Standing: We have no relationship with the following

The Order of Christ Sophia

The American Temple

Christ the Savior Brotherhood

Foundation of Christ Church

The Religious Movements Homepage Project
The Web Pages of http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/holymans.html
do not represent the Gnostic Order of Christ accurately. The Gnostic Order of Christ is not a "splinter group" nor are we a "Modern Descendent" of the Holy Order of MANS.

Separation of Church and State:
The Rites to Ordain in the Lineage of The Priesthood After the Order of Melchizedek of The Order of The Holy Cross were received in revelation by Father Paul Blighton, founder of The Science of Man Church and the Holy Order of MANS, circa1967. While the Rites to Ordain were first received while Father Paul was head of the Science of Man Church, the reception and transmission of such Rites was a spiritual event and independent of any earthly church or order. The Rites to Ordain are spiritual in nature; such Spiritual Rites are not in any way connected to membership past or present in any particular corporate body as defined by any corporation or academic definition.

The Rites actually establish the Spiritual Rite to Ordain a Priest or Teacher with the Apostolic Authority of the Host above in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ and may not be defined as endowed by any earthly corporeal or corporate body. Revelation and such Spiritual Ordination remains in the domain of and as a prerogative of The Holy Spirit.

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