Act 1 Caspius I c2

Act 1 Caspius I c2 (also known as "AN ACT FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF DIOCESAN TERMINOLOGY") was the second act of Archbishop Caspius.

The act removes distinctions of diocesan terminology which have little effect upon the actual, practical functions of the dioceses themselves, but which had nevertheless consistently resulted in some bishops (such as those of suffragan dioceses) feeling that their contributions to the council were perceived as less valuable than those of other (i.e., non-suffragan) bishops. The act maintains the provisions long established for the administration of the Holy See.

Text of the Act
1 CASPIUS I c2

AN ACT FOR THE CLARIFICATION OF DIOCESAN TERMINOLOGY

CASPIUS

Through the power given him as chief executor of the Light's will and mercy on Azeroth, the holy Archbishop of the Church of the Holy Light, who hath been appointed to administer spiritual and temporal guidance, chastisement, and charity upon all the faithful, hereby decrees

I. That the statuses of PATRIARCHIAL DIOCESE, SUFFRAGAN DIOCESE, and other such sundry divisions as do exist, the which were formerly affixed to certain dioceses within the purview of the Church of the Holy Light, are hereby ABOLISHED; and, that all such dioceses are now understood to be sovereign dioceses, EQUAL IN ALL RESPECTS, and administered accordingly thereunto.

II. That, in exception to the above, the HOLY SEE shall remain as heretofore administered: the SEAT of the Archbishop advised by the Promoter of the Faith, SPIRITUALLY sustained by the Ordinary of Stormwind under the Vicar-General, and governed TEMPORALLY by the Lord Chancellor of the Church, or, in absence thereof, by the COUNCIL OF BISHOPS.

Given at Northshire Abbey in the Holy See, on the twelfth day of January, in the first year of our Archepiscopate,

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