What would a typical Order-guided Gnostic church or meeting look like?
It would look the way best suited to that particular community. A community might gravitate towards a “High Church” model with vestments, candles, incense, etc. Another community might prefer a “Folk” approach, more similar to Evangelical or Quaker worship practice. Eucharist might be celebrated weekly at a Mass, or only on certain occasions. The Order places no limitations on form of worship provided those forms are celebrated in the spirit of the Order’s founding documents and do no harm to self or others. Back to the top 9. What is the Order’s policy on restricting sacraments? Some churches do not offer sacraments to non-members, or to Catechumens. Also, what is the Order’s policy on the sacrament of Marriage as pertains to same-sex couples? The Order practices radically open sacramental services. No person, regardless of accident of the World of Forms or involvement in another tradition, shall be turned away from communion. The sacraments of Baptism and Chrism are– for obvious reas