THE HOME TEMPLE CODE OF ETHICS
1. I will not charge money for sacramental services including ordination. I understand that I have a right
to earn salary and fees for teaching, lecturing, counseling, or any other professional services related to
spiritual work if I so choose, or that I may raise funds for charitable causes as part of my spiritual
work, but that my vocation in the Home Temple Priesthood will remain unpaid and non-professional.
2. I promise never to take personal advantage of my role in Apostolic orders to gain power, status, or
psychological control over others.
3. I will not support or encourage the development of a non-ordained laity in any of my ministries and
services, but I will encourage others to join me and make progress in non-professional Apostolic
orders.
4. I will not dishonor the Home Temple Priesthood by committing a crime.
5. I will not physically or emotionally abuse or violate human beings, animals, or other living things.
6. I will not passively allow any of the above or any other evils to go unchallenged.
7. I will not make or distribute copies of copyrighted Home Temple course materials without written
permission from a Presiding Bishop, although I may show them to interested persons.
1. I will love, honor, obey, and bless the One Reality and Godhead that is the source and origin of all being.
2. I will honor that Reality in all other beings, religions, cultures, and expressions.
3. I will strive for self-evolution and loving service for the benefit of all beings.
4. I will strive to develop and maintain daily and other regular spiritual practices and rituals.
5. I will develop my heart’s ability to love, understand, and empathize in all circumstances so that my
personal “I” becomes the collective “we.”
6. I will always especially support and honor my fellow Templars.
7. If I am elevated to the Episcopate I promise to actively participate in the Synod of Home Temple
Bishops, serve as a Mentor Bishop or in a Pastoral Court if necessary, and to exemplify the best
qualities of the Home Temple Priesthood.
These standards of ethics must be accepted, signed, and upheld by all Templars
