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Chapter 7 - Rituals
conversion of Constantine the Great as a symbol of the transition. The second
Degree is one of the degrees of symbolic Priesthoods, that of Venerable
Eusebius. A Knight who has attained to this status can be elected for the office of
Eminent Viceroy in a Conclave, if he is a member of the Appendant Orders of
the Holy Sepulchre and of St. John the Evangelist. These orders were attached to
the Red Cross Order at an early date (cf. p. 6), and their members obtain a
separate certificate. The third Degree, which completes the Rite of the Red Cross
of Constantine, is confined to the Most Puissant Sovereigns. They represent
Constantine, Sovereign-Prince of the East and West. According to the Statutes, a
Sovereign must have served for one year as a Viceroy in a regular Conclave.
The officers of a Conclave are 1. Sovereign, 2. Viceroy, 3. Senior General, 4.
Junior General, 5. High Prelate, 6. Treasurer, 7. Recorder, 8. Almoner, 9.
Marshal, 10. Orator, 11. Standard Bearer, 12. Prefect, 13. 1 st Aide-de-Camp, 14.
2 nd Aide-de Camp, 15. Herald, and 16. Sentinel. In the center of the Conclave is
a square altar (A), on which lies a Bible (a) and two naked Roman swords (f); at
its foot there is a kneeling stool (i). Equidistant around the altar, there are four
equilateral-triangular Pillars in the North, East, South and West (I,H,S,V).
Between the altar in the East and the Eastern Pillar, there is another kneeling
stool (i). On the North side of the altar, there is the Standard C (d) behind the
Throne of the Most Puissant Sovereign, as well as a small pedestal (h). On the
South side of the altar, there is the stall of the High Prelate, and a small pedestal
(h). The Standard L (e) is located behind the Throne of the Eminent Viceroy, and
next to the Throne again a small pedestal (h).