to our beloved sons,
the Friars of the Order of Pontifex Julian the Apostate
honor and virtue:
We approve your rule and strengthen it with the patronage of the present writing, which is as follows:
Chapter I. The rule and the life of the Friars of the Order of Pontifex Julian the Apostate is this, namely, observe the teachings of our philosophers and poets, and seek knowledge, by living in obedience, loyalty and righteousness without any superfluous possessions.
Chapter II. Concerning those who wish to adopt this life, and in what manner they should be received. If any would desire to adopt this life and would come to our brothers, let the Friars examine them very diligently concerning their will to follow this rule, and their intellectual ability to take and fulfill the required vow of knowledge.
Chapter III. On the pursuit of knowledge. Friars are bound to serve the immortal gods by travelling far and deep into space, in small communities, in order to find tranquillity of mind and body, and focus on the knowledge domain they devoted themselves to.
Chapter IV. Concerning how the brothers ought to travel through the universe. I truly counsel, admonish and exhort my Friars, that when they go about through the universe, they are not to quarrel nor contend in words, nor are they to judge others, but they are to be meek, peaceable and modest, speaking uprightly to all.
Chapter V. That the brothers should not accept money, beyond what would suffice to cover the maintenance of their community's monastery vessel.
Chapter VI. When flying through sovereign space, the Friars should abide by any form of local regulations. And wherever the Friars are and find themselves, let them mutually show themselves to be members of the same household.
Chapter VII. Whereas the name of Friars is by tradition generically used to qualify the ones who deliberately elect to comply with this rule, no woman shall be prohibited to join a community on the sole ground of her gender.
Chapter VIII. Friar communities are otherwise free to establish their own internal regulations, as long as said regulations do not contradict this rule nor the cardinal principles of reason, honesty, honor and virtue.
The approbation of the rule. Let it not be in any way licit to anyone among Friars to infringe this page of our approbation. If anyone however would presume to attempt this, let him know himself to have incurred the indignation of loud-thundering Jupiter, beloved Juno and bright-eyed Minerva.
Given at Moya, Gran Canaria, on the second day of the Ides of August, in the 819th year after the Great Flight.
