The delegation of authority is the second of the five elements in the covenantal structure of authority – source, delegation, standard, transfer and expansion. Covenantally speaking, the delegation of authority answers the basic question asked by all communities: “Who is authorized to do what?” Practically, Basileians cultivate a commitment to serve as delegated authorities in 1) our mode of worship in the second movement of the Liturgy, and 2) our way of life marked by the three practices of our primary discipline of assemble – belong in order to believe, cultivate colonies of heaven on earth and create thing places.
Also see Assemble.