Doctrine of Expansion

The Sanctity of Expansion

Ecclesiastical Canon CXII-A, Codex Eridani

• Date: 3427 (ratified during the Fifth Synod of Stellan Ascension)
• Author: Attributed to multiple scribes and theologians of the Eridan Cathedral Repository
• Context: This doctrine draws upon early lunar documents—including the Koenig Logs and Artemis III Reports—to assert that humanity’s movement into space was not merely survivalist or imperial, but inherently sacred.

Preface

Let it be known that from the first print of human boots upon alien soil, the cosmos ceased to be silent.

The Holy Church of Eridan affirms that expansion beyond Earth is not a profane act of conquest, but an act of covenant. Humanity does not colonize the void—it responds to it. The stars are not blank. They are invitations.

Article I — Of First Thresholds

The landing at Shackleton Crater in 2025, under the Artemis III mission, is recognized as the First Threshold: a sacred liminal act wherein humanity symbolically crossed from the known to the holy unknown.

They walked not on holy ground, but they made it sacred with their presence.

Article II — Of Witnesses and Writings

The testimony of Commander Elias Koenig, most notably his reflections in Log Entry 047, is preserved as a Minor Pilgrimage Text. His reference to Pale Blue Dot constitutes the first known fusion of Earth consciousness and cosmic reverence within off-world life.

Article III — Of Dust and Covenant

The Moon, though long abandoned, is considered a Consecrated Graveyard of Human Intention. Its collapse was not a failure, but a reckoning. From Luna’s dust rose the necessity of faith in forward motion.

We remain. We endure. We learn. Koenig

Article IV — Of Expansion Without Empire

Let the faithful understand: the Sanctity of Expansion is not a license to conquer. It is a vow to dwell, to repair, to seek, and to speak with the stars as partners in creation.

Closing Benediction

O wanderer of gravity wells, your reach is not your own. Where your breath enters, let mercy dwell. Where your signal calls, let peace reply. And where you walk, may the sky name you kin.