Authority tiers
Every library entry carries a required authority tier. The badge is never optional and never hidden. This is how we keep public-domain bulk text from posing as doctrine.
- Tier 1Canon
Canon
Magisterial teaching
Scripture, Catechism, ecumenical councils, encyclicals, and the doctrinal teaching of Doctors of the Church. Not every text by a Doctor — her compositions and visions are not automatically Canon.
- Tier 2Liturgy
Liturgy
Official liturgical standing
Texts from the Roman Missal, Graduale, Liturgy of the Hours, or Rituale — sequences, hymns, tracts, and ritual formulas the Church actually uses in public worship and sacramental blessing.
- Tier 3Commentary
Commentary
Commentary and devotion — not magisterial
Theological commentary, spiritual writers, and approved or traditional devotionals that are not themselves in the liturgical books — including personal compositions of saints and Doctors.
- Tier 4Margins
Margins
Outside the canon — presented as history and testimony, not as doctrine
Non-canonical texts, NDE accounts, unapproved apparitions. Presented as history and testimony only. Hidden from the index until you opt in.