 Anyone that has bestowed upon them the Degree of Doctorate whether it is accredited, or honorary, has the right to use the title of Doctor before their name. They have the right to be addressed as such. They have the right to place the title on letterheads, cards, and any form of written correspondence. They have the privilege of meritorious acknowledgment of the community for their honors.
The Masters Degree, though considered to be of a lesser standing, also carries many of the same rights, and privileges whether accredited, or honorary. It is commonly considered that such titles such as Bachelor, Master, or the highest of all, the Doctorate, belong primarily to the Academic community.
Truth in fact is the Ancient Guilds, and Religious sects created these titles to honor the most skilled, and important of their members.
The title of Doctor was a creation of the Church to give honor to those of achievement within their orders that were commonly not of landed nobility, or the clergy. These honored persons were not warriors or priests, yet deserved high acknowledgment. The title came from the older German word meaning husbandry of a field of knowledge. Husbandry of an intellectual field of study expresses the greatest knowledge achieved in that study and work or the maturity of knowledge of the field.
The title of Master was given by the various Guilds to place honor upon those most skilled or powerful within the domain of each craft. It was the title used by a subordinate within a group to show deference to the most crafted. Monarchs also granted it to persons that they chose to perform services for them. Master denoted the relationship of the teacher to the student, the greater skilled and the more knowledgeable within the specific area of work.
During the Middle Ages, it became common practice amongst the Guilds, and the Church to sell Entitlements to increase their own fortunes. Though they added the epithet of Honorary to the Degrees, the recipient usually enjoyed the same privileges of the rank as one who earned it. Today an honorary degree still provides the title and assumed authority of ability, yet can normally be acquired through Life's experience rather than set study.
Honorary Degrees are also bestowed on persons that, through Life experiences, deserve recognition. It is often not the title that matters so much as the individuals right to be recognized.
All major Universities and Religions today bestow Honorary Degrees upon the Rich and Famous for huge sums of money they donate or bring through their association with that organization. Rarely will these major groups give equally deserving persons of lesser means such recognition.
Through the rights of Common Law, Constitutional law, Legal Precedence, and Ancient Proclamation, our Ministries are fully authorized, and empowered to bestow both Honorary Religious entitlements and Earned Religious entitlements upon all worthy individuals.
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