Tenets
According to Tony Davies, Comte's secular and positive religion was "a complete system of belief and ritual, with liturgy and sacraments, priesthood and pontiff, all organized around the public veneration of Humanity", referred to as the Nouveau Grand-Être Suprême (New Supreme Great Being). "This was later to be supplemented in a positivist trinity by the Grand Fétish (the Earth) and the Grand Milieu (Cosmic Space)".
In Système de politique positive (1851–1854) Comte stated that the pillars of the religion are:
- altruism, leading to generosity and selfless dedication to others.
- order : Comte thought that after the French Revolution, society needed restoration of order.
- progress : the consequences of industrial and technical breakthroughs for human societies.
In Catéchisme positiviste (1851), Comte defined the Church of Humanity's seven sacraments:
- Introduction; (nomination and sponsoring)
- Admission; (end of education)
- Destination; (choice of a career)
- Marriage;
- Retirement; (age 63),
- Separation; (social extreme unction),
- Incorporation; (absorption into history) - 3 years after death.
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