Modern Additions
The list of Saints in Liber XV remained static from the original writing in 1913 until relatively recently. However because the original list contains the names of four previous Patriarchs of EGC, Gerard Encausse, Carl Kellner, Theodor Reuss and Aleister Crowley, this has now been taken as a precedent for the addition of the names of succeeding Patriarchs, Karl Germer and Grady McMurtry.
The current Patriarch of EGC, Hymenaeus Beta, has exercised his authority to canonise further Gnostic Saints, and two have been officially added to the original list. William Blake was so recognized in Fall 1997 e.v. based on Crowley's essay "William Blake," which described him as such. Giordano Bruno was added to the list on February 17, 2000 e.v., the 400th anniversary of his martyrdom.
The current official version of the Collect is included below. It includes names in italics which are to be commemorated in ordinary masses, whereas the entire list is intoned for a "celebratory mass," such as when it is performed in conjunction with a Wedding.
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