In the most widely circulated new canon of the Church of Light, the foot-kissing rite was the highest and most devout religious courtesy a clergyman of inferior rank could offer when granted an audience with someone far above him.
Such a self-effacing act represented the utmost respect for the person before him and symbolizes absolute submission in status.
Its origins could be traced back to an ancient legend. When the omniscient and omnipotent Lord first descended in human form upon the world He had created, the waves dampened His robes, the warm breeze brushed His skin, and the dawn light shined from the vault of heaven gently kissed the tops of His feet.
As an institution founded upon light, the Church of Light naturally selected the last of these as its supreme rite of audience. Yet throughout recorded history, only the first Pope of Light, founder of the original Church, had ever received this honor and was reverently saluted in such a manner by the regional bishops.
