The Abbeys represent the Petrine Magisterium, while the Noble houses with their heraldry and maintaining the chivalric Nomos represent the descendants of the 36 pairs of Nizariun sent out to the 70 nations of the world promoting the doctrine of accommodation (which was eventually adopted in the 7th century by Pope Gregory the Great) and appointed bishops from these families over the Abbeys in their realms. Only the House of Imran wearing Ephods as crowns were ever regarded as the rightful Koenigs among them.
===Characteristics of the Petrines===
The founders of the Petrine tradition were a Torah literal Beth Shammai Zadokite priesthood but longed for a sign from heaven to validate the stance of Beth Hillel who rivaled the Sadduccee pseudo-Zadokite priesthood. Petrines believe the life and teachings of Jesse ben Marym (whom they regard as a messiah) was the sign which nullified the legality of the 18 ordinances of the house of Shammai (Yerushalmi Berakhot, 1:7).