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The terms Old Catholic Church, Old Catholics, Old-Catholic churches, [4] or Old Catholic movement, [5] designate "any of the groups of Western Christians who believe themselves to maintain in complete loyalty the doctrine and traditions of the undivided church but who separated from the see of Rome after the First Vatican council of 1869–70". [6]
- World Council of Churches (Union of Utrecht only)
Oct 13, 2016 · The Old Catholic Church, however, has never been without clergy to carry on the faith, because the former Catholic bishop of Utrecht took part in the schism. And whether he maintains communion with Rome or not, a Catholic bishop always retains the sacramental power not only to ordain new priests, but also to consecrate other bishops ( c. 1012 ).
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Joseph Hubert Reinkens (born Jan. 3, 1821, Burtscheid, Prussia [now Aachen, Ger.]—died April 1, 1896, Bonn, Ger.) was a German bishop, historical scholar, and a leader of the Old Catholics (Altkatholiken), a dissident group that separated from the Roman Catholic church because of opposition to the doctrine of papal infallibility pronounced by ...
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The basic beliefs of the Old Catholics are fundamentally the same as contemporary Catholicism: Orthodox Trinitarian Christianity, Profession of Faith (Apostles Creed, Nicene Creed (with or without the Filioque), as well as the Athanasian Creed Quicumque vult†), belief in the same seven (7) sacraments the most important being the Holy ...
The Old Catholic Church is part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Within the Catholic Religion, there are different denominations such as the Old Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church or Latin Rite, the Orthodox Catholic Church and others. Our denomination specifically, is the same church founded by our Lord and Savior Jesus ...
We are Ancient, Catholic, Nicene, Episcopal and Liturgical! We are Old-Catholic! Under the leadership of Archbishop Dr. Craig J. N. de Paulo, the Theological Commission of the Synod of Bishops of the Old Catholic Confederation is in the process of composing a compendium of Old Catholic belief, to be entitled, Our Faith: A Catechism for Old ...
What has become known, over the centuries, as The Old Catholic Church, has existed since it was founded by our Lord Jesus Christ, developed by the benedictine Saints Willibrord and Boniface (730 AD), and has been an autocephalous Church authorized by the II Ecumenical Council of Letran in 1139 AD. Papal Decree since 1145, later ratified by the ...
