21. The History Of Old Catholicism old catholics A Historical Sketch. Who We Are. The old catholics area body What old catholics Believe. The faith of old catholics is http://www.oldcatholic.com/ochistory.html

Old Catholics A Historical Sketch Who We Are The Old Catholics are a body of Christians committed to the Person of Jesus Christ and His teaching. We accept and believe the testimony of His Apostles, eyewitnesses of His Life, Death and Resurrection from among the dead. They passed on to succeeding generations their own testimony about Jesus Christ and His life. By the proclaiming of His Gospel, and the giving of their own testimony (called the Apostolic Tradition), the Church, which the Lord instituted, was built up. Old Catholics are an historic part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and have their origins in the Ancient Catholic Church of the Netherlands. We will examine the traditions of the Western and Eastern lineage herein. The Old Catholic Church of the United States bears its Apostolic lineage from the Ancient Catholic Church of the Netherlands, the Syrian Orthodox (Oriental) Church of Antioch, and the Russian Orthodox Church. The Ancient Catholic Church of the Netherlands The Church in the Netherlands and the Reformation The Move from Isolation Following the First Vatican Council in 1870 (at which the hierarchy of the Church of Holland were refused admittance), a considerable dissent among Catholics, especially in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, arose over the dogma of papal infallibility. The dissenters, while holding the Church in General Council to be infallible, could not accept the proposition that the Pope, acting alone, in matters of faith and morals is infallible. Many formed independent communities that came to be known as "Old Catholic". They are called "Old Catholics" because they sought to adhere to the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church of the post-Apostolic era and the theology of the Church prior to the Vatican Council. The Old Catholic communities appealed to the Archbishop of Utrecht who consecrated the first bishops for these communities. Eventually, under the leadership of the Church of Holland, these Old Catholic communities joined together to form the

22. Untitled For this reason the ordinations performed by the bishops of the old catholics areconsider valid. A Practical Commentary on the Code of Canon Law, revised and http://www.oldcatholic.com/validity.html

Old Catholic Sacraments and Holy Orders On various occasions, members of the Roman Catholic Church coming for the first time into contact with the Old Catholic Church, have inquired of their pastors or other clergy and supposedly "informed" laity as to the position of the Roman Catholic Church on the validity of Sacraments which are administered by the Old Catholic Church. Frequently the inquirers are told that our Sacraments are not recognized by Rome. This is written to clear up any confusion that there might be on this point although the Roman Catholic Church is quite aware of its validity in all things and has no interest in gaining "recognition" from any other quarters. This is not in our defense nor is it written to justify our being. It is to inform the uninformed. The statements presented here are from official authorities, theologians and publications of the Roman Catholic Church in the affirmation of the validity of Old Catholic Holy Orders and Sacraments. "When a Catholic sacred minister is unavailable and there is urgent spiritual necessity, Catholics may receive the Eucharist, penance, or anointing from sacred ministers of non-Catholic denomination whose holy orders are considered valid by the Catholic Church. This includes all Eastern Orthodox priests, as well as priests of the Old Catholic or Polish National Church."

23. Old Catholics Today, old catholicism is a traditional force, with historical theology that includessuch ideals as sacraments and apostolic succession but foregoes Papal http://home.attbi.com/~gentle.sc/OldCaths.htm

Gentle Shepherd Church The United American Catholic Church Today, old catholicism is a traditional force, with historical theology that includes such ideals as sacraments and apostolic succession but foregoes Papal infallibility. Home Up Utrecht Send mail to gentle.sc@attbi.com with questions or comments about this web site. Last modified: March 11, 2001

24. A Breif Overview Part of the history and fabric of Catholicism is a Rite known as the old catholics. In this case old means original or primitive. The difference between http://home.attbi.com/~gentle.sc/BreifOver.htm

Gentle Shepherd Church The United American Catholic Church A Brief Overview of "Old Catholicism" By Archbishop Bruce J. Simpson, (retired) Part of the history and fabric of Catholicism is a Rite known as the "Old Catholics." In this case "old" means "original or primitive." The difference between the Old Catholics and Roman Catholics is that for us the Pope of Rome is neither the source, nor the unique channel of authority in the church of God. The Pope holds his authority from the Church, not the Church from him. This principle enlivened the Old Catholic Church of Holland when she entered into conflict with Rome. We in America are her children by reason of our Apostolic Succession and ministry derived from her and remain true to the ancient faith she so jealously guards and transmits. Along with the Russian Orthodox, the Greek Orthodox, the Eastern Orthodox, the Church of Germany and Switzerland, the Old Catholics have felt bound to also reject the pretensions of the papacy, and thus do not recognize the supremacy or infallibility of the Bishop of Rome. Old Catholics receive the Holy Scriptures as God’s inspired word, as interpreted by the Church. We receive the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Creed of St. Athanasius, as consistent with Scripture and the Patristic fathers.

25. Patron Saints Index: Old Catholics old catholics. Christian denomination organized in Munich with the Churchof England. There are approximately 250,000 old catholics. http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/define32.htm

Old Catholics Christian denomination organized in Munich , Germany in by Roman Catholics who protested the dogma of personal infallibility of the pope in all ex cathedra pronouncements; the dogma was proclaimed by Vatican Council I. Old Catholics conduct services in the vernacular, priests may marry, and there is intercommunion with the Church of England. There are approximately 250,000 Old Catholics. Saints Index Page Catholic Community Forum Contact Author Message Board

26. The Place Of The Old Catholics In The Work Of Unity The Place of the old catholics in the Work of Unity By the Rev. Now the old catholicshave done what Bossuet would not do they have gone behind Trent. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc/cbmoss/work.html

Project Canterbury The Place of the Old Catholics in the Work of Unity By the Rev. C. B. Moss. The Christian East , Winter, 1928, pp. 167-170. THE Old Catholic churches are seven small autocephalous churches in communion with the ancient see of Utrecht, which was founded by St. Willibrord in 697, and was excommunicated by Rome early in the eighteenth century. Their separate position is the result of three movements in different periods and countries; the struggle between the See of Utrecht and the Jesuits; the revolt in Germany and other countries against the Vatican Council; later "Los von Rom" movements in South-Eastern Europe and in America. The Old Catholic movement has always received much sympathy both from Orthodox and from Anglican authorities. The Oecumenical Patriarch Joachim II. sent his last message to his Anglican friends not to forget the Old Catholics: and successive Lambeth Conferences, ever since 1878, have offered special privileges to Old Catholics deprived of the ministry of their own clergy. The Old Catholics, like the Orthodox churches, accept the Seven Councils and the Seven Sacraments, but not the Papal Supremacy or the "Filioque" clause. They resemble the Anglican churches in being modern and critical, and in certain points of discipline: e.g., the clergy of all orders are permitted to marry after ordination. It is natural that Utrecht should be regarded as a bridge between Constantinople and Canterbury, with each of which if. has points of contact. And yet this is not quite the real place of the Old Catholic churches in the work of unity.

27. Project Canterbury: Old Catholicism There are three groups of canonical old catholics 1) Those of the diocese ofUtrecht in the Netherlands, out of communion with the Roman see since the http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc/oc/

Old Catholicism Home Overview There are three groups of canonical Old Catholics: 1) Those of the diocese of Utrecht in the Netherlands, out of communion with the Roman see since the eighteenth century; 2) Communities in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic which opposed the Roman Catholic dogma of Papal Infallibility as promulgated at the First Vatican Council; and 3) Polish National Catholics in the United States, Canada and Poland who removed themselves from obedience to the Roman Catholic Church from 1895 under the leadership of Bishops Kozlowski and Hodur. Texts Anglo-Continental Sympathy with Continental Reform . A Sermon Preached in Westminster Abbey, on Sunday, October 17th, 1875. By the Rev. William Stevens Perry, D.D. Rede Des Bischofs Strossmayer Ueber Die Unfehlbarkeit des Papstes . Eine Stimme innerhalb der roemischen Kirche. Zweite Auflage. 1872. [Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer's Speech on Papal Infallibility] Life of Edward Bouverie Pusey , by Henry Liddon and J. O. Johnston. London: Longmans. Four volumes. 1894.

28. Old Catholics old catholics Christian denomination, established by German clergy and laymen whoseparated themselves from the Roman Catholic Church when they rejected (1870 http://www.slider.com/enc/39000/Old_Catholics.htm

ecomm pro - ecommerce solution Home Encyclopeadia O O - Ode ... Rope Ladders Trellian WebPage Slider Search: The Web Encyclopaedia Shopping Index Help Encyclopaedia Old Catholics Christian denomination, established by German clergy and laymen who separated themselves from the Roman Catholic Church when they rejected (1870) the decrees of the Vatican Council, especially the dogma of the infallibility of the pope. The Old Catholic movement began publicly with a meeting of professors at Nuremberg (1870) under the leadership of Johann Joseph Ignaz von . By 1874, a new church had been established with a bishop consecrated by a Dutch Jansenist bishop. Church doctrines were codified by the Declaration of Utrecht (1889), which rejected communion with the pope and many Roman Catholic doctrines and practices. Old Catholicism spread to other nations, arriving in the U.S. as early as 1885. There are a number of distinct Old Catholic churches in America today, the largest being the Polish National Catholic Church, with 280,000 members. Total membership worldwide is estimated at about 5.5 million, most of them on the Philippines. See Karl Pruter and J. G. Melton, ed.

29. The Old Catholics & Western Orthodoxy Discussion of the old catholics (Union of Utrecht), their relationswith and claims about Western Orthodoxy. THE old catholics. The http://members.truepath.com/Ben_Johnson/Old_Catholic.html

THE OLD CATHOLICS The closest thing to an unbroken Western Orthodoxy is the Old Catholic Church - and sadly, this is no longer very close. This little known group has much in common with the best in the Anglican communion. The Old Catholic Church began in the Netherlands, which was evangelized in the eighth century A.D. by St. Willibrord. Though in communion with the Pope, they were given full autonomy to choose bishops and administer Church affairs; its main See is Utrecht. Traditional Christians went underground after the ascent of the Reformed Church in the low countries. Then in 1871, Vatican I declared the Immaculate Conception of Mary and Papal Infallibility as official church dogmas; Old Catholics (sometimes called the "Union of Utrecht") balked and left the Church. A long-standing ecumenical dialogue with Holy Orthodoxy had produced good results until recently. A commission of Orthodox and European Old Catholic bishops agreed that almost all conditions had been met for intercommunion. (The dialogue is available from the Polish National Catholic Church bookstore as "The Road to Unity" for $5.00 U.S.) However, some of the Old Catholics have held to the filioque clause, and others have accepted the Protestant canon of Scripture. Moreover, the Old Catholics had been in communion with the Anglican Communion until that group began the ordination of women (see below for more on Anglicanism), and to Orthodox intercommunion implies unity of faith. A few years ago, the some national churches of the Old Catholic communion themselves embraced the ordination of women and other liberal measures. Talks with the Orthodox predictably broke down, as have relations within the Union between traditional and modernizing churches.

30. Old Catholics Seek Identity At The Margins old catholics seek identity at the margins It is an Old Catholic church. old catholicshave lurked at the edge of Christian life for more than a century. http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/042399/042399f.htm

Old Catholics seek identity at the margins By MICHAEL J. FARRELL NCR Staff Orange, Calif. In the city of Orange in Southern California in a nondescript mall where commerce is king, a church is scarcely typical. The Church of St. Matthew is less typical still. It is an Old Catholic church. The Union of Utrecht became the Vatican for Old Catholics, except that the union was never able to keep its daughter churches on such a short leash as its prototype by the Tiber. Yet Utrecht is vitally important to Old Catholics in one regard: It is seen as source and guarantor of apostolic succession, that unbroken line that, Catholics insist, must go back to Jesus and the apostles. The name Old Catholic is seen by members as more confusing than helpful except for that all-important implication of proper pedigree. Obsessed with the need for apostolic succession, priests got themselves consecrated bishops on a grand scale. But in most such cases they had no flock, no priests. The best-organized exception, says Hickman, was the Polish National Catholic church headquartered in Scranton, Pa. This continues to be ethnically based and therefore exclusive. A personal search Even in the unusual milieu of the Old Catholic church, Hickman is atypical. His personal search helps explain why the Old Catholic church survives as friendly port in a storm for a variety of tempest-tossed souls.

31. More About Old Catholics More about old catholics. Sorry, this page isn't readyyet. Please try again soon. Back to the Main Page. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgbmxd/oldcath.htm

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32. Old Catholics Don't Accept Papal Infallibility July 18, 1870 • The Pope's Infallibility Declared, old catholics Split. Theywithdrew from the Roman Church, and called themselves old catholics. http://www.gospelcom.net/chi/DAILYF/2002/07/daily-07-18-2002.shtml

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33. Old Catholics? question. Can old catholics receive communion in the Catholic Church? answer. Allold catholics fall under the provision of Canon 844, paragraph 3 which reads http://www.blessedsacrament.com/theology/q154.html

question Can "Old Catholics" receive communion in the Catholic Church? Puzzled in Pasadena answer All Old Catholics fall under the provision of Canon 844, paragraph 3 which reads: Catholic ministers may licitly administer the sacraments of penance, Eucharist and anointing of the sick to members of the oriental churches which do not have full communion with the Catholic Church, if they ask on their own for the sacraments and are properly disposed. This holds also for members of other churches, which in the judgment of the Apostolic See are in the same condition as the oriental churches as far as these sacraments are concerned. Old Catholics belong to a church which retains the Apostolic succession, but are not in full communion with Rome. For more information read: Ernest Falardeau, SSS "Eucharistic Sharing: Recent Developments" Ecumenical Trends Bibliography Emmanuel Magazine Ordering SSS USA SSS International ... Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament e-mail: jtlanesss@blessedsacrament.com

34. ACU Page 2 -- Old Cath / ACU/Links old catholics. Who we are. old catholics are a body of Christianscommitted to the Person of Jesus Christ and His teaching. We http://www.am-cath.org/ACU2.HTM

[Top] [Up] [Next] [Previous] ... [Links] This Page has two sections: One is an introduction to the Old Catholic Church and the ACU; the other points to files about the Old Catholic Church. Who are the Old Catholics? What is the ACU? Links Old Catholics Who we are Old Catholics are a body of Christians committed to the Person of Jesus Christ and His teaching. We accept and believe the testimony of His Apostles, eyewitnesses of His Life, Death and Resurrection from among the dead. They passed on to succeeding generations their own testimony about Jesus and His life. By proclaiming of His Gospel and the giving of their own testimony (called the Apostolic Tradition), the Church which the Lord instituted was built up. Old Catholics are an historic part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and have their origins in the Ancient Catholic Church of the Netherlands. What is the ACU? The ACU is a clericus ("kler-ee-koos"), an association of independent (Old) Catholic priests, organized as a California non-profit, tax-exempt religious corporation, with IRS 501(c)(3) status, for the purpose of furthering the work of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We are open to brotherly cooperation with other churches and associations with similar aims and dedication. We are also dedicated to providing our expertise in organization and computer technology to other Old and Independent Catholic jurisdictions who need and want them. By working together, we can make the ideal of "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church" come true.

35. Dutch Old Catholic Liturgy OLD CATHOLIC HISTORY. Who are the old catholics? The old catholics respondedto the Lambeth Appeal of 192O with regard to Christian Unity. http://www.am-cath.org/DTCHLIT.HTM

The cover of the pamphlet We assume that the names have changed in the intervening years, but the addresses of the organizations and parish churches may be the same. OLD CATHOLIC WORSHIP in the NETHERLANDS including the Common Order of the Holy Service of the Mass, a short illustrated history of the Old Catholic Church, the Old Catholic-Anglican Agreement, the Declaration of Utrecht of 1889, and a list of parish churches. Published by the Society of St. Willibrord and on sale at: "Centraal Oud-Katholiek Boekhuis", c./o. Oud-Katholiek Seminarie, Koningin Wilhelminalaan 3, Amersfoort, Holland. ANGLICAN AND OLD CATHOLIC INTERCOMMUNION On July 2nd, 1931, at Bonn, Germany, a joint session of Anglican and Old Catholic Commissions agreed to terms of intercommunion. They were accepted unanimously by all the delegates, and have since been ratified by the various Old Catholic Churches, by both Convocations of the Church of England, and by the other Churches of the Anglican Communion. The following are the terms of the agreement: (1) Each Communion recognizes the Catholicity and independence of the other, and maintains its own.

36. Old Catholics Similar pages Saint Matthew Church purpose. Of the various Christian movements in America, few are aslittle known and as much misunderstood as the old catholics. The http://home.earthlink.net/~grossklas/oldcatholics.htm

A WARNING ON THE OLD CATHOLICS: FALSE BISHOPS, FALSE CHURCHES by Rev. Anthony Cekada, SSPX Originally published in The Roman Catholic magazine, 1980 PLEASE NOTE: While this material was written by a former Society of St. Pius the Tenth (SSPX) priest, it is, nevertheless, good background information on the Old Catholics. I think it is fair to say that the various factions of the so-called "traditionalist" (which more or less includes the Old Catholics) movement can sometimes be excellent sources of information about their "traditionalist" competitors. Fr. Cekada was one of the "nine" ousted from the SSPX in 1983 by Archbishop Lefebvre and The Roman Catholic magazine was the official organ of what was the Northeast District of the Society at that time. The other district was the Southwest and its official publication was the Angelus. To my knowledge, Fr. Cekada has yet to be reconciled with the Catholic Church. As far as I am aware, Fr. Cekada is a sede vacantist and the last I heard is that he is at the CRMI's Mount St. Michael (June, 1999). Let us say that you are a traditional Roman Catholic, and that you come across an advertisement in the paper for a group which claims that they offer the traditional Latin Mass. You notice at the bottom of the ad that the group calls itself "Old Catholic" or "Old Roman Catholic." You are naturally quite puzzled by these terms, but you think that anyone who claims to be "Old" or "Roman" or "Catholic" can't really be too much different from the traditional Catholic priests you know. But, you ask, are they really legitimate Roman Catholics, and can one go to their Masses?

37. Photo Of Old Catholics At Holy Trinity Geneva Left to right The Ven Peter Hawker (Archdeacon of Switzerland); the Revd Samvan Leer (curate of St Ursula, Bern); Bishop FritzRenee Muller; Fr Klaus http://www.europe.anglican.org/news/oldcatholicphoto.html

Left to right: The Ven Peter Hawker (Archdeacon of Switzerland); the Revd Sam van Leer (curate of St Ursula, Bern); Bishop Fritz-Renee Muller; Fr Klaus Heinrich Neuhoff; the Revd Mike French (chaplain at Holy Trinity, Geneva, where the event took place).

38. Chaplaincies The Diocese Resources News Links Locations The St Willibrord Society exists to promote growing relations betweenAnglicans and old catholics. Each Church has a secretary. http://www.europe.anglican.org/partners/incommunion.html

Chaplaincies The Diocese Resources News Links Locations Structures Ministry Announcements ... External Churches in Communion with the Church of England Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht The Old Catholic Church of Austria Bishop:   The Right Reverend Bernhard Heitz Schottenring 17/1/3/12, A-1010 Vienna, Austria T: + 43 131 78 394/95                  F: + 43 1 317 83 959 E: bischof.heitz@altkatholiken.at The Old Catholic Church of Croatia Bishop:   vacant The Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic Bishop: Cirkve Starokatolicke v CR, Hladkóv 3, CZ-169 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic E: stkat@comp.cz A Covenant was signed in September 2000, between the Bishop in Europe and the Bishop of the Old Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, by which they share oversight of the Anglican parish in Prague. The Old Catholic Church of Germany Bishop:   The Right Reverend Joachim Vobbe also an Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese in Europe Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 28, 53115 Bonn, Germany T: + 49 228 23 22 85                     F: + 49 228 23 83 14 E: ordinariat@alt-katholisch.de

39. Old Catholic History Who We, As old catholics, Are. The old catholics are a body of Christians committedto the Person of Jesus Christ and His teaching. What old catholics Believe. http://members.tripod.com/frnesmith/history.htm

All Saints Old Catholic Church A parish of the Old Catholic Church of North America (Ind.) Married and Female Clergy. Site Includes Beliefs, F.A.Q, History, Ordination and Incardination information and more. Charted in the State of Tennessee as the Independent Old Catholic Church of America, Inc. and as All Saints Independent Old Catholic Church W Home W About Us ... Site Map Old Catholic History Who We, As Old Catholics, Are The Old Catholics are a body of Christians committed to the Person of Jesus Christ and His teaching. We accept and believe the testimony of His Apostles, eyewitnesses of His Life, Death and Resurrection from among the dead. They passed on to succeeding generations their own testimony about Jesus Christ and His life. By the proclaiming of His Gospel and the giving of their own testimony (called the Apostolic Tradition), the Church which the Lord instituted was built up. Old Catholics are an historic part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church and have their origins in the Ancient Catholic Church of the Netherlands. The Ancient Catholic Church of the Netherlands The Church in the Netherlands and the Reformation Armed with the protection of the papal concessions, the Church in the Netherlands continued to minister even through the Reformation. During this period of strife, the Church in the Netherlands, as in many other countries, was forced to "go underground" in order to survive. But survive and remain extant, it did. Eventually, the Archbishop of Utrecht and other Church leaders reached an informal agreement with the civil government, whereby it could again function openly without interference from the Reformers.

40. Wfn.org | EAU CLAIRE AND THE OLD CATHOLICS From the Worldwide Faith News archives www.wfn.org. EAU CLAIRE ANDTHE old catholics. From a.whitefield@quest.org.uk Date 23 Mar 1997 http://www.wfn.org/1997/03/msg00205.html

From the Worldwide Faith News archives www.wfn.org EAU CLAIRE AND THE OLD CATHOLICS From a.whitefield@quest.org.uk Date 23 Mar 1997 14:00:28 March 18, 1997 ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE The Anglican Communion Office, London, UK Director of Communications - Canon James M Rosenthal Tel: [44] (0)171 620-1110 Fax: [44] (0)171 620-1070 (97.3.2.3) USA: EAU CLAIRE HAS COMPANION RELATIONSHIP WITH OLD CATHOLICS (Episcopal Life) The Diocese of Eau Claire in ECUSA has established an agreement for prayer and fellowship with the Old Catholic Diocese of Germany, the first such agreement between Episcopal and Old Catholic dioceses. The agreement has been signed by Bishop William Wantland of Eau Claire and Bishop Joachim Vobbe of the Old Catholic Church. It calls for members of the dioceses to pray for one another, to develop visitation programmes, and to construct Rworking relationshipsS between congregations and to educate each other about each othersU Churches. For more news from the Episcopal Church USA see Episcopal News Service online. Browse month Browse month (sort by Source) WFN Home

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