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Independent Catholic Denominations
This is a list of Independent Catholic denominations, current and defunct, which identify as Catholic but are not in communion with the Holy See. Denominations of Roman Catholic tradition * Apostolic Catholic Church * Apostles of Infinite Love * Argentine Catholic Apostolic Church *Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church * Palmarian Christian Church * Philippine Independent Church * Traditionalist Mexican-American Catholic Church * Venezuelan Catholic Apostolic Church Denominations of Old Catholic tradition * American Catholic Church in the United States * American Catholic Church (1915) * American National Catholic Church * Community Catholic Church of Canada * Canonical Old Roman Catholic Church * Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch * Christ Catholic Church * Ecumenical Catholic Church * Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ * Ecumenical Catholic Communion * Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation * Mexican National Catholic Church * North American Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Catholic
Independent Catholicism is an independent sacramental movement of clergy and laity who Independent Catholicism#Appeal of Independent Catholicism to Catholic and Christian tradition, self-identify as Catholic (most often as Old Catholic or as Independent Catholic) and form "micro-churches claiming apostolic succession and Validity and liceity (Catholic Church), valid sacraments", in spite of not being affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. The term "Independent Catholic" derives from the fact that "these denominations affirm both their belonging to the Catholic tradition as well as their independence from Holy See, Rome". It is difficult to determine the number of jurisdictions, communities, clergy and members who make up Independent Catholicism, particularly since the movement "is growing and changing in every moment". Some adherents choose Independent Catholicism as an alternative way to live and express their Catholic faith outside the Roman Catholic Church (with whose stru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canonical Old Roman Catholic Church
The Canonical Old Roman Catholic Church is a small Christian denomination founded in the 1960s. It was formed in reaction to some of the changes instituted by the Roman Catholic Church as a result of the Second Vatican Council.{{cite book , last= Melton, first=J. Gordon , author-link=J. Gordon Melton , title=The Encyclopedia of American Religions , year=1987 , edition= 2nd, publisher=Gale Research Company , location=Detroit , isbn=0-8103-2133-5 Description In 1966, Anthony Girandola, a Roman Catholic priest, announced that he was married, had been married for some time, and intended to remain both a married man and a Roman Catholic priest. After making his statement regarding his lack of adherence to the clerical celibacy rule of the Roman Catholic Church, he found that he could not find a Roman Catholic church to function in. He then started to organize his own church in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Girandola became a celebrity, and found that the demands on his time as such inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopi Vagantes
In Christianity, an (plural ; Latin for 'wandering bishops' or 'stray bishops') is a person consecrated, in a "clandestine or irregular way", as a bishop outside the structures and canon law of the established churches; a person regularly consecrated but later excommunicated, and not in communion with any generally recognized diocese; or a person who has in communion with them small groups that appear to exist solely for the bishop's sake. David V. Barrett, in the ''Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements'', specifies that are now "those independent bishops who collect several different lines of transmission of apostolic succession, and who will happily (and sometimes for a fee) consecrate anyone who requests it". Those described as wandering bishops often see the term as pejorative. The general term for "wandering" clerics, as were common in the Middle Ages, is ; the general term for those recognising no leader is . The ''Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church'' mentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Rite
The names Liberal Catholic Church (LCC) and Liberal Catholic movement are used by a number of separate Independent Catholic denominations throughout the world descending from James I. Wedgwood, which combine Catholic sacramental practices with freedom of belief, and in particular openness to theosophical ideas. History Foundation of the Liberal Catholic Church The Liberal Catholic Church was founded by J. I. Wedgwood and Charles Webster Leadbeater, two Theosophists. Wedgwood had been consecrated as a bishop in 1916 in England by Frederick Samuel Willoughby; Willoughby had been consecrated as bishop by Arnold Harris Mathew of the Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain, but had later been disowned by Mathew. Wedgwood then travelled to Australia and ordained and consecrated Leadbeater. Wedgwood established the Liberal Catholic Church in the USA in 1917. Wedgwood says that during the existence of the early unified Liberal Catholic Church, he created the Liberal Rite. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Catholic Church, Province Of The United States Of America
The Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the United States of America is a province of The Liberal Catholic Church (TLCC), a Liberal Catholic denomination. The majority of its parishes and missions are located in the Western and Midwest United States. History The United States became a province in 1919. The Liberal Catholic Church, Province of the United States of America was incorporated in Maryland on April 16, 1962 following disputes within the early Liberal Catholic Church. Since its establishment, the church has continued to practice open communion, affirmation of the LGBT community, and freedom of belief; members are not required to accept its statement of doctrine. In 2018, William Downey was elected the Presiding Archbishop of The Liberal Catholic Church and Liberal Catholic Church,(after the passing of Presiding Archbishop Graham Wale in October 2018) Province of the United States of America. Prior to becoming Liberal Catholic, he explored Evangelical Protestantism, Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Roman Catholic Church In Great Britain
The Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain is an Independent Catholic church claiming descent from Arnold Harris Mathew in 1910. Theology and practices The church holds Catholic dogmas as held by the Church of Utrecht. These include belief, among other things, in the Nicene Creed, seven sacraments and apostolic succession. The church does not hold as dogma the Immaculate Conception, Papal Infallibility or the Assumption, but these may be believed privately. Parishes use the Tridentine Mass for liturgy. Leadership Archbishop Arnold Harris Mathew led the original church after its establishment in 1910 until his death in 1919. He was succeeded by Archbishop Bernard Mary Williams who was in favour of reuniting the church with the Roman Catholic Church and existing as a "uniate" rite. At his death in 1952, the clergy elected Geoffrey Peter Thomas Paget King as his successor. However, there was already a bishop in the United Kingdom named Gerard George Shelley. Seeing no need ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Old Catholic Church
The North American Old Catholic Church (NAOCC) is a community of 22 independent Catholic churches based in the United States and Canada. History The North American Old Catholic Church was formed in January 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky, as a community of independent Catholic churches, with Archbishop Michael Seneco being elected as the community's first presiding bishop. This United States-based organization traced its history to an 1870 movement in the Netherlands that dissented from the Roman Catholic Church largely over the 1869 First Vatican Council doctrine of papal infallibility, a dogma of the Catholic Church which states that the pope is preserved from the possibility of error in certain circumstances."infallibility means more than exemption from actual error; it means exemption from the possibility of error", P. J. TonerInfallibility 1910 In 2009, the gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican National Catholic Church
The Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church ( (ICAM)) is an Independent Catholic denomination founded in 1925, by separating from the Catholic Church. It was created to bolster revolution with the support of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers (CROM) and Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles' approval. Its development was marked by several internal crises, followed by consequent splits and mergers. Since 1993, it has been officially listed in the Mexican Federal Registry of Religious Associations. Name The church is identified in Spanish as both ' (Spanish for Mexican Orthodox Apostolic Catholic Church) and ' (Spanish for Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church); in English it also known as the Old Mexican Roman Catholic Church, and the Mexican National Catholic Church. History President Álvaro Obregón and his successor Calles, as well as other politicians, wanted the revolutionary government to restrict and terminate the Catholic Church in Mexico. In February 1925, armed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation
The African-American Catholic Congregation and its Imani Temples are an Independent Catholic church founded by Archbishop George Augustus Stallings Jr., an Afrocentrist and former Catholic priest, in Washington, D.C. Stallings left the Catholic Church in 1989 and was excommunicated in 1990. In 2014, the church decided to relocate to nearby Prince George's County, Maryland; their current headquarters are located in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland. History George Augustus Stallings Jr., then a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, founded the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation as a single congregation in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1989. He named it "Imani" for the Swahili word , meaning "faith". In 1994, the Imani Temple African American Catholic Congregation, purchased the former Eastern Presbyterian Church, designed by noted Washington architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. and opened in 1893. In 2006, the excommunicated Catholic archbishop Emmanuel Milingo (who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecumenical Catholic Communion
The Ecumenical Catholic Communion (ECC) is an Independent Catholic church based within the United States. Its members understand themselves as following the Catholic tradition without being in communion with the Bishop of Rome. The ECC is a confederation of independent communities based in the United States and Europe. The membership of the ECC is about 10,000, including seven bishops, and more than 50 communities across 20 states. In 2009, the Ecumenical Anglican Church (EAC), an independent church, joined the ECC. The ECC is a member of the National Council of Churches (NCC). The Ecumenical Catholic Communion differs from Roman Catholic practice in many ways, such as consecrating married individuals to the episcopacy, ordaining women, and permitting remarriage after divorce. History The Ecumenical Catholic Communion professes that its roots are to be found in the Old Catholic Church and counts the Declaration of Utrecht among its foundational sources although it is not in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecumenical Catholic Church Of Christ
The Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ (ECCC) is an Independent Catholicism, Independent Catholic List of Independent Catholic denominations, denomination founded by Archbishop Karl Rodig as The Reformed Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, the ECCC uses a former Catholic Church, Roman Catholic parish as its Cathedral of Saint Anthony. The Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ aims to minister to disaffected Roman Catholics and others. History The Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ was originally founded in 1998 as ''The Reformed Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church'' after Karl Rodig left the Catholic Church, initially disagreeing with Clerical celibacy in the Catholic Church, clerical celibacy. In 1999, Rodig was consecrated by Archbishop Maurice McCormick of the Old Catholic Church in North America and was therefore Excommunication in the Catholic Church, excommunicated by the Catholic Church. In 2007, the church changed its name to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
