The perfect Church for imperfect people / La Iglesia perfecta para gente imperfecta
Patriarchate of The Old Catholic Church in The United Kingdom and America
Patriarcado
IGLESIA CATOLICA ANTIGUA
God´s Church at work
06/27/24, the OSF and OSB, Companions of Jesus, Renewed their religious vows at the ORATORY OF CHRIST THE KING, Southport, England, United Kingdom.
The renewal of religious vows confirm, complement and perfects the Baptismal vows, enabling the Companion of Jesus to live in total commitment and faithful service to God alone.
Rev. M. Pamela, Rev. S. Ruth, Very Rev. Msgr. Michael+ and H.G. Most Rev. M
07/22/24 Ordinations to the Presbyterate and Diaconate, Diocese of the Good Shepperd at the Ecumenical Cathedral, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Rev. Dcn. Denis Cedric Ndendeng and Rev. Fr. Antoine Marie Nguini.
07/28/24 The Old Catholic Church Order of St. Benedict, Companions of Jesus, received the Profession of Temporary Vows from the SD. Eladio Bermúdez Guzmán, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, Colombia.
ORA ET LABORA!
06/27/24 Rev. Campo E. Chavesorbegozo Ortiz, Ordained to the Subdiaconate and Rev. Diego A. Sanabria Fandiño and Rev. Eladio Bermudez Guzman to the Diaconate.
Following Orthodox Tradition, a Subdeacon is the highest of the minor orders and the Deacon is the third degree of the major orders of clergy, following the bishop and the presbyter.
06/23/24 Rev. Juan F. Angel de la Cuesta, HMSJA was Ordained to the Presbyterate, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, Colombia
TOCC teaches that the reality and effectiveness of the sacraments of the church, ministered by the presbyters, do not depend upon personal virtue, but upon the presence of Christ who acts in His church by the Sanctifying Grace of the Holy Spirit.
06/30/24 Rev. Fr. B Juan Fernando Angel de la Cuesta, HMSJA Celebrated his First Holy Mass, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sorrows, Colombia.
It is Christ, through his chosen ministers, who acts as teacher, good shepherd, forgiver, and healer. It is Christ remitting sins, and curing the physical, mental and spiritual ills of mankind. The priest is an icon of Christ.
World Presence / Presencia Mundial
WORLD PRESENCE
United Kingdom
United States of America
Colombia
Brazil
Italy
France
Indonesia
D.R. Congo
Cameroon
Nigeria
Venezuela
México
Ancient, Western and Orthodox
"The perfect church for imperfect people"
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine!
ISAIAH 43:1
'THE OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH is the best kept secret in Christendom.
'The fact that there is a valid form of Catholicism that is independent of Rome and that values local control seems scandalous to some and cause delight or even relief to others. The Old Catholic Church have branches all over the world. They constitute one of the most interesting and diverse movements in Christian history, a movement worthy of greater visibility and academic attention'.
('The Old Catholic Movement, Its Origins and History' Apocryphile Press, Berkeley, CA.)
As a mission statement we take a quotation from St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians 1:17-19
'I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe'.
Catholic but not Roman, Orthodox but not Eastern, Evangelical but not Protestant.
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 IV Lateran Council of 1215 and authorized to be free of any judgement outside of its own jurisdiction by the Papal Bula "Debitum Pastoralis" of 1520 AD. It is, therefore, valid and licit, part of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
It is fully Catholic but not Roman, fully Orthodox but not Eastern.
www.theoldcatholicuniversity.com
Part of One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
On August 5th 1911, a conference took place in Bredon’s Norton, Worcestershire, attended by Arb. Arnold Harris Mathew, other members of the Old Catholic Church, Metropolitan Gerassimos Messarra, Archbishop of Beirut, Legate of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch, and his companions. After a long and full discussion, the faith of the Old Catholic Church under Archbishop Mathew was considered in full accord with that of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Archbishop Mathew was then solemnly received by Mgr. Messarra on behalf of Gregory IV (Haddad) and The Old Catholic (Western Orthodox) Church, into union with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch as an Autocephalous Jurisdiction of the Holy Synod.
1912—February 26th, His Holiness, Pope and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, Photius, also accepted and recognised the union with Orthodoxy of the Old Catholics headed by Arb. Mathew
Members of
WAOCB
WAOCB
WAOCB
World Assembly of Old Catholic Bishops
AMOCA
WAOCB
WAOCB
Asamblea Mundial de Obispos Catolicos Antiguos