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Old Catholic churchAny of a group of Western Catholic churches that separated from Rome after the First Vatican Council promulgated the doctrine of papal infallibility (1869–70). Old Catholic churches in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and elsewhere joined together in 1889 to form the Union of Utrecht. The Old Catholics accept the Bible, the Apostles' and Nicene creeds, and the seven sacraments. Their chief authority in church government is the conference of bishops. They have long used the vernacular in public worship; confession to a priest is not obligatory, and in some Old Catholic churches the celibacy of the clergy is optional. |
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In contrast to Cardinal Law [see page 64], Archbishop Bruce Simpson of the Old Catholic Church has only kind words for gays. The Tablet of London reports that, as a result of the claims of Austrian and German Catholic women about a forthcoming ordination there, the Old Catholic Church has stated categorically that it does not allow its bishops to perform ordinations for other denominations. Bishop Peter Hickman of the Old Catholic Church, who recently ordained Mary Ramerman of the breakaway Rochester, N. |
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