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Reformed Catholics is an Independent Catholic denomination founded in New York City, United States, in 1879, by some priests who left the Catholic Church. It was not in communion with the pope in Rome. Dissident formerly Catholic priests formed a few congregations chiefly in New York, and began evangelistic work on a Protestant basis of belief.
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".
In its mission statement, the church declares that "[w]e proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of joy, hope, love and peace." The vision statement states that "We will become a worldwide church dedicated to the pursuit of peace, reconciliation, and healing of the spirit." [23] The Kirtland Temple. Owned and operated by the Community of ...
The Catholic Church was a leading arts patron across much of Europe. The goal of much art in the Counter-Reformation, especially in the Rome of Bernini and the Flanders of Peter Paul Rubens , was to restore Catholicism's predominance and centrality.
The majority of the original Reformed Church in the United States, which was founded in 1725, merged with Evangelical Synod of North America (a mix of German Reformed & Lutheran theologies) to form the Evangelical and Reformed Church in 1940 (which would merge with the Congregational Christian Churches in 1957 to form the United Church of ...
The Old Reformed Church was founded in 1907 with Pastor Boone as leader. The Federation of Old Reformed Churches was a small denomination founded in 1912. In 1952 a few Christian Reformed Churches also joined the [ clarification needed ] .
The Reformed Old Apostolic Church broke away from the Old Apostolic Church. [3] It was founded in 1972 by Robert Lombard , a former Helper Apostle of the Old Apostolic Church of Africa. [ 4 ] Robert Lombard had been ordained as an Apostle in the Old Apostolic Church in 1958 by Apostle William Campbell, to assist in the coloured congregations of ...
The Polish National Catholic Church established the Union of Scranton in 2008, and no other North American body has been recognized by the International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference. The Old Catholic Church of Slovakia was a member church of the Union of Utrecht from 2000 but it was removed from membership in 2004.