The Old Catholic Church

Denomination·Founded 1870 CE

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → The Old Catholic Church

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Catholic — without the infallible pope.

The communion that declined Vatican I: when the pope was declared infallible in 1870, these parishes kept the faith of the undivided first millennium instead — synodal governance, married clergy, and full sacramental life without Rome's last word.

The founding

No single founder — The Old Catholic Church accreted rather than began.

What it holds

The divine. One God in three persons.

Death and after. Resurrection and judgment.

The line

descent is public here — where it came from, what left it
Judaism — c. 1000 BCE Christianity — 30 CE Catholicism The Old Catholic Church — 1870 CE

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Back to the overview — the living page: elements, discussion, the web The Belief room — the claims themselves, with sources and context Branch The Old Catholic Church — inherit everything, change what you must

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence; the global following above is a stated estimate, not a Panfaith count.

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