Core tenet of The Old Catholic Church
The undivided church is the standard.
The faith of the seven councils, before East and West parted — catholicity measured by antiquity, not by Rome's latest word.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
The Old Catholic standard is the church of the first millennium, before the schism of 1054: whatever was believed everywhere and always is binding, and later Roman developments are not. That principle, drawn from Vincent of Lérins, is why the churches accept the seven ecumenical councils and reject papal infallibility, mandatory clerical celibacy, and the Immaculate Conception as later additions.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
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Peter — the rock that cracked.
Christianity · figure
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Leadership was appointed, not chosen.
Islam
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The Celestial Masters, and the argument about who is one.
Taoism · community
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One church, two thrones.
The Armenian Apostolic Church
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Jacobite is a word from outside.
The Syriac Orthodox Church
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Thomas came here in 52.
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
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