Rite of The Old Catholic Church
The Mass, unbroken but unbowed.
The same Eucharist as Rome's — celebrated in the vernacular, by clergy who may marry, under bishops the parishes elect: sacrament kept, monarchy declined.
⏱ weekly — Sunday◌ the parish, priest facing the people
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this rite is held
The Old Catholic Mass is recognizably the Catholic Mass, celebrated in the vernacular from the 1870s onward — a century before Rome did the same — with the priest facing the people. Bishops are elected by clergy and laity of the diocese rather than appointed centrally, which is the ecclesiology made visible: the same sacrament, a different distribution of authority.
The same ground, other faiths
rites that share this one's ideas
The church is the body of Christ.
Christianity · core tenet
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Eastern in rite, Catholic in communion, and not a Latin diocese.
The Syro-Malabar Church · core tenet
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No communion until the congregation is at peace.
The Mennonites
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Satsang — the singing evening.
Hinduism
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The fourfold sangha.
Buddhism · community
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Micchami dukkadam.
Jainism
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