Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland

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Christian denomination Old Catholic church national church

The Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland is a national Old Catholic denomination that separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century and is known for its more liberal stances on issues such as clerical marriage and church governance.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Catholic Church of Switzerland	4
Old Catholic Church of France	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination ⓘ Old Catholic church ⓘ national church ⓘ
allows	clerical marriage ⓘ use of vernacular languages in liturgy ⓘ
christianTradition	Western Christianity ⓘ
clergyCanMarry	true ⓘ
communionWith	Old Catholic Church of Austria ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church of Germany Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
country	Switzerland ⓘ
denominationalFamily	Old Catholicism ⓘ
governanceFeature	strong participation of laity in church governance ⓘ
governanceType	episcopal polity ⓘ
hasClergy	bishops ⓘ deacons ⓘ priests ⓘ
hasDoctrine	emphasis on early church tradition over later papal definitions ⓘ rejection of compulsory clerical celibacy ⓘ
hasFeature	synodal structures involving clergy and laity ⓘ
hasPosition	more liberal on church governance than Roman Catholic Church ⓘ more liberal on clerical marriage than Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
hasSacraments	Anointing of the Sick ⓘ Baptism ⓘ Confirmation ⓘ Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Eucharist Marriage ⓘ Ordination ⓘ Penance ⓘ
isInFullCommunionWith	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglican Communion (in general Old Catholic sense)
language	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
liturgyFamily	Latin liturgical tradition ⓘ
orientation	ecumenical ⓘ
partOf	Old Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic movement
recognizes	historic episcopate ⓘ seven sacraments ⓘ
regionServed	Switzerland ⓘ
rejectsDoctrine	Papal infallibility as defined in 1870 ⓘ Universal jurisdiction of the pope as defined in 1870 ⓘ
selfIdentification	Catholic but not Roman Catholic ⓘ
separatedFrom	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
separationCentury	19th century ⓘ
theologyTradition	Catholic ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Catholic Church of Croatia → communionWith → Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Germany → communionWith → Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church of Switzerland

Old Catholic Church of Slovakia → communionWith → Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic → communionWith → Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church of Switzerland

Old Catholicism → hasBranch → Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ

IBC → hasMember → Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ

subject surface form: International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church of Switzerland

Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht → memberChurch → Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church of France

International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference → relatedTo → Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church of Switzerland