Old Catholic Church of Slovakia

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Christian denomination Old Catholic church body religious organization

The Old Catholic Church of Slovakia is a national Old Catholic denomination in Slovakia that is part of the international Union of Utrecht, maintaining Catholic liturgy and tradition while rejecting papal infallibility and certain Roman Catholic doctrines.

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination → Old Catholic church body → religious organization →
acceptsCouncil	first seven ecumenical councils →
allowsDivorcedRemarriedCommunion	yes →
churchPolity	episcopal polity →
classification	national Old Catholic church →
clergyCanMarry	yes →
clericalCelibacyPolicy	optional clerical celibacy →
communion	Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht →
communionWith	Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland → Old Catholic Church of Austria → Old Catholic Church of Germany → Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic → Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands → Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches →
country	Slovakia →
denominationalFamily	Union of Utrecht churches →
dialoguePartner	Anglican Communion → Roman Catholic Church →
ecclesiology	conciliar ecclesiology →
ecumenicalOrientation	ecumenical →
fullCommunionWith	Anglican Communion (via Union of Utrecht agreements) →
governance	synodal governance →
languageOfWorship	Slovak →
liturgicalOrientation	Eucharist-centered worship →
liturgy	Catholic liturgy →
maintainsTradition	Catholic tradition →
memberOf	Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches →
orientation	Western Christianity →
recognizesCreed	Apostles’ Creed → Nicene Creed →
recognizesOrders	historic episcopate →
recognizesSacraments	seven sacraments →
regionServed	Slovakia →
rejectsDoctrine	certain Roman Catholic doctrines → immediate jurisdiction of the pope over all dioceses → papal infallibility → universal jurisdiction of the pope →
rejectsDogma	dogma of papal infallibility defined in 1870 →
rejectsDogmaFromCouncil	First Vatican Council →
rejectsSupremacy	Roman papal supremacy →
religiousFamily	Catholicism →
religiousTradition	Old Catholicism →
theology	Old Catholic theology →
usesRite	Latin liturgical tradition →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht →	memberChurch