Old Catholicism

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Christian denomination family Christian tradition

Old Catholicism is a Christian tradition that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century, maintaining Catholic liturgy and sacraments while rejecting papal infallibility and emphasizing synodality and theological openness.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Catholic Church	6
Old Catholic movement	6
Old Catholic	5
Old Catholic theology	4
Independent Catholic	1
Old Catholic churches	1
Old Catholic communion (broad sense)	1
Old Catholics	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination family ⓘ Christian tradition ⓘ
acceptsCouncil	Council of Trent ⓘ
clergyPractice	allowance of clerical marriage ⓘ ordination of married men to the priesthood ⓘ
communionStructure	communion of national churches ⓘ
creedalBasis	Apostles’ Creed ⓘ Athanasian Creed ⓘ Nicene Creed ⓘ
ecumenicalRelations	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox churches Lutheran churches ⓘ
emphasizes	episcopal collegiality ⓘ synodality ⓘ theological openness ⓘ
eucharisticTheology	real presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ
governanceModel	episcopal polity ⓘ synodal church governance ⓘ
hasBranch	Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church in Germany Old Catholic Church of Austria ⓘ 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
hasFullCommunionWith	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglican Communion (via Union of Utrecht)
hasOrganization	Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
languageOfLiturgy	vernacular languages (in many churches) ⓘ
liturgyType	Catholic liturgy ⓘ
mariology	rejects dogma of the Assumption as defined in 1950 ⓘ rejects dogma of the Immaculate Conception as defined in 1854 ⓘ
ordinationPractice	ordination of women in many Old Catholic churches ⓘ
originEvent	opposition to Vatican I (1869–1870) ⓘ
originRegion	German-speaking Europe ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
preserves	Catholic sacraments ⓘ
rejectsCouncil	First Vatican Council ⓘ
rejectsDoctrine	papal infallibility ⓘ universal jurisdiction of the pope as defined at Vatican I ⓘ
religiousFamily	Catholicism ⓘ
retains	apostolic succession ⓘ episcopal consecration ⓘ
sacramentalTheology	seven sacraments ⓘ
scriptureView	accepts biblical canon of the Western Church ⓘ
separatedFrom	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
separationCause	rejection of papal infallibility ⓘ
separationCentury	19th century ⓘ
theologyOrientation	ecumenical theology ⓘ liberal Catholic theology ⓘ
viewsOnPrimacy	accepts primacy of honor of the Bishop of Rome but not universal jurisdiction ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Faith and Order Commission → affiliation → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic churches

Old Catholic Church of Sweden and Denmark → branchOf → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church

Old Catholic Church of France → communion → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic communion (broad sense)

Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland → denominationalFamily → Old Catholicism ⓘ

Old Catholic Church in the Philippines → denominationalFamily → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic

Old Catholic Church of Croatia → denominationalFamily → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church

Old Catholic Church of Italy → denominationalFamily → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic

Old Catholic Church in the Philippines → isPartOf → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church

Old Catholic Church of Italy → movement → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic movement

First Vatican Council → opposedBy → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic movement

Pastor aeternus – on the primacy and infallibility of the Roman Pontiff → opposedBy → Old Catholicism ⓘ

subject surface form: Pastor aeternus

this entity surface form: Old Catholic movement

Old Catholic Church of Austria → orientation → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic

Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland → partOf → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic movement

Old Catholic Church of Austria → partOf → Old Catholicism ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic → partOf → Old Catholicism ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Poland → partOfMovement → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic movement

Third Council of Constantinople → recognizedBy → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church

Old Catholic Church of Croatia → religion → Old Catholicism ⓘ

IBC → religiousDenomination → Old Catholicism ⓘ

subject surface form: International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference

this entity surface form: Old Catholic

Old Catholic Church of France → religiousMovement → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic movement

Blessed Sacrament → religiousTradition → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church

IBC → religiousTradition → Old Catholicism ⓘ

subject surface form: International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference

this entity surface form: Old Catholic Church

Obispo Máximo → religiousTradition → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Independent Catholic

Old Catholic Church of Poland → religiousTradition → Old Catholicism ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Slovakia → religiousTradition → Old Catholicism ⓘ

Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht → theologicalTradition → Old Catholicism ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Austria → theology → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic theology

Old Catholic Church of Croatia → theology → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic

Old Catholic Church of Germany → theology → Old Catholicism ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Italy → theology → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic theology

Old Catholic Church of Slovakia → theology → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic theology

Old Catholic Church of Sweden and Denmark → theology → Old Catholicism ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic → theology → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholic theology

Blessed Sacrament → veneratedBy → Old Catholicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Catholics