Old Catholic Church of Germany

E76979

Christian denomination Old Catholic church religious organization

The Old Catholic Church of Germany is a Christian denomination that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century over issues such as papal infallibility and is part of the international Old Catholic communion.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Old Catholic Church of Germany canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination ⓘ Old Catholic church ⓘ religious organization ⓘ
acceptsCouncil	first seven ecumenical councils ⓘ
allows	divorced and remarried persons to receive sacraments ⓘ married clergy ⓘ
classification	Western Christianity ⓘ
communionWith	Anglican Communion ⓘ Old Catholic Church of Austria ⓘ Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church of Switzerland Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic ⓘ Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands Philippine Independent Church ⓘ Old Catholic Church of Poland ⓘ surface form: Polish Catholic Church
country	Germany ⓘ
doctrine	Apostles’ Creed ⓘ surface form: Apostles' Creed Nicene Creed ⓘ
ecclesiology	episcopal polity ⓘ
emergedInCentury	19th century ⓘ
emphasis	lay participation in church governance ⓘ synodality ⓘ
hasClergy	bishops ⓘ deacons ⓘ priests ⓘ
hasDialogueWith	Orthodox churches ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
languageOfLiturgy	German ⓘ
liturgy	Western liturgical tradition ⓘ
orientation	catholic but not Roman Catholic ⓘ
partOf	Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
practices	Eucharist ⓘ anointing of the sick ⓘ baptism ⓘ confession ⓘ confirmation ⓘ marriage ⓘ ordination ⓘ sacramental worship ⓘ
regionServed	Germany ⓘ
rejectsDoctrine	Assumption of Mary as dogma of faith ⓘ Immaculate Conception as dogma of faith ⓘ universal jurisdiction of the pope ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
schismCause	opposition to First Vatican Council decisions ⓘ rejection of papal infallibility ⓘ
separatedFrom	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
theology	Old Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic → communionWith → Old Catholic Church of Germany ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Slovakia → communionWith → Old Catholic Church of Germany ⓘ

Old Catholic Church of Croatia → communionWith → Old Catholic Church of Germany ⓘ

IBC → hasMember → Old Catholic Church of Germany ⓘ

subject surface form: International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference