People ask us all the time, “Why don’t you become Episcopalians?” In doing so they have only expressed what others frequently think, but do not ask. In addition, there are many who must wonder why we don’t become Roman Catholics. In short, we have to say why, with all the…
Homilies, Sermons & Writings
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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2014
Introduction Given at the Transgender Day of Remembrance 2014St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Fayetteville ArkansasBy Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, OSH I Wonder Did You Know You Were Making HistoryBy Stephanie Mott In honor of those who have walked openly in the light and in memory of those who have suffered the…
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Feast of St. Karl Prüter November 18
Born July 3, 1920 – Passed Into Glory November 18, 2007 Bishop Karl Hugo Rehling Prüter was born July 3, 1920 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Following high school there he completed undergraduate work at Boston’s Northeastern University, and then earned his master’s degree in divinity at the Lutheran Theological Seminary…
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Feast of St. Martin of Tours November 11
“Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.” -Sermon on the Mount Blessings and Apostolic Benediction! I would like to invite all of our friends and associates, who feel called, to join us in prayer on November the 11th, the Feast of St. Martin of…
Liturgy & Prayer
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Litany of Thanks for Diversity, Empowerment, and Reconciliation
This is a litany I composed for the opening prayer at a workshop on Gender Identities and Our Faith Communities sponsored by PFLAG and held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, AR November 8, 2016. What a dynamic, courageous, and passionate group of folks. I was very honored and…
Christ Catholic Church Holy Synod 2014
Greetings and Apostolic Benediction! Christ Catholic Church Archdiocese of the Prince of Peace will hold its annual Holy Synod on November 21st, 22nd, and 23rd, in the year of our Lord 2014. Your presence and or prayer is requested. Holy Synod will convene at 4pm on the evening of Friday…
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Help Wanted: Priests Needed
We are looking for a few good women and men to answer their call to an ordained ministry for the Holy, Catholic, Church of God within Christ Catholic Church Archdiocese of the Prince of Peace. The fields are ripe and the laborers few. The mainstream churches are in transition and…
The Declaration of Utrecht
Christ Catholic Church Diocese of the Prince of Peace in the spirit of unity and ecumenism embraces The Declaration of Utrecht: The Declaration of UtrechtDeclaration of the Bishops of the Old Catholic ChurchUtrecht, September 24, 1889
The Fourteen Theses of the Old Catholic Union Conference at Bonn 1874
The Fourteen Theses of the Old Catholic Union Conference at Bonn 1874 Article I The Canon and Apocrypha.We agree that the apocryphal or deutero-canonical books of the Old Testament are not of the same canonicity as the books of the Hebrew Canon. Article II The Original Text and Translations of…
Position Papers
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Should You Become an Old Catholic Bishop?
Should You Become An Old Catholic Bishop?Written By Bishop Karl PruterSt. Willibrord’s Day 1983 One of the peculiarities of the Old Catholic Movement is the great number of bishops and the ease with which one can become consecrated a bishop. There are currently, in the United States, approximately eight hundred…