Beyond Independence: Toward an Autocephalous Sacramental Movement By Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Words matter. They shape more than the sentences we speak; they shape the way we understand ourselves. They create categories in our minds, establish assumptions before a conversation even begins, and sometimes quietly determine which questions…
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Why We Call Ourselves Red-Letter Christians
Why We Call Ourselves Red-Letter Christians By Abbot-Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC At Christ Catholic Church, we often describe ourselves as Red-Letter Christians. That doesn’t mean we ignore the rest of Scripture, nor does it suggest that the Old Testament, the Epistles, or the Book of Revelation are somehow less…
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The Wilderness of the Unwired Church: The Autocephalous Sacramental Movement Pre-Internet
The Wilderness of the Unwired Church: The Autocephalous Sacramental Movement Pre-Internet By Abbot-Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC To look at the Independent Sacramental Movement (ISM) today is to see an ecosystem fundamentally shaped by the internet. A wandering soul can scan a website, download a Common Rule, cross-reference an apostolic…
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Artificial Intelligence and the Church: A Pastoral Reflection
Artificial Intelligence and the Church: A Pastoral Reflection By Abbot-Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Every generation has faced a moment when a new invention seemed too strange, too powerful, or too unsettling to trust. The printing press was feared because people worried that ordinary Christians would read the Scriptures for…
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Good Fences, Good Neighbors, and Faithful Churches
Good Fences, Good Neighbors, and Faithful Churches By Abbot-Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Pope Leo XIV’s recent decision concerning bishops connected with the Society of St. Pius X is not merely a Roman Catholic controversy. It is a problem many churches and organizations know all too well. The issue, as…
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Welcome to Christ Catholic Church
Welcome to Christ Catholic Church. We are a sacramental, ecumenical, and Christ-centered expression of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Rooted in the historic Christian faith and nourished by the ancient sacramental life of the Church, we seek above all else to follow Jesus Christ as He is revealed…
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Unity Without Uniformity
Unity Without Uniformity By Abbot Bishop Brian Ernest Brown, CWC After nearly thirty years in the Autocephalous Sacramental Movement, I have spent a great deal of time thinking about the question of Christian unity. For many years, I measured unity largely by visible organization: fewer jurisdictions, fewer divisions, fewer independent…
Are Old Catholic Orders Valid?
“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There…
Love Knows No Gender Nor Limits
Love knows no gender nor limits! In a world where love is in short supply and often hard to find we should celebrate it when it blooms and support it when it grows, regardless of the form or expression between consenting adults. These forms and expressions of love include a…
Hiding Your Light
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before…