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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The Hunger and the Whisper
First Sunday in LentYear ARCL The Hunger and the Whisper By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC We have officially stepped into the season of Lent. And whenever we arrive at this point in the church year, there is a natural temptation to view Lent as a kind of spiritual boot camp,…
Spiritual Freeloaders
Spiritual FreeloadersBy Bishop Karl Prüter Saint Willibrord Press 1968 Last night I attended a social affair at the Boylston School Society, and I was much interested in observing the free spenders. At a table next to mine, there were several couples that engaged in a spirited struggle every time the…
Why I Am A Free Catholic
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…