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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…
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…
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…
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…
Litany For Peace by Archbishop Karl Prüter
Litany For Peace Lord, Heavenly Father help us to become peacemakers, that we may be called, “The Children of God” Lord, hear our prayer, and grant us Thy peace. Lord, Heavenly Father, help us purge ourselves of those attributes which make not for peace but which set the stage for…
The House Church Movement
The House Church MovementBy Bishop Karl Prüter The Church began not in some cathedral or building set aside for the purpose, bit in an obscure upper room in Jerusalem. In its earliest years, all the churches met in houses. Paul speaks of the congregation which meets in the house of…
Love is the Fulfillment of the Law
Love is the Fulfillment of the Law: A ReflectionBy Fr. Robert-Christopher, OSH Love. It is the central theme in today’s second reading from Saint Paul to the Romans. It is a message that many have lost over the years. I see an increasingly disturbing trend toward this message that God…
The People of God: Peace of Mind
The People of GodBy Bishop Karl Prüter Chapter XIV Peace of Mind Several decades ago, Rabbi Liebmann wrote a book entitled Peace of Mind. Unintentionally he began a cult which enjoyed a great rage for over twenty years. Americans had, at last, found a use for God. God was not…
A Remembrance: St. Karl Hugo Prüter – Bishop, Teacher, Writer, Historian
Today we remember the 42nd year of consecration of a foundational man, and a saint in his own right, within the autocephalous sacramental movement and a shepherd who was near and dear to our hearts in Christ Catholic Church, and certainly to me personally, Bishop Karl Hugo Prüter, of blessed…