OLD CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES
OLD CATHOLIC CONFEDERATION
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF OLD-CATHOLIC THEOLOGY
THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF OLD-CATHOLIC THEOLOGY
1) Adherence to the First Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Church.
2) Profession of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed in its original formula.
3) Preservation of the theological, liturgical and spiritual continuity with the Ancient Church and its sacred Tradition.
4) Preservation of Apostolic Succession and the Episcopal-Synodical Polity of the Church.
5) Preservation of Liturgical Worship as Ancient, Mystical and Solemn.
6) Preservation of the Sacraments and Rites of the Church.
7) Affirmation of the Apostolic Primacy of Conscience as the highest moral teaching in matters of individual morality.
8) Respect for the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, as the Spiritual Head of the Church and "Primus inter Pares" (First among Equals) among all Bishops in Apostolic Succession.
9) Rejection of the claim to Papal universal (Episcopal) supremacy over the Church.
10) Rejection of the modern Dogma of Papal Infallibility.
