OLD CATHOLIC CONFEDERATION

The Old Catholic Church

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1) Adheres to the First Seven Ecumenical Councils of the Church.

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2) Professes the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed in its original formula.

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3) Preserves the theological, liturgical and spiritual continuity with the Ancient Church and its sacred Tradition.

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4) Maintains Apostolic Succession and the Episcopal-Synodical Polity of the Church.

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5) Maintains Liturgical Worship as Ancient, Mystical and Solemn.

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6) Preserves the Sacraments and Rites of the Church.

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7) Affirms the Apostolic Primacy of Conscience as the highest moral teaching in matters of individual morality.

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8) Respects the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, as the Spiritual Head of the Church and "Primus inter Pares" (First among Equals) concerning all Bishops in Apostolic Succession.

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9) Rejects the Papal claim to universal (Episcopal) supremacy over the Church.

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10) Rejects the modern Dogma of Papal Infallibility.

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