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Old Catholic Church

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  • proper noun A particular Christian denomination that split from the Roman Catholic Church over matters of doctrine

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Examples

  • The heavy-handed way this happened, along with the proclamation of the infallibility of the Pope, led many catholic bishops to break with Rome and form the Old Catholic Church.

    Obama's Wooing Of Evangelicals Runs Into Fierce Resistance 2009

  • I am more familiar with the Old Catholic Church due to my Polish heritage.

    Do you know about Old Catholics? Terry Nelson 2007

  • Michael Bayly, true to his agenda, is not writing on the Old Catholic Church as an ecumenical or historical exercise.

    Do you know about Old Catholics? Terry Nelson 2007

  • I'm not overly familiar with that church, but I believe that 20 years ago or so it closed and probably its association with the Old Catholic Church is quite recent in origin.

    Do you know about Old Catholics? Terry Nelson 2007

  • They will be joined by a bishop of the Old Catholic Church, Fritz-René Müller, and Farhad Afshar, president of the umbrella organisation representing Islamic communities in Switzerland.

    Religious groups seek common ground 2004

  • That is not to say that the Old Catholic Church did not have its own growing pains about admitting women to the clergy.

    NYT > World By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO 2010

  • That is not to say that the Old Catholic Church did not have its own growing pains about admitting women to the clergy.

    NYT > World By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO 2010

  • Maria Vittoria Longhitano lay before the altar in May in Rome when she was ordained a priest of the Old Catholic Church.

    NYT > World By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO 2010

  • Ms. Longhitano's spiritual journey eventually led her to the Old Catholic Church, a denomination that split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century, mostly over the issue of papal infallibility.

    The Curt Jester Jeffrey Miller 2010

  • Even Mother Vittoria has a predecessor in the Old Catholic Church - Mother Teodora Tosatti, who was ordained in 2006 in a ceremony in Bonn, Germany.

    NYT > World By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO 2010

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