Old Catholic

"By conviction" he belonged to the Old Catholics, but he never formally joined them.

Old Catholics and the Lutherans, though officially tolerated, went underground.

Old Catholics often work with the marginalized and those who can no longer fit into the larger organisations.

Old Catholics often work within partner organisations by invitation or with permission given by other organisations.

This side of ecumenism has always remained a major interest for Old Catholics who have never missed an F&O conference.

Old Catholics consider apostolic succession to be the handing on of belief in which the whole Church is involved.

The Ustaše persecuted "Old Catholics" who did not recognize papal infallibility.

Many Old Catholics and Independent Catholics trace the lineage of their orders through him.

Old Catholics, he added, see only an allegorical significance in the Eucharist.

The ordinations of the "Old Catholics" are generally considered to be the same as those of Orthodox bishops.