Old Catholic Church in Europe
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The Old Catholic Church in Europe or OCCE is a traditionalist Church in the Old Catholic/Independent Catholic tradition, based in the United Kingdom. The denomination changed its name to The Catholic Apostolic Church in Europe or CACE in October 2009.
The OCCE/CACE is a Eucharistic community in that it has at its core the sacrament of the Eucharist. Due to the dispersed state of the clergy and laity that the church comprises throughout the United Kingdom, the church sees its self as "a family of believers" and "a fellowship of persons living in charity and the love of Christ". Bishop-Metropolitan, Dennis Beevers OSJV assumed leadership of this profession of faith in March 2008.
The OCCE/CACE sees itself as a Catholic church of the Western tradition and follows the Latin rite. The OCCE/CACE is also a recognised church enjoying fellowship with other ecclesial bodies internationally through inter-communion agreements and international ecumenical bodies (e.g. The World Council of Churches through the International Council of Community Churches) and is related through Apostolic Succession to the Catholic churches of the East and West (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic).
The Apostolic Succession of this Church is both Old Catholic via Arnold Harris Mathew and Independent Catholic via Carlos Duarte Costa and therefore historically traces its lineage back to Roman Catholic Bishops. Roman Catholic commentators and the 1983 Code of Canon Law have written that sacraments administered by Old Catholics are sacramentally valid and a Roman Catholic may fulfill his Holy Day of Obligation by attending Mass celebrated by an Old Catholic priest if unable to attend a Roman Catholic Mass. However, these statements have never named or specified any particular Old Catholic denomination.
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[edit] Mission
The Bishop-Metropolitan The Rt. Rev'd Dennis Beevers conceptualises the mission of the Church as being:
- To provide for Old/Independent Catholics unable in conscience to accept the new practices and faith of the Utrecht Union in Europe.
- To provide a point of reference for those individuals and Churches wishing to know more about or communicate with orthodox Old Catholics.
[edit] The OCCE/CACE and orthodox Old Catholicism in Europe
Two orthodox Old Catholic Churches retired from the Utrecht Union (Polish National Catholic Church USA and the Old Catholic Church of Slovakia) in 2004 regarding the new teachings and practice of the Union. Neither has an English language organisation in Europe.
The Old Catholic Church in Europe founded in the year 2000 formed from the “Old Catholic Church of the United States” [1] or 'OCCUS'. The OCCE provides an organisation for orthodox Old Catholics to relate to and be cared for on the Western side of the European Continent.
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