Even the Stones Will Cry Out: Rethinking Apostolic Succession from the Fields By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Abbot Bishop Christ Catholic Church Province of the Prince of Peace Sacramental Community of the Coworkers of Christ Every few years, the dust gets kicked up again in the Independent Sacramental Movement, and…
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The Lessons Appointed for Use on the Sunday closest to November 9 Year A RCL: Keeping Oil in the Lamp
The Lessons Appointed for Use on the Sunday closest to November 9 Year A RCL Christ Catholic Church Province of the Prince of Peace Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25Psalm 78:1-71 Thessalonians 4:13-18Matthew 25:1-13 The Collect O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of the…
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All Saints’ Day Year A RCL: The Company of the Broken and Blessed
The Lessons Appointed for Use on All Saints’ Day Year A RCL Christ Catholic Church Province of the Prince of Peace Revelation 7:9-17Psalm 34:1-10, 221 John 3:1-3Matthew 5:1-12 The Collect Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son…
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Sunday closest to October 26 Year A Proper 25 RCL: Loving What He Commands
Christ Catholic Church The Lessons Appointed for Use on the Sunday closest to October 26 Year A Proper 25 RCL The Collect Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command;…
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The Kindling of Free Catholicism: An Ancient Fire Carried from Hearth to Hearth
By +Brian Ernest Brown, CWC Before Free Catholicism Had a Name: Celtic Christianity, Saint Willibrord, and Utrecht I offer the following as a historical and theological hypothesis rather than as a claim that can be proven in every detail: the catholic churches of the Celtic lands prior to the Synod…