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    Who Are The Independent Catholics?
    Who Are The Independent Catholics?
    Who Are The Independent Catholics?
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    Who Are The Independent Catholics?

    By John P. Plummer

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    Independent Catholics are the fastest-growing variety of Catholic in the West. They are found in every city of every state in the U.S. and Mexico, every Province of Canada, and throughout Australia, Europe, and South America. This book arises out of a need in the Independent Catholic community for a compact and concise introduction to the movement. This is intended to be a book that can introduce interested people to the movement in a friendly, easy-to-read style that will not tax their patience or their wallets. The Independent Catholic movement is wonderfully diverse, and it is not possible to adequately cover the full spectrum within an introductory volume of this size. Rather, this book focuses on the most common varieties of Independent Catholicism in hopes of providing a short, useful orientation to the newcomer.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn R. Mabry
    Release dateMar 22, 2016
    ISBN9781937002381
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      Who Are The Independent Catholics? - John P. Plummer

      Contents

      Introduction

      1 • Independent Catholics: The Best-Kept Secret in Catholicism

      2 • History: Where Did We Come From?

      3 • Brands and Flavors

      4 • Care and Handling of Independent Catholic Clergy

      Appendix 1 • Old Catholic Beliefs in Comparison with Roman Catholic and Protestant Beliefs

      Appendix 2 • Further Reading

      Appendix 3 • Historical Documents

      a. Apostles’ Creed

      b. Nicene Creed

      c. Declaration at Munich 1871

      d. 14 Theses 1874

      e. declaration of utrecht 1889

      f. Mathew's Declaration of Autonomy 1910

      g. Chart of Catholic Jurisdiction

      h. Sample of Apostolic Succession

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      who are the

      independent

      catholics?

      an introduction to the independent

      and old catholic churches

      apocryphile press

      BERKELEY, CA

      Apocryphile Press

      1700 Shattuck Ave #81

      Berkeley, CA 94709

      www.apocryphile.org

      © 2006 by John P. Plummer & John R. Mabry

      All rights reserved

      Cover illustration by Brian Zampier

      Printed in the United States of America

      ISBN 1-933993-00-6

      eISBN 978-1-937002-14-5 (Kindle)

      eISBN 978-1-937002-38-1 (ePub)

      Ebook version 2

      introduction

      THIS BOOK ARISES OUT OF A NEED in the Independent Catholic community for a compact and concise introduction to our movement. I can’t say how many times I have met with a couple for a wedding, who, after hearing me talk about the movement for quite some time, often ask, with not a small amount of amazement, Is there a book we can read about this?

      There are, of course, several good books. But most of them are more academically oriented than the lay reader really wants to dig into. Also, almost all of the books available are too expensive for Independent clergy to buy in bulk and hand out as occasion demands.

      This is intended to be a book that can introduce interested people to the Independent Catholic movement in a friendly, easy-to-read style that will not tax their patience or their wallets. In fact, we are purposely designing this book to be available at discount prices to Independent Catholic clergy, so that they can buy them in bulk and hand them out to people they meet with for weddings, baptisms, funerals, or other sacramental services.

      The Independent Catholic movement is wonderfully diverse, and it is not possible to adequately cover the full spectrum within an introductory volume of this size. Rather, we have focused on the most common varieties of Independent Catholicism in hopes of providing a short, useful orientation to the newcomer. Those who are interested in exploring further will find resources in Appendix 2 (p. 72).

      We both have found a home and a place of service within Independent Catholicism. It is a joy and privlege to introduce you to what we have discovered.

      —JM & JP

      1 • independent catholics

      the best-kept secret in catholicism

      I (JOHN M.) MET DYLAN AND TERRI at the local Denny’s to discuss their upcoming wedding. They were both in their thirties and were nervous and excited about meeting with a priest. Soon we ordered and were able to really get down to business. Dylan had been married before, and Terri was not Catholic. For the sake of Dylan’s family, they wanted a Catholic wedding, but were having trouble finding a minister—Catholic or Protestant—who would marry them. To top it off, they wanted a full mass, out-of-doors in a redwood grove. They grew more and more nervous as they described what they wanted. I smiled reassuringly throughout their description, and when they finished, Terri said. So…can you do it?

      No problem, I told them. Their jaws dropped and they looked at one another in stunned disbelief. They had apparently expected more of what they had heard up to that point: red tape and more hoops than they could possibly jump through to reach their goal. For a few minutes they were speechless.

      How is it that you can do this when no one else we talked to could? Dylan finally asked, by now a little skeptical.

      Well, I don’t know who you talked to before, but I’m an Old Catholic priest, I explained, "and our rules are not as strict as some ministers you may have talked

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