The Old Catholic Ecumenical Commitment
Immediately after the schism with Rome in 1870, the Old Catholic theologians dedicated themselves to a reunion of the Christian churches. The Conferences of Reunion …
Participation in ecumenical organisations
World Council of Churches The World Council of Churches is “a fellowship of churches which confess the Lord Jesus Christ as God and Saviour according …
Relations with the Roman Catholic Church
Because of the interdenominational climate at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century a rapprochement of the Roman Catholic Church …
Relations with the Orthodox Churches
The relationship between Old Catholics and the Orthodox developed in five phases. The first phase lasted from 1871 to 1888. Although the Dutch Old Catholic …
Relations with the lutheran and reformed churches
There were friendly relations with Evangelical-Reformed and Lutheran churches even at the time of the formation of the Utrecht Union, relations which have deepened over …