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We Are Christians...
United to Christ by our baptism, we have received a new Christ centered identity, our lives no longer being our own, but rather belonging to God as revealed in Jesus Christ. As Christians we confess our faith in Jesus as the bearer of the love of God made personally present to us. We believe the love of God in Christ reaches out unconditionally to all humanity and is ultimately victorious over all barriers to it, even death. In our lives we seek by prayer and service to others to depend less and less upon ourselves, our fears, needs and wants and be led more and more by the love of God in Christ in all things.
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We Are Catholics...
We accept as universal Catholic beliefs:
a) The authority of the Catholic canonical Hebrew and Christian Bible as interpreted by
tradition and reason as the revelation of God and guide to Christian faith and living.
b) The articles of faith as set forth in the Creeds of the Ecumenical Councils of the Church.
c) We maintain the historic apostolic succession of bishops.
d) We accept the seven sacraments of the Church.
e) The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
f) We believe that faith in Christ is made known by works of love leading to a life of holiness.
g) We believe in the Communion of Saints and by prayer seek their guidance and support in
the life of faith.
These are the traditional Catholic essentials we profess.
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We Are Inclusive...
No distinctions are made on the basis of sex, race, gender orientation or identity, class, disability, marital status, divorce or remarriage, birth control or abortion. We welcome all who believe in Christ to the Baptismal Font and to the Table of the Lord, we bless the marriages of heterosexual and homosexual unions, we ordain qualified persons without regard to any of the above conditions. We believe that Church is called to be a sign of God's unconditional love in the world and a reconciling presence helping to break down the dividing walls that separate us from a sense of our shared humanity and kinship in God our Creator.
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St. Anthony's is a faith community of the Old Catholic Church , Providence of the United States of America. Our history links us to the Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands that spearated from the Roman church in the 1800's over the infalibility of the Pope.
We are a WELCOMING OLD CATHOLIC community that is still growing.
As a faith community we believe in outreach to the community
extending a supportive, faithful hand to all.
An Ancient Faith. A Welcoming and Inclusive Church.
Serving a Modern World.
The Old Catholic Church, Province of the United States
