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provinces of the Netherlands, see <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Utrecht" title="Union of Utrecht">Union of Utrecht</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width: 24em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;">Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="nickname"><b>Utrecher Union der Altkatholischen Kirchen</b></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sint-Gertrudiskathedraal.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sint-Gertrudiskathedraal.JPG/200px-Sint-Gertrudiskathedraal.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sint-Gertrudiskathedraal.JPG/300px-Sint-Gertrudiskathedraal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Sint-Gertrudiskathedraal.JPG/400px-Sint-Gertrudiskathedraal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2816" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/St._Gertrude%27s_Cathedral" title="St. Gertrude's Cathedral">St. Gertrude's Cathedral</a> is the mother church of the Union, located in <a href="/wiki/Utrecht" title="Utrecht">Utrecht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">UU</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Classification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Catholic">Old Catholic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Ecclesiastical_polity" title="Ecclesiastical polity">Governance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Episcopal_polity" title="Episcopal polity">Episcopal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_bishop" title="Metropolitan bishop">Metropolitan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Utrecht" title="Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht">Utrecht</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bernd_Wallet" title="Bernd Wallet">Bernd Wallet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Associations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a><sup id="cite_ref-WCC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">Full communion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Sweden" title="Church of Sweden">Church of Sweden</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Independent_Church" title="Philippine Independent Church">Philippine Independent Church</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mar_Thoma_Syrian_Church" title="Mar Thoma Syrian Church">Mar Thoma Syrian Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Utrecht" title="Utrecht">Utrecht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data">1889 <br />Utrecht, Netherlands</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">Separated from</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Separations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_of_Scranton" title="Union of Scranton">Union of Scranton</a> <br /> Old Roman Catholic Churches</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Members</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 63.000</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://utrechter-union.org">utrechter-union<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Union_of_Utrecht.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Union_of_Utrecht.png/220px-Union_of_Utrecht.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Union_of_Utrecht.png/330px-Union_of_Utrecht.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Union_of_Utrecht.png/440px-Union_of_Utrecht.png 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2140" /></a><figcaption> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ed1c24; color:black;"> </span> Full members of the Union</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ffaec9; color:black;"> </span> Dependent jurisdictions</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#ff7f27; color:black;"> </span> Former dependent jurisdictions</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches</b>, most commonly referred to by the short form <b>Union of Utrecht</b> (<b>UU</b>), is a federation of <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church" title="Old Catholic Church">Old Catholic Churches</a>, nationally organized from <a href="/wiki/Schism" title="Schism">schisms</a> which rejected <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_doctrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic doctrine">Roman Catholic doctrines</a> of the <a href="/wiki/First_Vatican_Council" title="First Vatican Council">First Vatican Council</a> in 1870; its member churches are not in communion with the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1889 <i><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Utrecht" class="extiw" title="s:Declaration of Utrecht">Declaration of Utrecht</a></i> is one of three founding documents together called the Convention of Utrecht.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many provinces of the Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches are members of the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WCC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WCC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <abbr title="Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches">UU</abbr> is in <a href="/wiki/Full_communion" title="Full communion">full communion</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Sweden" title="Church of Sweden">Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a> through the 1931 <a href="/wiki/Bonn_Agreement_(religion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonn Agreement (religion)">Bonn Agreement</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Independent_Church" title="Philippine Independent Church">Philippine Independent Church</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Reformed_Episcopal_Church" title="Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church">Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Lusitanian_Catholic_Apostolic_Evangelical_Church" title="Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church">Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church</a> through a 1965 extension of the Bonn Agreement; and, the <a href="/wiki/Mar_Thoma_Syrian_Church" title="Mar Thoma Syrian Church">Mar Thoma Syrian Church</a> through the 2024 Thiruvalla agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-UUpage294_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UUpage294-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mar_Thoma_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mar_Thoma-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2016,<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the <abbr title="Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches">UU</abbr> includes six member churches: the <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_the_Netherlands" title="Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands">Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands</a> (OKKN), the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Diocese_of_the_Old_Catholics_in_Germany" title="Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany">Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Catholic_Church_of_Switzerland" title="Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland">Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_Austria" title="Old Catholic Church of Austria">Old Catholic Church of Austria</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic">Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Catholic_Church_in_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Catholic Church in Poland">Polish Catholic Church in Poland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UUpage139_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UUpage139-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church" title="Old Catholic Church">Old Catholic Church</a> and <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_the_Netherlands" title="Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands">Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation_and_enlargement">Foundation and enlargement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Foundation and enlargement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The mother church, the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands, was established in the 18th century as a result of tensions between the local Catholic hierarchy and the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Curia" title="Roman Curia">Roman Curia</a>. The other churches, such as the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany, and the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland, followed suit after the <a href="/wiki/First_Vatican_Council" title="First Vatican Council">First Vatican Council</a>, which defined the dogma of <a href="/wiki/Papal_infallibility" title="Papal infallibility">papal infallibility</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Missionary_activity_and_schisms">Missionary activity and schisms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Missionary activity and schisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the former <a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>, the union had three organized Old Catholic episcopal jurisdictions: <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_Croatia" title="Old Catholic Church of Croatia">Old Catholic Church of Croatia</a> (created in 1922-1923, first bishop Marko Kalojera consecrated in 1924 in Utrecht),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Old Catholic Church of Slovenia (with bishops Radovan Jošt and Anton Kovačevič), and Old Catholic Church of Serbia (with bishop Milan Dobrovoljac (1954-1966). Three churches formed "Union of Old-Catholic Churches in Yugoslavia" (1954). This union eventually ceased to exist with break-up of Yugoslavia (1991-1992) and even before that, the Old Catholic bishopric in Serbia was extinguished, and the same happened with bishoprics in <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>. Finally, remaining Old Catholic parishes in Croatia and other parts of former Yugoslavia were placed under jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_Austria" title="Old Catholic Church of Austria">Old Catholic Church of Austria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UUpage139_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UUpage139-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_National_Catholic_Church" title="Polish National Catholic Church">Polish National Catholic Church in the United States</a> as a member of the Utrechter Union, by 1997, the <a href="/wiki/International_Old_Catholic_Bishops%27_Conference" title="International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference">International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference</a> stated that this church was not in full communion with other Union of Utrecht churches because they did not accept the <a href="/wiki/Ordination_of_women" title="Ordination of women">ordination of women</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UU2003_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UU2003-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Orzell2004_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orzell2004-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1998, the Polish National Catholics did not permit the conference's bishops to participate in episcopal consecrations.<sup id="cite_ref-Orzell2004_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orzell2004-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conference stated in 2003 that full communion "could not be restored" and "effectively expelled" the Polish National Catholic Church.<sup id="cite_ref-UU2003_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UU2003-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Orzell2004_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orzell2004-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church "refused to repudiate" a 1976 conference statement opposing the ordination of women, and the Polish National Catholics "indicated that any attempt to admit women to the ministerial priesthood would lead to a break in full communion with churches that adopted the practice."<sup id="cite_ref-Orzell2004_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orzell2004-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Berlis2008_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berlis2008-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Old Catholic Church of Austria approved the blessing of same-sex unions in 1998 without <abbr title="International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference">IBC</abbr> deliberation; in contrast, the Polish National Catholic Church disapproved the blessing of same sex unions in 2002 and "described <a href="/wiki/Christianity_and_homosexuality" title="Christianity and homosexuality">homosexual practice as sinful</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Orzell2004_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Orzell2004-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Polish National Catholic Church established the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Scranton" title="Union of Scranton">Union of Scranton</a> in 2008, and no other North American body has been recognized by the International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference. </p><p>The Old Catholic Church of Slovakia was a member church of the Union of Utrecht from 2000 but it was removed from membership in 2004. </p><p>In July 2011, the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ended its <a href="/wiki/Christian_mission" title="Christian mission">mission</a> to <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_in_Italy" title="Old Catholic Church in Italy">Old Catholic parishes in Italy</a>. "In cooperation with ecumenical partner churches" the parishes were "offered a model that guarantees their continued <a href="/wiki/Pastoral_care" title="Pastoral care">pastoral care</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Individual Union of Utrecht member churches maintain a degree of autonomy, similar to the practice of the <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion" title="Anglican Communion">Anglican Communion</a>. Each <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">diocese</a> of the member churches has a diocesan <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a>, and countries with more than one diocese have a bishop who is appointed as "bishop in charge" or a similar title. The <a href="/wiki/Primate_(bishop)" title="Primate (bishop)">primate</a> (<i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Primus_inter_pares" title="Primus inter pares">primus inter pares</a></i></span></i> leader) of the union is the <a href="/wiki/Old_Catholic_Church_of_the_Netherlands#Old_Catholic_Archbishops_of_Utrecht" title="Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands">Archbishop of Utrecht</a> (not to be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archbishop_of_Utrecht" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht">Roman Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht</a>). From 2000 to 2020, the archbishop was <a href="/wiki/Joris_Vercammen" title="Joris Vercammen">Joris Vercammen</a>, a former Roman Catholic who served on the central committee of the <a href="/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, Joris Vercammen was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Bernd_Wallet" title="Bernd Wallet">Bernd Wallet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theology_and_practices">Theology and practices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Theology and practices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Old Catholic churches reject the universal jurisdiction of the pope, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_dogma" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic dogma">Roman Catholic dogma</a> of <a href="/wiki/Papal_infallibility" title="Papal infallibility">papal infallibility</a> (1870), which was used to proclaim the Roman Catholic dogmas of the <a href="/wiki/Assumption_of_Mary" title="Assumption of Mary">Assumption of Mary</a> (1950). While Old Catholics affirm the <a href="/wiki/Real_Presence" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Presence">Real Presence</a> of Christ in the Eucharist, they do not emphasize <a href="/wiki/Transubstantiation" title="Transubstantiation">transubstantiation</a> as the sole dogmatic explanation for this presence. Old Catholics of Utrecht generally refrain from using the <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Filioque" title="Filioque">filioque</a></i></span></i><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">deum de deo</i></span></i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> clauses in the <a href="/wiki/Nicene_Creed" title="Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</a> and also reject a dogmatic understanding of <a href="/wiki/Purgatory" title="Purgatory">Purgatory</a>; however, they generally do recognize a purification by Christ's grace after death and include prayers for the dead in their liturgy and devotions. They maintain such basic western Catholic practices as <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptism</a> by <a href="/wiki/Affusion" title="Affusion">affusion</a> (pouring of water) and the use of unleavened bread in the Eucharist. Additionally, they have many aspects in common with the Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches, such as optional <a href="/wiki/Clerical_celibacy" title="Clerical celibacy">clerical celibacy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Uppsala2016_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uppsala2016-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HarrisMewsMorrisShepherd1992_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarrisMewsMorrisShepherd1992-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Utrechter churches accept the doctrines of the Christian Church prior to the <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">Great Schism</a> of A.D. 1054.<sup id="cite_ref-HarrisMewsMorrisShepherd1992_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HarrisMewsMorrisShepherd1992-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willibrord_Society" title="Willibrord Society">Willibrord Society</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Union_of_Utrecht_(Old_Catholic)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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These churches accept the doctrines of the Church prior to 1054 (the year of the Great Schism which divided the Eastern and Western churches) and reject more modern doctrines such as the infallibility of the pope. 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title="Episcopal polity">Episcopal polity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Communion_Primates%27_Meetings" title="Anglican Communion Primates' Meetings">Anglican Communion Primates' Meeting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Conference" title="Lambeth Conference">Lambeth Conferences</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Lambeth_Conference" title="Fifteenth Lambeth Conference">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Consultative_Council" title="Anglican Consultative Council">Anglican Consultative Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homosexuality_and_the_Anglican_Communion" title="Homosexuality and the Anglican Communion">Homosexuality</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Report" title="Windsor Report">Windsor Report</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordination_of_women_in_the_Anglican_Communion" title="Ordination of women in the Anglican Communion">Ordination of 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