Liberal Catholic Union
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The Liberal Catholic Union[edit]
The Liberal Catholic Union is an autocephalous branch of the Liberal Catholic Movement formed after the Consecration of Tau Meinrad(Michael Robert Lawrence) McDonald, OSM/EBOE to the office of Bishop in the old/Liberal Catholic and Gnostic lineages of Apostolic succession held by Tau Michael Bertiaux through Tau Allen H. Greenfield.[1]
Origin[edit]
The Liberal Catholic Union formed as a vehicle for reintroducting Theosophical context that they felt had been stripped from common Liberal Catholic Practice. The LCU further creates a distinction in practice through the incorporation and infusion of not only Theosophical but French Gnostic theological concepts.[2] The Church is active in several states (Oklahoma, California, Pennsylvania and its largest community established in Indiana.) The LCU does not have a seminary and instead relies on the "apprentice" method that they believe was originally the model of training used in the early Christian community. The Liberal Catholic Union is seen as a heavily esoteric order and promotes such practices as open communion offered to Christians as well as Non Christians without distinction.[3] Due to the Heritage of Consecration of the Archbishop of the Liberal Catholic Union, the church welcomes the inclusion of members and clergy who also adhere to congregational illuminism.
See also[edit]
- Michael Bertiaux - consecrated Tau Allen Greenfield as Bishop
- Allen H. Greenfield - consecrated Tau Meinrad McDonald as Bishop
- Old Catholic Church Utrecht Union
- Old Catholic
- Gnosticism
- Theosophy
External links[edit]
- [1] The Liberal Catholic Union main website
References[edit]
Liberal catholic Union submission a branch of the Liberal catholic Movement[edit]
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