Nordic Catholic Church

Nordic Catholic Church, The Nordic Catholic Church was established in Norway in 2000 under the auspices of the Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC). The church is a Traditional Old Catholic Church and, since July 2011, Member Church of the Union of Scranton. The Nordic Catholic Church outside Scandinavia has parishes and communities in Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, UK, France, Italy and Spain.

Fast Facts

• An Old Catholic Church within Union of Scranton.
• Profess the faith of the undivided Church, as summarized in the Old Catholic-Orthodox Agreed Statements, The Road to Unity
• Worship is based on the liturgies of the ancient Christian West, especially the oldest surviving forms of the Roman rite.

Liturgies

The Nordic Catholic spirituality has its roots in the three sources of Scandinavian Christianity: first, the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon stream brought by the missionaries from the British Isles in the tradition of St. Sunniva; secondly, the Roman-Carolingian stream brought by St. Ansgar and his disciples; thirdly the Byzantine-Slavonic stream due to the Normans’ close links with the Kievan Rus’. This is also reflected in our Old Catholic liturgy, which incorporates some elements of Gallican and Byzantine origin into its classical Roman layout.

Union of Scranton

The Nordic Catholic Church is a member the Union of Scranton with the Polish National Catholic Church of USA another Traditional Old Catholic church; which has dioceses and parishes all over North America.

Beliefs

• God is one in three divine persons: the Father, who created it all; the Son, who died for our sins and rose from the dead; the Holy Spirit, who regenerates and sanctifies souls.
• Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who became man and died on the cross for our salvation, is always with believers who try to live according to His teachings.
• Holy Spirit is the third person of the Blessed Trinity abides in the Church to teach, govern and sanctify its members.
• Divorce is not recognized, but a marriage may be dissolved by the Church.
• The Church is made up of baptized Christians who worship together, partake of the sacraments, hear and obey the Word of God.
• The Holy Eucharist (Holy Mass) is the true central point of Catholic worship. The church expects all its members to join in the common worship of God and receive Holy Communion.

Valid Bishops

The Nordic Catholic Church consider their bishops & priests valid Catholic ones because Valid ordination according to the St Augustinian theory requires only that a man be ordained a priest by a Bishop in the line of apostolic succession originating from one who has been licitly and validly ordained to Holy Orders and who was licitly and validly consecrated a Bishop in the unbroken line of apostolic succession descended from the original Apostles. A licitly consecrated Bishop who later becomes a schismatic, even a heretic, does not lose the authoritative potestas (power) of the fullness of Holy Orders, even without the ius (lawful authority) to licitly exercise it. And those he ordains according to the proper form of the sacrament of Holy Orders. In laymen's terms a bishop retains his power to ordain Priests and consecrate other bishops, even if excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church or another church. The men he ordains priests still can preform valid Sacraments and the men he consecrates as bishops can ordain valid priests and consecrate valid bishops.
See Apostolic_succession

See also

• Independent Catholic Churches
• American Christianity
• Canadian Christianity
• Christianity
• Internet evangelism
• Essay: Water baptism cannot save, the Church cannot save, Born again by faith alone
• Infant baptism
• Future of Christianity
• Christianity in Africa
• Christianity in Asia
• Christianity in Australia, Oceania, New Zealand
• Christianity in Europe
• Christianity in North America, Caribbean
• Christianity in South America, Central America

External links

• Nordic Catholic Church