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The Old Roman Catholic Church in Europe (ORCCE), also known as the Old Roman Catholic Church, is a communion of local churches in the Old Roman Catholic and Ultrajectine tradition in Europe, headquartered in Brighton. It is Tridentine, in other words uses the Tridentine Mass. The ORCCE regards itself as a Catholic church of the Western tradition following the Roman Rite. It has fellowship with other ecclesiastical bodies internationally through inter-communion agreements and international ecumenical bodies; the World Council of Churches through the International Council of Community Churches). The church's apostolic succession is through Arnold Harris Mathew's lineage and traced back to Roman Catholic bishops. Roman Catholic commentators and the 1983 Code of Canon Law have stated that sacraments administered by Old Catholics are sacramentally valid He also wrote, in the 1958 edition, that those Old Catholic Church segments "which have withstood modernist infiltration may also find their way back to the Mother Church. The Old Catholics, like the Orthodox, possess a valid priesthood; therefore, corporate reunion is a possibility."〔 The 1972 revision of ''Separated Brethren'' did not retain any of these statements. "Catholics may receive the Eucharist, penance, or anointing from sacred ministers of Catholic denominations whose Holy Orders are considered valid by the Roman Catholic Church. This includes all Eastern Orthodox priests, as well as priests of the Old Catholic or Polish National Church."}} and Roman Catholics may fulfill their Holy Day of Obligation by attending Mass celebrated by an Old Roman Catholic priest if unable to attend a Roman Catholic Mass. canon 1248 §1|reason=Canon law commentary states "but not in a church which is not in full communion with the Catholic Church, although using a Catholic liturgical rite"|date=June 2014}} ==Beliefs== Old Catholic theology views the Eucharist as the core of the Christian Church. From that perspective the Church is a community of believers. All are in communion with one another around the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as the highest expression of the love of God. Therefore, the celebration of the Eucharist is considered the experience of Christ's triumph over sin and that the defeat of sin consists in bringing together that which is divided. It is believed that, through communion, differences between people are reconciled and that which was scattered is brought together. In Old Catholic theology "Church" means reconciliation. "Church" means the restoration of broken relations between God and humanity and humanity with each other. The believes in unity in diversity. As a result, different beliefs and practices are found in its churches than in the or the Eastern Orthodox churches. For example, Old Roman Catholics often refer to an excerpt from Vincent of Lérins' ''ラテン語:Commonitorium'': "... all possible care must be taken, that we hold that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, by all." as a basis for discerning and For this reason the ORCCE is different from the Utrecht Union (UU) and it neither ordains women nor condones same-gender marriage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Roman Catholic Church in Europe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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