The Old Catholic Church is a community of Christian churches. Many of these were German-speaking churches of laymen and clergymen who split from the
Roman Catholic Church in the
1870s because of the promulgation of the
dogma of
Papal Infallibility as promoted by the
First Vatican Council of
1869–
1870. The term "Old Catholic" was first used in
1853 to describe the members of the
See of Utrecht, who were not under Papal authority. The Continental European Old Catholic Churches are usually a part of the
Union of Utrecht. There are now English speaking Old Catholic Churches in the United Kingdom and North America not "in-communion" with the Union of Utrecht. The Old Catholic Church of Slovakia is an example of a Continental European Old Catholic Church that removed itself from the Union of Utrecht.
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