Karl Pruter, Presiding Bishop of the Christ Catholic Church and an acknowledged expert on the modern autocephalous churches, delineates the history of the Old Catholic Church in North America and provides the most straightforward account of the numerous offspring of this very active religious movement. Complete with Chronology, Notes, Bibliography, Index, and photographs.
Karl Pruter, Presiding Bishop of the Christ Catholic Church and an acknowledged expert on the modern autocephalous churches, delineates the history of the Old Catholic Church in North America and provides the most straightforward account of the numerous offspring of this very active religious movement. Complete with Chronology, Notes, Bibliography, Index, and photographs.
Many theologians believe that mysticism cannot be set down in a systematic form. The faith of the mystics is thought to be such a fragile thing that it disintegrates if one attempts to explain it in theological terms. This is just not so. It is not what one believes about God, but rather what one does with Him that matters.
Many theologians believe that mysticism cannot be set down in a systematic form. The faith of the mystics is thought to be such a fragile thing that it disintegrates if one attempts to explain it in theological terms. This is just not so. It is not what one believes about God, but rather what one does with Him that matters.
Here's the newest revised and expanded edition of Bishop Karl Prüter's standard guide to the independent Anglican, Catholic, and Orthodox Bishops located in North America. These episcopi vagantes owe allegiance to no major church body, but, in the best tradition of the early apostles, have either established small independent parishes to serve the faithful, or wander from place to place preaching the Christian gospel. The Directory is arranged...
Bishop Karl here pens the delightful account of his long-time companion and traveling partner, Rufus, a big, red Irish Setter rescued from an animal shelter. Interspersed with humorous details of Rufus's experiences with friends and acquaintances are truly moving remembrances of Rufus's methods of dealing with Bishop Karl's wife, Nancy, during her terminal ordeal with Parkinson's Disease and advanced dementia. The dog not only provided a daily...
This volume assembled biographies of five extraordinary leaders of the Old Catholic Church and autocephalous church movement: Arnold Harris Mathew, Rudolph de Landas Berghes, Joseph Rene Vilatte, Carmel Henry Carfora, and Aftimios Ofiesh. Complete with bibliography.
