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THE ANGLICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

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The Anglican Catholic Church is a branch of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church

instituted by Jesus Christ. It maintains the Catholic faith and traditions. ACC is ANGLICAN

which means "English". It has an English Liturgical, Theological, Spiritual, and ancestral

heritage with the Church in England. ACC is "CATHOLIC" which means " UNIVERSAL".

Geographically and Doctrinal manners. It is a universal body in the USA, Australia and

New Zealand, Europe, Canada, Africa, and Asia. It accepts the teaching of the

undivided Church " Church of the first millennium which makes it CATHOLIC.   This is

why in 1977 an international congress of nearly 2,000 Anglican bishops, clergy, and

laypeople met in St. Louis, Missouri, to take the actions necessary to establish an

orthodox jurisdiction in which traditional Anglicanism would be maintained. Acting

according to the principles determined by the seven great Ecumenical Councils of the

ancient Church and adopting initially the name "Anglican Church of North America,"

they placed themselves under the jurisdiction of the retired Episcopal bishop of Springfield,

Illinois, the Right Reverend Albert Chambers. Bishop Chambers expanded that jurisdiction

and devolved it upon others, by taking orders for the consecration of four more bishops, and

the Anglican Catholic Church was born.

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