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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.