 Old Anglo-Catholic Diocese of St. James.
Special blessings to all who come to this site in the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ! What are we? ---Old Anglo-Catholic jurisdiction: We trace our lineage back to the time of exactly when King Henry 8th expelled the Roman Catholic Church from The Empire. The monarch set up the Church of England as a carbon copy of The Roman Catholic Church not reforming it in any way. [The liberal changes did not occur until the reign of Elizabeth 1st.] ---Convocation of The Old Anglo-Catholic Church: ---Under the Convocation is the Province of the Good News: ---Which is split into several Administrative Archdioceses: Good News, Suffering Saviour, Crusader's Cross, Holy Saints, Holy Apostles, Supreme Sovereign. ---Even further these are broken down into several missionary dioceses of: Saint James, Saint John, Saint Andrew, Good Will, Good Hope, Good Counsel, Good Tidings, Good Samaritan, Good Shepherd, Holy Apostles, The Colgate, and outreach diocese of the Badlands. ---Each missionary dioceses are broken down further into mission churches, chapels, or outreach ministries consisting of four or more. ---Each mission church, chapel or outreach ministry headed by a priest or deacon. ---Each mission diocese is headed by a bishop. ---Each archdiocese is headed by an archbishop. ---Entired continental United States is within our province. ---Province is headed by an archbishop elected for life. ---West half of Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisana and Mississippi make up the mission diocese of Saint James. ---Over 50 ministers: including deacons, priests and bishops. Who are we? ---We are Episcopalians, Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, Nazarene, Baptist, etc, who have left the mainline branches of the Body of Christ to come together to form this convocation. ---Believe in the following: ---One, Holy, Triune God ---Jesus is the ONLY Son of God since He is the ONLY WAY, TRUTH AND LIFE. ---Holy Ghost is sent to be our guide, comforter, protector. ---Inerrant and infallible Word of God. ---Jesus is the Living Word of God. We are also: ---Pro-life: believe in the sanctity of life for unborn babies, the infirmed and elderly. ---Charismatic ---Sacramental ---Episcopal: in faith and church government. ---Catholic: We hold to the one universal faith once delievered to the saints. Our Canon Law consists of: ---The Ten Commandments. ---39 Articles of Faith. ---1928 Book of Common Prayer. ---Creeds: Apostle's, Nicene, Sts. Anthansius, Timothy and Peter. ---Constitution. Also: ---Province has three religious orders and one military order. ---Clerics Regular of The Holy Cross-[Fraternal Champions of Jesus.] ---Missionary Sisters of San Damiano. ---Monastics of Saint Francis ---Knights of The Holy Grail. [If anyone should want to see our constitution then feel free to email us: DioceseOfStJames@aol.com] The Rt. Rev. Stonewall Shelton, FCJ, Diocesan Bishop of Saint James | 
