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Statement of Faith: Old Anglo~Catholic Confession.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:48:03 GMT

Below you will find our church's statement of faith.

We, of The Old Anglo-Catholic Church, do hereby affirm that the Old Anglo-Catholic Faith of 1534 in the basic tenets of the Creeds, Principles of order, and Sacraments are hereby judged to be canonically legal as they are based on the infallible Sacred Scriptures to be restored to their proper place in the universal Church of Christ as it is the faith once delivered to the saints by Jesus Christ.

Apostolic Lines of Succession.

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:05:47 GMT

Convocation Of The Old Anglo-Catholic Church
Diocese of Saint James
[Bishop Ordinary]
[The Rt. Rev. Christopher "Stonewall" Shelton, F. C. J.]

Lines of Apostolic Succession

FIRST LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Roman - Old Catholic Succession
St. Peter the Apostle -- to 64 A.D.
St. Linus -- 67 to 76
St. Anacletus -- 76 to 91
St. Clement I -- 91 to 101
St. Evaristus -- 100 to 109
St. Alexander I -- 109 to 116
St. Sixtus I -- 116 to 125
St. Telesphorus -- 125 to 136
St. Hyginus -- 138 to 140
St. Pius I -- 140 to 155
St. Anicetus -- 155 to 166
St. Soter -- 166 to 174
St. Eleutherius -- 174 to 189
St. Victor I -- 189 to 198
St. Zephyrinus -- 198 to 217
St. Callistus I -- 217 to 222
St. Urban I -- 222 to 230
St. Pontian -- July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235
St. Anterus -- Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236
St. Fabian -- Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20, 250
St. Cornelius -- Mar. 251 to June 253
St. Lucius I -- June 25, 253 to March 5, 254
St. Stephen I -- May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257
St. Sixtus II -- Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258
St. Dionysius -- July 22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268
St. Felix I -- Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274
St. Eutychian -- Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283
St. Caius -- Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296
St. Marcellinus -- June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304
St. Marcellus I -- May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308
St. Eusebius -- Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310
St. Miltiades -- July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314
St. Silvester -- Jan. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335
St. Mark -- Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336
St. Julius I -- Feb. 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352
St. Liberius -- May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366
St. Damasus -- Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384
St. Siricius -- Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399
St. Anastasius I -- Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19, 401
St. Innocent I -- Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417
St. Zosimus -- Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418
St. Boniface I -- Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422
St. Celestine I -- Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432
St. Sixtus III -- July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440
St. Leo I "The Great" -- Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461
St. Hilarus -- Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468
St. Simplicius -- Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483
St. Felix III -- Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492
St. Gelasius I -- Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496
Anastasius II -- Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498
St. Symmachus -- Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514
St. Hormisdas -- July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523
St. John I -- Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526
St. Felix IV -- July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530
Boniface II -- Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532
St. John II -- Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535
St. Agapitus I -- May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536
St. Silverius -- June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537
Vigilius -- Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555
Pelagius I -- Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561
John III -- July 17, 561 to July 13, 574
Benedict I -- June 2, 575 to July 30, 579
Pelagius II -- Nov. 26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590
St. Gregory I "The Great" -- Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604
Sabinianus -- Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606
Boniface III -- Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607
St. Boniface IV -- Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615
St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) -- Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8, 618
Boniface V -- Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625
Honorius I -- Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638
Severinus -- May 28 to Aug. 2, 640
John IV -- Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642
Theodore I -- Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649
St. Martin I -- July 649 to May 14, 653
St. Eugenius I -- Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657
St. Vitalian -- July 30, 657 to Jan. 27, 672
Adeodatus II -- Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676
Donus -- Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678
St. Agatho -- June 27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681
St. Leo II -- Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683
St. Benedict II -- June 26, 684 to May 8, 685
John V -- July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686
Conon -- Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687
St. Sergius I -- Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701
John VI -- Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705
John VII -- Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707
Sissinius -- Jan. 15 to Feb. 4, 708
Constantine -- Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715
St. Gregory II -- May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731
St. Gregory III -- Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741
St. Zacharias -- Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752
Stephen II -- Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757
St. Paul I -- 29 May 757 to June 28, 767
Stephen III -- Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772
Adrian I -- Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795
St. Leo III -- Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816
Stephen IV -- June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817
St. Paschal I -- Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824
Eugenius II -- Feb. 824 to Aug. 827
Valentine -- Aug. 827 to Sept. 827
Gregory IV -- 827 to Jan. 844
Sergius II -- Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847
St. Leo IV --Jan. 847 to July 17, 855
Benedict III -- July 855 to Apr. 17, 858
St. Nicholas I -- Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867
Adrian II -- Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872
John VIII -- Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882
Marinus I -- Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884
St. Adrian III -- May 17, 884 to Sept. 885
Stephen V -- Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891
Formosus -- Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896
Boniface VI -- Apr. 896 to Apr. 896
Stephen VI -- May 896 to Aug. 897
Romanus -- Aug. 897 to Nov. 897
Theodore II -- Dec. 897
John IX -- Jan. 898 to Jan. 900
Benedict IV -- Jan. 900 to July 903
Leo V -- July 903 to Sept. 903
Sergius III -- Jan. 29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911
Anastasius III -- Apr. 911 to June 913
Lando -- July 913 to Feb. 914
John X -- Mar. 914 to May 928
Leo VI -- May 928 to Dec. 928
Stephen VII -- Dec. 928 to Feb. 931
John XI -- Feb. 931 to Dec. 935
Leo VII -- Jan. 936 to July 13, 939
Stephen VIII -- July 14, 939 to Oct. 942
Marinus II -- Oct. 30, 942 to May 946
Agapetus II -- May 10, 946 to Dec. 955
John XII -- Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964
Leo VIII -- Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965
Benedict V -- May 22, 964 to July 4, 966
John XIII -- Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972
Benedict VI -- Jan. 19, 973 to June 974
Benedict VII -- Oct. 974 to July 10, 983
John XIV -- Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984
John XV -- Aug. 985 to March 996
Gregory V -- May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999
Sylvester II -- Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003
John XVII -- June 1003 to Dec. 1003
John XVIII -- Jan. 1004 to July 1009
Sergius IV -- July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012
Benedict VIII -- May 18, 1012 to Apr. 9, 1024
John XIX -- Apr. 1024 to 1032
Benedict IX -- 1032 to 1044
Sylvester III -- Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045
Gregory VI -- May 5, 1045 to Feb. 1046
Clement II -- Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047
Damasus II -- July 17, 1048 to Aug. 9,1048
St. Leo IX -- Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054
Victor II -- Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057
Stephen IX -- Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058
Nicholas II -- Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061
Alexander II -- Oct. 1, 1061 to Apr. 21, 1073
St. Gregory VII -- Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085
Blessed Victor III -- May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087
Blessed Urban II -- Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099
Paschal II -- Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118
Gelasiur II -- Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119
Callistus II -- Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124
Honorius II -- Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb. 13, 1130
Innocent II -- Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143
Celestine II -- Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144
Lucius II -- Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145
Blessed Eugenius III -- Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153
Anastasius IV -- July 12, 1153 to Dec. 3, 1154
Adrian IV -- Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159
Alexander III -- Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181
Lucius III -- Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185
Urban III -- Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20 1187
Gregory VIII -- Oct. 21, 1187 to Dec. 17, 1187
Clement III -- Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191
Celestine III -- Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198
Innocent III -- Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216
Honorius III -- July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227
Gregory IX -- Mar. 19, 1227 to Aug. 22, 1241
Celestine IV -- Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1251
Innocent IV -- June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254
Alexander IV -- Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261
Urban IV -- Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264
Clement IV -- Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29, 1268
Blessed Gregory X -- Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276
Blessed Innocent V -- Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276
Adrian V -- July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276
John XXI -- Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277
Nicholas III -- Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug. 22, 1280
Martin IV -- Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285
Honorius IV -- Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287
Nicholas IV -- Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 4, 1292
St. Celestine V (resigned) -- July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294
Boniface VIII -- Dec. 24, 1294 to Oct. 11, 1303
Blessed Benedict XI -- Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304
Clement V -- June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314
John XXII -- Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334
Nicholas V -- May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330
Benedict XII -- Dec. 20, 1334 to Apr. 25, 1342
Clement VI -- May 7, 1342 to Dec. 6, 1352
Innocent VI -- Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362
Blessed Urban V -- Sept. 28,1362 to Dec. 19, 1370
Gregory XI --Dec. 30, 1370 to Mar. 26, 1378
Urban VI -- April 8, 1378 to Oct.15, 1389
Boniface IX -- Nov.2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404
Innnocent VII -- Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov.6,1406
Gregory XII -- Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415
Martin V -- Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431
Eugenius IV -- Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb. 23, 1447
Nicholas V -- Mar. 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455
Callistus III -- Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug. 6, 1458
Pius II -- Aug.19, 1458 to Aug. 15, 1464
Paul II -- Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471
Sixtus IV -- Aug. 9, 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484
Innocent VIII -- Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492
Alexander VI -- Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503
Pius III -- Sept. 22, 1503 to Oct. 18, 1503
Julius II -- Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513
Leo X -- Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521
Adrian VI -- Jan. 9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523
Clement VII -- Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534
Paul III -- Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov. 10, 1549
Julius III -- Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555
Marcellus II -- Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555
Paul IV -- May 23, 1555 to Aug. 18, 1559
Pius IV -- Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565
St. Pius V -- Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572
Gregory XIII -- May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585
Sixtus V -- Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590
Urban VII -- Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept. 27, 1590
Gregory XIV -- Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591
Innocent IX -- Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591
Clement VIII -- Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605
Leo XI -- Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605
Paul V -- May 16, 1605 to Jan. 28 1621
Gregory XV -- Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623
Urban VIII -- Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644
Innocent X -- Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan 7, 1655
Alexander VII -- Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667
Antonio Barberini -- 1657 to 1671
Michael le Tellier - 1659
Jaques Benigne de Bousseut - 1670
James Coyon de Matignon - 1693
Dominicus Marie Varlet - February 12, 1719
Peter John Meindaerts - October 17, 1739
Johannes Van Stiphout - July 11, 1745
Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen - February 7, 1768
Adrian Broekman - June 21, 1778
Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijin - July 5, 1797
Gilbertus de Jong - November 7, 1805
Wilibrordus Van Os - April 24, 1814
Johannes Bon - April 22, 1819
Johannes Van Santen - June 14, 1825
Hermanus Heijkamp - July 17, 1854
Casparus Johannes Rinkel - August 11, 1873
Gerard Gul - May 11, 1892
Arnold Harris Mathew - April 28, 1908
HRH Prince Rudolph Edward de Landes Berghes - June 29, 1913
Henry Carmel Carfora - October 4, 1916
Anglin Lawrence James - 17 June 1945
Grant Timothy Billet - 25 December 1950
Norman Richard Parr - 23 October 1979
Maurice Darryl McCormick - 14 July 1991
Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997
Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003
Ben W. Barnes – September 23, 2006
Christopher T. Shelton – October 11, 2007

SECOND LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Antiochian - Jacobite Succession
Peter the Apostle 35 A.D.
Eyodius 44
Ignatius (Martyr) 68
Earon 107
Cornelius 137
Eados 142
Theophilus 157
Maximus 171
Seraphim 179
Asclepiades (Martyr) 189
Philip 210
Zebinus 219
Babylos (Martyr) 237
F'abius 250
Demeirius 251
Paul I 259
Domnus I 270
Timotheus 281
Cyrilus 291
Tyrantus 296
Vitalius 301
Philogonius 318
Eustachius 323
Paulinus 338
Philabianus 383
Evagrius 386
Phosporius 416
Alexander 418
John I 428
Theodotus 431
Domnus II 442
Maximus 450
Accacius 454
Martyrius 457
Peter II 464
Phiadius 500
Serverius the Great 509
Sergius 544
Domnus III 547
Anastasius 560
Gregory I 564
Paul II 567
Patra 571
Domnus IV 586
Julianus 591
Athanasius I 595
John II 636
Theodorus I 649
Severus 668
Athanasius II 684
Julianus II 687
Elias I 709
Athanasius III 724
Evanius I 740
Gervasius I 759
Joseph 790
Cyriacus 793
Dionsius I 818
John III 847
Ignatius II 877
Theodosius 887
Dinousius II 897
John IV 910
Evanius 922
John V 936
Evanius II 954
Dionysius 958
Abraham I 962
John VI 965
Athanasius IV 987
John VII 1004
Theodorus II 1042
Athanasius V 1058
John VII 1064
Basilius II 1074
Abdoone 1076
Dionysius V 1077
Evanius III 1080
Dionysius VI 1088
Athanasias VI 1091
John IX 1131
Athanasius VI 1139
Michael I (the Great) 1167
Athanasius VIII 1200
Michael II 1207
JohnX 1208
Ignatius III 1223
Dionysius VII 1253
John XI 1253
Ishmael 1333
Ignatius Basilius III 1366
Ignatius Abraham II 1382
Ignatius Basilius IV 1412
Ignatius Bahanam I 1415
Ignatius l~aIejih 1455
Ignatius John XII 1483
Ignatius Noah 1492
Ignatius Jesus I 1509
Ignatius Jacob I 1510
Ignatius David I 1519
Ignatius Abdullah 1520
Ignatius Naamathalak 1557
Ignatius David II 1576
Ignatius Philathus 1591
Ignatius Abdullah II 1597
Ignatius Cadhal 1598
Ignatius Simeon 1640
Ignatius Jesus II 1653
Ignatius A. Massiah I 1661
Ignatius Cabeed 1686
Ignatius Gervasius III 1687
Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708
Ignatius Siccarablak 1722
Ignatius Qervasius III 1746
Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768
Ignatius Mathias 1781
Ignatius Bahanam II 1810
Ignatius Jonas 1817
Ignatius Gervasius V 1818
Ignatius Elias II 1839
Ignatius Jacob II 1847
Ignatius Peter III 1872
Mar Paul Athanasius - 1877
Julius Alvarez - July 29, 1889
Joseph Rene Vilatte - June 5, 1892
Paolo Miraglia Guilaotte - May 6, 1900
Carmel Henry Carfora - 1911
Earl Anglin James - June 17, 1945
Grant Timothy Billet - December 25, 1950
Norman R. Parr - October 23, 1979
Maurice Darryl McCormick - July 14, 1991
Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997
Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003
Ben W. Barnes – September 23, 2006
Christopher T. Shelton – October 11, 2007

THIRD LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Antiochian - Jacobite Succession
Peter the Apostle 35 A.D.
Eyodius 44
Ignatius (Martyr) 68
Earon 107
Cornelius 137
Eados 142
Theophilus 157
Maximus 171
Seraphim 179
Asclepiades (Martyr) 189
Philip 210
Zebinus 219
Babylos (Martyr) 237
F'abius 250
Demeirius 251
Paul I 259
Domnus I 270
Timotheus 281
Cyrilus 291
Tyrantus 296
Vitalius 301
Philogonius 318
Eustachius 323
Paulinus 338
Philabianus 383
Evagrius 386
Phosporius 416
Alexander 418
John I 428
Theodotus 431
Domnus II 442
Maximus 450
Accacius 454
Martyrius 457
Peter II 464
Phiadius 500
Sergius 544
Domnus III 547
Anastasius 560
Gregory I 564
Paul II 567
Patra 571
Domnus IV 586
Julianus 591
Athanasius I 595
John II 636
Theodorus I 649
Severus 668
Athanasius II 684
Julianus II 687
Elias I 709
Athanasius III 724
Evanius I 740
Gervasius I 759
Joseph 790
Cyriacus 793
Dionsius I 818
John III 847
Ignatius II 877
Theodosius 887
Dinousius II 897
John IV 910
Evanius 922
John V 936
Evanius II 954
Dionysius 958
Abraham I 962
John VI 965
Athanasius IV 987
John VII 1004
Dionysius III 1032
Theodorus II 1042
Athanasius V 1058
John VII 1064
Basilius II 1074
Abdoone 1076
Dionysius V 1077
Evanius III 1080
Dionysius VI 1088
Athanasias VI 1091
John IX 1131
Athanasius VI 1139
Michael I (the Great) 1167
Athanasius VIII 1200
Michael II 1207
JohnX 1208
Ignatius III 1223
Dionysius VII 1253
John XI 1253
Ignatius IV 1264
Philanus 1283
Ignatius Baruhid 1293
Ignatius Ishmael 1333
Ignatius Basilius III 1366
Ignatius Abraham II 1382
Ignatius Basilius IV 1412
Ignatius Bahanam I 1415
Ignatius l~aIejih 1455
Ignatius John XII 1483
Ignatius Noah 1492
Ignatius Jesus I 1509
Ignatius Jacob I 1510
Ignatius David I 1519
Ignatius Abdullah 1520
Ignatius Naamathalak 1557
Ignatius David II 1576
Ignatius Philathus 1591
Ignatius Abdullah II 1597
Ignatius Cadhal 1598
Ignatius Simeon 1640
Ignatius Jesus II 1653
Ignatius A. Massiah I 1661
Ignatius Cabeed 1686
Ignatius Gervasius III 1687
Ignatius Gervasius IV 1708
Ignatius Siccarablak 1722
Ignatius Qervasius III 1746
Ignatius Gervasius IV 1768
Ignatius Mathias 1781
Ignatius Bahanam II 1810
Ignatius Jonas 1817
Ignatius Gervasius V 1818
Ignatius Elias II 1839
Ignatius Jacob II 1847
Ignatius Peter III 1872
Mar Paul Athanasius - 1877
Julius Alvarez - July 29, 1889
Joseph Rene Vilatte - June 5, 1892
Frederick E. Lloyd - 1915
Gregory Lines - 1923
Justin A. Boyle - 1928
Lowell Paul Wadle - 1940
Herman Adrian Spruit - 1957
Paul Michael Clemens - 1988
Joseph Philip Sousa - July 14, 1991
Willibrord Van Campent - Oct. 10, 1993
William Dennis Donovan - November 14, 1993
Carl Thomas Swaringim - July 28, 1995
Maurice McCormick - Feb. 3, 1996
Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997
Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003
Ben W. Barnes – September 23, 2006
Christopher T. Shelton – October 11, 2007

FIFTH LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Roman - Old Catholic Succession
St. Peter the Apostle -- to 64 A.D.
St. Linus -- 67 to 76
St. Anacletus -- 76 to 91
St. Clement I -- 91 to 101
St. Evaristus -- 100 to 109
St. Alexander I -- 109 to 116
St. Sixtus I -- 116 to 125
St. Telesphorus -- 125 to 136
St. Hyginus -- 138 to 140
St. Pius I -- 140 to 155
St. Anicetus -- 155 to 166
St. Soter -- 166 to 174
St. Eleutherius -- 174 to 189
St. Victor I -- 189 to 198
St. Zephyrinus -- 198 to 217
St. Callistus I -- 217 to 222
St. Urban I -- 222 to 230
St. Pontian -- July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235
St. Anterus -- Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236
St. Fabian -- Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20, 250
St. Cornelius -- Mar. 251 to June 253
St. Lucius I -- June 25, 253 to March 5, 254
St. Stephen I -- May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257
St. Sixtus II -- Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258
St. Dionysius -- July 22, 259 to Dec.26, 258
St. Felix I -- Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274
St. Eutychian -- Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283
St. Caius -- Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296
St. Marcellinus -- June 30, 296 to Oct. 25, 304
St. Marcellus I -- May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308
St. Eusebius -- Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310
St. Miltiades -- July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314
St. Silvester -- Jan. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335
St. Mark -- Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336
St. Julius I -- Feb. 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352
St. Liberius -- May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366
St. Damasus -- Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384
St. Siricius -- Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399
St. Anastasius I -- Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19,401
St. Innocent I -- Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417
St. Zosimus -- Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418
St. Boniface I -- Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422
St. Celestine I -- Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432
St. Sixtus III -- July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440
St. Leo I "The Great" -- Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461
St. Hilarus -- Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468
St. Simplicius -- Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483
St. Felix III -- Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492
St. Gelasius I -- Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496
Anastasius II -- Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498
St. Symmachus -- Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514
St. Hormisdas -- July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523
St. John I -- Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526
St. Felix IV -- July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530
Boniface II -- Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532
St. John II -- Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535
St. Agapitus I -- May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536
St. Silverius -- June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537
Vigilius -- Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555
Pelagius I -- Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561
John III -- July 17, 561 to July 13, 574
Benedict I -- June 2, 575 to July 30, 579
Pelagius II -- Nov.26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590
St.Gregory I "The Great" -- Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604
Sabinianus -- Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606
Boniface III -- Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607
St. Boniface IV -- Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615
St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) -- Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8, 618
Boniface V -- Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625
Honorius I -- Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638
Severinus -- May 28 to Aug. 2, 640
John IV -- Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642
Theodore I -- Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649
St. Martin I -- July 649 to May 14, 653
St. Eugenius I -- Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657
St. Vitalian -- July 30, 657 to Jan. 27, 672
Adeodatus II -- Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676
Donus -- Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678
St. Agatho -- June 27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681
St. Leo II -- Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683
St. Benedict II -- June 26, 684 to May 8, 685
John V -- July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686
Conon -- Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687
St. Sergius I -- Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701
John VI -- Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705
John VII -- Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707
Sissinius -- Jan. 15 to Feb. 4, 708
Constantine -- Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715
St. Gregory II -- May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731
St. Gregory III -- Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741
St. Zacharias -- Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752
Stephen II -- Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757
St. Paul I -- 29 May 757 to June 28, 767
Stephen III -- Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772
Adrian I -- Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795
St. Leo III -- Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816
Stephen IV -- June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817
St. Paschal I -- Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824
Eugenius II -- Feb. 824 to Aug. 827
Valentine -- Aug. 827 to Sept. 827
Gregory IV -- 827 to Jan. 844
Sergius II -- Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847
St. Leo IV --Jan. 847 to July 17, 855
Benedict III -- July 855 to Apr. 17, 858
St. Nicholas I -- Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867
Adrian II -- Dec. 14, 867 to Dec. 14, 872
John VIII -- Dec. 14, 872 to Dec. 16, 882
Marinus I -- Dec. 16, 882 to May 15, 884
St. Adrian III -- May 17, 884 to Sept. 885
Stephen V -- Sept. 885 to Sept. 14, 891
Formosus -- Oct. 6, 891 to Apr. 4, 896
Boniface VI -- Apr. 896 to Apr. 896
Stephen VI -- May 896 to Aug. 897
Romanus -- Aug. 897 to Nov. 897
Theodore II -- Dec. 897
John IX -- Jan. 898 to Jan. 900
Benedict IV -- Jan. 900 to July 903
Leo V -- July 903 to Sept. 903
Sergius III -- Jan. 29, 904 to Apr. 14, 911
Anastasius III -- Apr. 911 to June 913
Lando -- July 913 to Feb. 914
John X -- Mar. 914 to May 928
Leo VI -- May 928 to Dec. 928
Stephen VII -- Dec. 928 to Feb. 931
John XI -- Feb. 931 to Dec. 935
Leo VII -- Jan. 936 to July 13, 939
Stephen VIII -- July 14, 939 to Oct. 942
Marinus II -- Oct. 30, 942 to May 946
Agapetus II -- May 10, 946 to Dec. 955
John XII -- Dec. 16, 955 to May 14, 964
Leo VIII -- Dec. 4, 963 to Mar. 1, 965
Benedict V -- May 22, 964 to July 4, 966
John XIII -- Oct. 1, 965 to Sept. 6, 972
Benedict VI -- Jan. 19, 973 to June 974
Benedict VII -- Oct. 974 to July 10, 983
John XIV -- Dec. 983 to Aug. 20, 984
John XV -- Aug. 985 to March 996
Gregory V -- May 3, 996 to Feb. 18, 999
Sylvester II -- Apr. 2, 999 to May 12, 1003
John XVII -- June 1003 to Dec. 1003
John XVIII -- Jan. 1004 to July 1009
Sergius IV -- July 31, 1009 to May 12, 1012
Benedict VIII -- May 18, 1012 to Apr. 9, 1024
John XIX -- Apr. 1024 to 1032
Benedict IX -- 1032 to 1044
Sylvester III -- Jan. 20, 1045 to Feb. 10, 1045
Gregory VI -- May 5, 1045 to Feb. 1046
Clement II -- Dec. 24, 1046 to Oct. 9, 1047
Damasus II -- July 17, 1048 to Aug. 9,1048
St. Leo IX -- Feb. 12, 1049 to Apr. 19, 1054
Victor II -- Apr. 16, 1055 to July 28, 1057
Stephen IX -- Aug. 3, 1057 to Mar. 29, 1058
Nicholas II -- Jan. 24, 1059 to July 27, 1061
Alexander II -- Oct. 1, 1061 to Apr. 21, 1073
St. Gregory VII -- Apr. 22, 1073 to May 25, 1085
Blessed Victor III -- May 24, 1086 to Sept. 16, 1087
Blessed Urban II -- Mar. 12, 1088 to July 29, 1099
Paschal II -- Aug. 13, 1099 to Jan. 21, 1118
Gelasiur II -- Jan. 24, 1118 to Jan. 28, 1119
Callistus II -- Feb. 2, 1119 to Dec. 13, 1124
Honorius II -- Dec. 21, 1124 to Feb. 13, 1130
Innocent II -- Feb. 14, 1130 to Sept. 24, 1143
Celestine II -- Sept. 26, 1143 to Mar. 8, 1144
Lucius II -- Mar. 12, 1144 to Feb. 15, 1145
Blessed Eugenius III -- Feb. 15, 1145 to July 8, 1153
Anastasius IV -- July 12, 1153 to Dec. 3, 1154
Adrian IV -- Dec. 4, 1154 to Sept. 1, 1159
Alexander III -- Sept. 7, 1159 to Aug. 30, 1181
Lucius III -- Sept. 1, 1181 to Sept. 25, 1185
Urban III -- Nov. 25, 1185 to Oct. 20 1187
Gregory VIII -- Oct. 21, 1187 to Dec. 17, 1187
Clement III -- Dec. 19, 1187 to Mar. 1191
Celestine III -- Mar. 30, 1191 to Jan. 8, 1198
Innocent III -- Jan. 8, 1198 to July 16, 1216
Honorius III -- July 18, 1216 to Mar. 18, 1227
Gregory IX -- Mar. 19, 1227 to Aug. 22, 1241
Celestine IV -- Oct. 25, 1241 to Nov. 10, 1251
Innocent IV -- June 25, 1243 to Dec. 7, 1254
Alexander IV -- Dec. 12, 1254 to May 25, 1261
Urban IV -- Aug. 29, 1261 to Oct. 2, 1264
Clement IV -- Feb. 5, 1265 to Nov. 29, 1268
Blessed Gregory X -- Sept. 1, 1271 to Jan. 10, 1276
Blessed Innocent V -- Jan. 21, 1276 to June 22, 1276
Adrian V -- July 11, 1276 to Aug. 18, 1276
John XXI -- Sept. 8, 1276 to May 20, 1277
Nicholas III -- Nov. 25, 1277 to Aug. 22, 1280
Martin IV -- Feb. 2, 1281 to Mar. 28, 1285
Honorius IV -- Apr. 2, 1285 to Apr. 3, 1287
Nicholas IV -- Feb. 22, 1288 to Apr. 4, 1292
St. Celestine V (resigned) -- July 5, 1294 to Dec. 13, 1294
Boniface VIII -- Dec. 24, 1294 to Oct. 11, 1303
Blessed Benedict XI -- Oct. 22, 1303 to July 7, 1304
Clement V -- June 5, 1305 to Apr. 20, 1314
John XXII -- Aug. 7, 1305 to Dec. 4, 1334
Nicholas V -- May 12, 1328 to Aug. 5, 1330
Benedict XII -- Dec. 20, 1334 to Apr. 25, 1342
Clement VI -- May 7, 1342 to Dec. 6, 1352
Innocent VI -- Dec. 18, 1352 to Sept. 12, 1362
Blessed Urban V -- Sept. 28,1362 to Dec. 19, 1370
Gregory XI --Dec. 30, 1370 to Mar. 26, 1378
Urban VI -- Apr. 8, 1378 to Oct. 15, 1389
Boniface IX -- Nov. 2, 1389 to Oct. 1, 1404
Innocent VII -- Oct. 17, 1404 to Nov. 6, 1406
Gregory XII -- Nov. 30, 1406 to July 4, 1415
Martin V -- Nov. 11, 1417 to Feb. 20, 1431
Eugenius IV -- Mar. 3, 1431 to Feb. 23, 1447
Nicholas V -- Mar. 6, 1447 to Mar. 24, 1455
Callistus III -- Apr. 8, 1455 to Aug. 6, 1458
Pius II -- Aug.19, 1458 to Aug. 15, 1464
Paul II -- Aug. 30, 1464 to July 26, 1471
Sixtus IV -- Aug. 9, 1471 to Aug. 12, 1484
Innocent VIII -- Aug. 29, 1484 to July 25, 1492
Alexander VI -- Aug. 11, 1492 to Aug. 18, 1503
Pius III -- Sept. 22, 1503 to Oct. 18, 1503
Julius II -- Oct. 31, 1503 to Feb. 21, 1513
Leo X -- Mar. 9, 1513 to Dec. 1, 1521
Adrian VI -- Jan. 9, 1522 to Sept. 14, 1523
Clement VII -- Nov. 19, 1523 to Sept. 25, 1534
Paul III -- Oct. 13, 1534 to Nov. 10, 1549
Julius III -- Feb. 7, 1550 to Mar. 23, 1555
Marcellus II -- Apr. 9, 1555 to May 1, 1555
Paul IV -- May 23, 1555 to Aug. 18, 1559
Pius IV -- Dec. 25, 1559 to Dec. 9, 1565
St. Pius V -- Jan. 7, 1566 to May 1, 1572
Gregory XIII -- May 13, 1572 to Apr. 10, 1585
Sixtus V -- Apr. 24, 1585 to Aug. 27, 1590
Urban VII -- Sept. 15, 1590 to Sept. 27, 1590
Gregory XIV -- Dec. 5, 1590 to Oct. 16, 1591
Innocent IX -- Oct. 29, 1591 to Dec. 30, 1591
Clement VIII -- Jan. 30, 1592 to Mar. 3, 1605
Leo XI -- Apr. 1, 1605 to Apr. 27, 1605
Paul V -- May 16, 1605 to Jan. 28 1621
Gregory XV -- Feb. 9, 1621 to July 8, 1623
Urban VIII -- Aug. 6, 1623 to July 29, 1644
Innocent X -- Sept. 15, 1644 to Jan 7, 1655
Alexander VII -- Apr. 7, 1655 to May 22, 1667
Antonio Barberini -- 1657 to 1671
Michael le Tellier - 1659
Jaques Benigne de Bousseut - 1670
James Coyon de Matignon - 1693
Dominicus Marie Varlet - February 12, 1719
Peter John Meindaerts - October 17, 1739
Johannes Van Stiphout - July 11, 1745
Gaultherus Michael Van Niewenhuizen - February 7, 1768
Adrian Broekman - June 21, 1778
Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijin - July 5, 1797
Gilbertus de Jong - November 7, 1805
Wilibrordus Van Os - April 24, 1814
Johannes Bon - April 22, 1819
Johannes Van Santen - June 14, 1825
Hermanus Heijkamp - July 17, 1854
Casparus Johannes Rinkel - August 11, 1873
Geradus Gul - May 11, 1892
Arnold Harris Matthew - 28 April 1908
Frederick Samuel Willoughby - October 28, 1914
James I. Wedgewood - 1916
Irving S. Cooper - 1919
Charles Hampton - 1931
Herman A. Spruit - 1957
Paul Michael Clemens - 1988
Joseph Philip Sousa - 1991
Willibrord Johannes Van Campenhout - 1993
William Dennis Donavan - 1993
Carl Thomas Swaringim - July 28, 1995
Maurice D. McCormick - February 3, 1996
Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997
Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003
Ben W. Barnes – September 23, 2006
Christopher T. Shelton – October 11, 2007

SIXTH LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Russian Orthodox Succession
The Apostolic Succession of the Holy Patriarchs of Constantinople and the Holy Metropolitans of Kiev, Vladimir and Moscow which originated with the APOSTLE ANDREW, the First Called Apostle to the Scythians.Metropolitan Nikon of Moscow, in Moscow, Russia, did consecrate Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij in 1884;Metropolitan Macarius (Makarij) Michael Neveskij did consecrate Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky as Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Moscow on December 13th, 1903 (old style) in Moscow, Russia, assisted by Bishop Innokentij of St. Petersburg, Russia.Archbishop Evdokim Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky (Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Alaska and North America, ruling Hierarch in the Western Hemisphere for the Patriarchate of Moscow and all Russia) did on May 13 (N.S.), 1917 (April 30, O.S.) consecrate Aftimios (Abdullah) Ofiesh at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, New York City, assisted by Bishop Stephen Alexander Dzubay of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Bishop Alexander Alexandrovich Nemolovsky, Russian Orthodox Bishop of Canada.Metropolitan Aftimios Ofiesh, Russian Orthodox Bishop of Brooklyn, New York and head of the Syrian Greek Orthodox Catholic Mission did on September 27, 1932 consecrate Ignatius William Albert Nichols as Bishop of Washington, D.C.Ignatius William Albert Nichols in 1940 did consecrate Frank Dyer;Frank Dyer on March 16, 1947 did consecrate Matthew Nicholas Nelson;Bishop Nicholas Nelson, Titular Bishop of Hawaii, on July 27, 1947 did consecrate Lowell Paul Wadle;Lowell Paul Wadle on June 22, 1957 did consecrate Herman Adrian Spruit;Bishop Herman Adrian Spruit in 1988 did consecrate Paul Michael Clemens;Paul Michael Clemens on July 14th, 1991 did consecrate Joseph Philip Sousa;Joseph Philip Sousa on October 10, 1993 did consecrateWillibrord J. van Campen;Willibrord J. van Campen on November 14, 1993 did consecrate William Dennis Donovan;William Dennis Donovan on July 28, 1995 did consecrate Carl Thomas Swaringim;Carl Thomas Swaringim on February 3, 1996 did consecrate Maurice D. McCormick;Maurice D. McCormick on April 26, 1997 did consecrate Rodney P. Rickard; Rodney P. Rickard on May 10, 2003 did consecrate Michael Wrenn: Michael Wrenn on September 23, 2006 did consecrate Ben W. Barnes: Ben W. Barner on October 11, 2007 did consecrate Christopher T. Shelton.

SEVENTH LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Anglican Succession
St. Peter the Apostle -- to 64 A.D.
St. Linus -- 67 to 76
St. Anacletus -- 76 to 91
St. Clement I -- 91 to 101
St. Evaristus -- 100 to 109
St. Alexander I -- 109 to 116
St. Sixtus I -- 116 to 125
St. Telesphorus -- 125 to 136
St. Hyginus -- 138 to 140
St. Pius
St. Anicetus -- 155 to 166
St. Soter -- 166 to 174
St. Eleutherius -- 174 to 189
St. Victor I -- 189 to 198
St. Zephyrinus -- 198 to 217
St. Callistus I -- 217 to 222
St. Urban I -- 222 to 230
St. Pontian -- July 21, 230 to Sept. 28, 235
St. Anterus -- Nov. 21, 235 to Jan. 20, 236
St. Fabian -- Jan. 10, 236 to Jan. 20, 250
St. Cornelius -- Mar. 251 to June 253
St. Lucius I -- June 25, 253 to March 5, 254
St. Stephen I -- May 12, 254 to Aug. 2, 257
St. Sixtus II -- Aug. 30, 257 to Aug. 6, 258
St. Dionysius -- July 22, 259 to Dec. 26, 268
St. Felix I -- Jan. 5, 269 to Dec. 30, 274
St. Eutychian -- Jan. 4, 275 to Dec. 7, 283
St. Caius -- Dec. 17, 283 to Apr. 25, 296
St. Marcellinus -- June 30, 296 to Oct.25, 304
St. Marcellus I -- May 27, 306 to Jan. 16, 308
St. Eusebius -- Apr. 18, 310 to Aug. 17, 310
St. Miltiades -- July 2, 311 to Jan. 11, 314
St. Silvester -- Jan. 31, 314 to Dec. 31, 335
St. Mark -- Jan. 18, 336 to Oct. 7, 336
St. Julius I -- Feb. 6, 337 to Apr. 12, 352
St. Liberius -- May 17, 352 to Sept. 24, 366
St. Damasus -- Oct. 1, 366 to Dec. 11, 384
St. Siricius -- Dec. 384 to Nov. 26, 399
St. Anastasius I -- Nov. 27, 399 to Dec. 19,401
St. Innocent I -- Dec. 22, 401 to Mar. 12, 417
St. Zosimus -- Mar. 18, 417 to Dec. 26, 418
St. Boniface I -- Dec. 28, 418 to Sep. 4, 422
St. Celestine I -- Sept. 10, 422 to July 27, 432
St. Sixtus III -- July 31,432 to Aug. 19, 440
St. Leo I "The Great" -- Sept. 29, 440 to Nov. 10, 461
St. Hilarus -- Nov. 19, 461 to Feb. 29, 468
St. Simplicius -- Mar. 3, 468 to Mar. 10, 483
St. Felix III -- Mar. 13, 483 to Mar. 1, 492
St. Gelasius I -- Mar. 1, 492 to Nov. 21, 496
Anastasius II -- Nov. 24, 496 to Nov. 19, 498
St. Symmachus -- Nov. 22, 498 to July 19, 514
St. Hormisdas -- July 20, 514 to Aug. 6, 523
St. John I -- Aug. 13, 523 to May 18, 526
St. Felix IV -- July 12, 526 to Sept. 22, 530
Boniface II -- Sept. 22, 530 to Oct. 17, 532
St. John II -- Jan. 2, 533 to May 8, 535
St. Agapitus I -- May 13, 535 to Apr. 22, 536
St. Silverius -- June 1, 536 to Nov. 11, 537
Vigilius -- Mar. 29, 537 to June 7, 555
Pelagius I -- Apr. 16, 556 to Mar. 4, 561
John III -- July 17, 561 to July 13, 574
Benedict I -- June 2, 575 to July 30, 579
Pelagius II -- Nov. 26, 579 to Feb. 7, 590
St. Gregory I "The Great" -- Sept. 3, 590 to Mar. 12, 604
Sabinianus -- Sept. 13, 604 to Feb. 22, 606
Boniface III -- Feb. 19 to Nov. 12, 607
St. Boniface IV -- Aug. 25, 608 to May 8, 615
St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) -- Oct. 19, 615 to Nov. 8, 618
Boniface V -- Dec. 23, 619 to Oct. 25, 625
Honorius I -- Oct. 27, 625 to Oct. 12, 638
Severinus -- May 28 to Aug. 2, 640
John IV -- Dec. 24, 640 to Oct. 12, 642
Theodore I -- Nov. 24, 642 to Sept. 16, 649
St. Martin I -- July 649 to May 14, 653
St. Eugenius I -- Aug. 10, 654 to June 2, 657
St. Vitalian -- July 30, 657 to Jan. 27, 672
Adeodatus II -- Apr. 11, 672 to June 17, 676
Donus -- Nov. 2, 676 to Apr. 11, 678
St. Agatho -- June 27, 678 to Jan. 10, 681
St. Leo II -- Aug. 17, 682 to July 3, 683
St. Benedict II -- June 26, 684 to May 8, 685
John V -- July 23, 685 to Aug. 2, 686
Conon -- Oct. 21, 686 to Sept. 21, 687
St. Sergius I -- Dec. 15, 687 to Sept. 8, 701
John VI -- Oct. 30, 701 to Jan. 11, 705
John VII -- Mar. 1, 705 to Oct. 18, 707
Sissinius -- Jan. 15 to Feb. 4, 708
Constantine -- Mar. 25, 708 to Apr. 9, 715
St. Gregory II -- May 19, 715 to Feb. 11, 731
St. Gregory III -- Mar. 18, 731 to Nov. 741
St. Zacharias -- Dec. 3, 741 to Mar. 15, 752
Stephen II -- Mar. 26, 752 to Apr. 26, 757
St. Paul I -- 29 May 757 to June 28, 767
Stephen III -- Aug. 1, 768 to Jan. 24, 772
Adrian I -- Feb. 1, 772 to Dec. 25, 795
St. Leo III -- Dec. 26, 795 to June 12, 816
Stephen IV -- June 22, 816 to Jan. 24, 817
St. Paschal I -- Jan. 25, 817 to Feb. 11, 824
Eugenius II -- Feb. 824 to Aug. 827
Valentine -- Aug. 827 to Sept. 827
Gregory IV -- 827 to Jan. 844
Sergius II -- Jan. 844 to Jan. 27, 847
St. Leo IV --Jan. 847 to July 17, 855
Benedict III -- July 855 to Apr. 17, 858
St. Nicholas I -- Apr. 24, 858 to Nov. 13, 867
Formosus - 864
St. Plegmund - 891
Althelm - 909
Wulfhelm - 914
Odo - 927
St. Dunstan - 957
St. Aelphege - 984
Elfric - 990
Wulfstan - 1003Eadsige - 1035
Stigand - April 3, 1043
Siward - 1058
Bl. Lanfranc - September 29, 1070
Thomas - 1070
St. Anselm - December 4, 1094
Richard De Delmeis - July 26, 1108
William of Corbeuil - February 18, 1123
Henry of Blois - November 17, 1129
St. Thomas Becket - June 3, 1162
Roger of Gloucester - August 23, 1164
Peter De Leia - November 7, 1176
Gilbert Glanville - September 29, 1185
William of S. Mere L’Eglise - May 23, 1199
Walter De Gray - October 5, 1214
Walter Kirkham - December 5, 1249
Henry - February 7, 1255
Anthony Beck - January 9, 1284
John of Halton - September 14, 1292
Roger Northborough - June 27, 1322
Robert Wyvil - July 15, 1330
Ralph Stratford - March 12, 1340
William Edendon - May 15, 1346
Simon Sudbury - March 20, 1362
Thomas Brentingham - May 12, 1370
Robert Braybrooke - January 5, 1382
Roger Walden - February 3, 1398
Henry Beaufort - July 14, 1398
Thomas Bourchier - May 15, 1435
John Morton - January 31, 1479
Richard Fitzjames - May 21, 1497
William Warham - September 25, 1502
John Longlands - May 15, 1521
Thomas Cranmer - March 30, 1533
William Barlow - June 1536
Matthew Parker - December 17, 1559
Edmund Grindal - December 21, 1559
John Whitgift - April 21, 1577
Richard Bancroft - May 8, 1597
George Abbot - December 3, 1609
George Montaigne - December 14, 1617
Bl. William Laud - November 18, 1621
Brian Duppa - June 17, 1638
Gilbert Sheldon - October 28, 1660
Henry Compton - December 6, 1674
William Sancroft - January 27, 1678
Thomas White - October 25, 1685
George Hickes - February 24, 1693
James Gadderar - February 24, 1712
Thomas Rattray - June 4, 1727
William Falconar - 1741
Robert Kilgour - September 21, 1768
Samuel Seabury - November 14, 1784
T.J. Claggett - September 17, 1792
Edward Bass - May 7, 1797
Abraham Jarvis - October 18, 1797
A.V. Griswold - May 29, 1811
J.H. Hopkins - October 31, 1832
G.D. Cummins - November 15, 1866
Charles E. Cheney - December 14, 1873
W.R. Nicholson - February 24, 1876
A.S. Richardson - June 22, 1879
Leon Chechemian - 1890
Andrew Charles Albert McLagen - November 2, 1897
James Heard - June 4, 1922
William Bernard Crow - June 13, 1943
Hugh George De Willmott Newman - April 10, 1944
Wallace David De Ortega Maxey - June 6, 1946
Lowell Paul Wadle - April 7, 1957
Herman Adrian Spruit - June 22, 1957
Paul Michael Clemens - 1988
Joseph Philip Sousa - July 14, 1991
Willibrord Van Campent - Oct. 10, 1993
Carl Thomas Swaringim - Nov. 14, 1993
Maurice M. McCormick - Feb. 3, 1996
Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997
Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003
Ben W. Barnes – September 23, 2006
Christopher T. Shelton – October 11, 2007

EIGHTH LINE OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
Roman Catholic Succession
Pedro Loza y Pardave
Eduardo Sanchez y Comacho - June 29, 1880
Edward Rufane Benedict Donkin - 1899
Vernon Herford - August 10, 1904
Hedley Coward Bartlett - October 18, 1931
George (Mar Georgius I) de Willmott Newman - May 20, 1945
Wallace David (Mar David I) de Ortega Maxey -June 6, 1946
Lowell Paul Wadle - April 7, 1957
Herman Adrian Spruit - June 22, 1957
Paul Michael Clemens - 1988
Joseph Philip Sousa - July 14, 1991
Willibrord Van Campent - Oct. 10, 1993
Carl Thomas Swaringim - Nov. 14, 1993
Maurice M. McCormick - Feb. 3, 1996
Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997
Michael Wrenn - May 10, 2003
Ben W. Barnes – September 23, 2006
Christopher T. Shelton – October 11, 2007

Ninth Line of Succession
The Roman Catholic Succession
Cardinal Scipione Rebiba - Bishop of Chieti, Italy March 16, 1541. Titular Bishop of Amyclae March 16, 1541
GiulioAntonio Santorio - March 12, 1566 Archbishop of Santa Severina, Italy
GirolamoBernerio, O.P. - September 7, 1586 Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
GaleazzoSanvitale - April 4, 1604 Archbishop of Bari (-Canosa), Italy
LudovicoLudovisi - May 2, 1621 Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
LuigiCaetani - June 12, 1622 Patriarch of Titular See
GiovanniBattista Scanaroli - June 12, 1622 Titular Bishop of Sidon
AntonioBarberini (Jr.) - October 24, 1655 Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Charles-MauriceLe Tellier - November 11, 1668 Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Jacques-BénigneBossuet - September 21, 1670 Bishop of Condom, France
Jacquesde Goyon de Matignon - April 16, 1673 Bishop of Condom, France
Dominicus Marie Varlet - February 18, 1719 Roman Catholic Bishop of Babylon
Petrus Johannes Meindaerts - October 17, 1739 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Johannes Van Stiphout - July 11, 1745 Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem
Gualterus Michael Van Nieuwenhuizen - February 7, 1768 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
AdrianusJohannes Broekman - June 21, 1778 Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem
Johannes Jacobus Van Rhijn - July 5, 1797 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Gilbert Cornelius De Jong - November 7, 1805 Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer
Willibord Van Os - April 24, 1814 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Johannes Bon - April 25, 1819 Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem
Johannes Van Santen – November 13, 1824 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Hermanus Johannes Heykamp - July 17, 1854 Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer
Casparus Johannes Rinkel - August 11, 1873 Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem,
Gerard Gul - May 11, 1892 Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht,
Arnold Harris Mathew - April 28, 1908 Old Catholic Bishop for Great Britain
H. R. H. The Prince Rudolph Eduardo DeLandes Berghes - June 29, 1913
Henry Carmel Carfora - October4, 1916
Earl Anglin Lawrence James - June17, 1945
Grant Timothy Billet - December25, 1950
Norman Richard Parr - October 23,1979
Maurice Darryl McCormick - July 14, 1991
Rodney P. Rickard - April 26, 1997
Michael Wrenn -May 10, 2003
Ben W. Barnes-September 23, 2006
Christopher T. Shelton-October 11, 2007

OTHER LINES OF APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION
1. Armenian Uniate: Chorchurian - Chechamian - Crow - Newman - Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard – Wrenn – Barnes – Shelton.

2. Syro-Chaldean: St. Thomas - Shimun XVIII - Antony - Bartlett - Newman - Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard – Wrenn – Barnes – Shelton.

3. Anglican: including Celtic origin: Moore - White - Hopkins - Chechemian - Crow - Newman - Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard – Wrenn – Barnes – Shelton.

4. Greek Melchite: Cyril VI - Savoya - Aneed - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard – Wrenn – Barnes – Shelton.

5. Orthodox Patriarchate: (Constantinople) - Sergius - Klefish - Aneed - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard – Wrenn – Barnes – Shelton.

6. Non Juring Bishops of Scotland: Montaigne - Seabury - Richardson - Newman - Maxey - Wadle - Spruit - Clemens - Sousa - Campent - Swaringim - McCormick - Rickard – Wrenn – Barnes – Shelton.

The Creeds

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:29:14 GMT

The Christian Creeds we believe in:

The Apostle's Creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. AMEN.

The Nicene Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Creed of St. Athanasius
WHOEVER wishes to be saved must, above all, keep the catholic faith. For unless a person keeps this faith whole and entire, he will undoubtedly be lost forever.
This is what the catholic faith teaches: we worship one God in the Trinity and the Trinity in unity.
Neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance.
For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, another of the Holy Spirit.
But the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit have one divinity, equal glory, and coeternal majesty.
What the Father is, the Son is, and the Holy Spirit is.
The Father is uncreated, the Son is uncreated, and the Holy Spirit is uncreated.
The Father is boundless, the Son is boundless, and the Holy Spirit is boundless.
The Father is eternal, the Son is eternal, and the Holy Spirit is eternal. Nevertheless, there are not three eternal beings, but one eternal being. So there are not three uncreated beings, nor three boundless beings, but one uncreated being and one boundless being.
Likewise, the Father is omnipotent, the Son is omnipotent, the Holy Spirit is omnipotent.
Yet there are not three omnipotent beings, but one omnipotent being.
Thus the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God.
However, there are not three gods, but one God.
The Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, and the Holy Spirit is Lord.
However, there as not three lords, but one Lord.
For as we are obliged by Christian truth to acknowledge every Person singly to be God and Lord, so too are we forbidden by the catholic religion to say that there are three Gods or Lords.
The Father was not made, nor created, nor generated by anyone.
The Son is not made, nor created, but begotten by the Father alone.
The Holy Spirit is not made, nor created, nor generated, but proceeds from the Father and the Son.
There is, then, one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit, not three holy spirits.
In this Trinity, there is nothing before or after, nothing greater or less. The entire three Persons are coeternal and coequal with one another. So that in all things, as is has been said above, the Unity is to be worshipped in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity.
He, therefore, who wishes to be saved, must believe thus about the Trinity.
It is also necessary for eternal salvation that he believes steadfastly in the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thus the right faith is that we believe and confess that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is both God and man.
As God, He was begotten of the substance of the Father before time; as man, He was born in time of the substance of His Mother.
He is perfect God; and He is perfect man, with a rational soul and human flesh.
He is equal to the Father in His divinity, but inferior to the Father in His humanity.
Although He is God and man, He is not two, but one Christ.
And He is one, not because His divinity was changed into flesh, but because His humanity was assumed unto God.
He is one, not by a mingling of substances, but by unity of person.
As a rational soul and flesh are one man: so God and man are one Christ.
He died for our salvation, descended into hell, and rose from the dead on the third day.
He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
At His coming, all men are to arise with their own bodies; and they are to give an account of their own deeds.
Those who have done good deeds will go into eternal life; those who have done evil will go into the everlasting fire.
This is the catholic faith. Everyone must believe it, firmly and steadfastly; otherwise He cannot be saved. Amen.

Creed of St. Timothy
I do solemnly swear to uphold the tenets, principles, and sacraments of the Christian faith, because all Sarcred Scripture is the inspired infallible Word of God. I will do my best, to do my duty, to do my honour to remain loyal to the faith once delivered to the saints by The Lord Most High. I am willing to endure anything if it will bring glory to Jesus Christ in the public office I have been chosen to occupy. I will stand firm and braveheart even at the cost of my own life because if:
I die with Him,
I will also live with Him,
I will endure hardship,
I will reign with Him.
I deny Him,
He will deny me.
I am unfaithful,
He will remain faithful.
God can not deny who He is.
With all this in the glory of God do I firmly believe in Him forever.
Amen
[based on 2 St. Timothy 3:11-13, KJV]
By---Bp. Stonewall Shelton, M. G. N.
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Creed of St. Peter
I do firmly believe in the Holiness of the One Triune God, because the Lord Most High calls each of us to a life of holiness as we are summoned to give testimony in our daily life to holiness by putting away the barbaric deeds which we have deliberately done. Therefore I commit my daily life, public and private to a life of holiness according to the Will of God.
Amen
[based on 1st Peter 1-3, KJV]
By---Bp. Stonewall Shelton, M. G. N.

The Confessor's Creed
I do solemnly swear,
By the grace of the Lord Most High,
In the Sacrament of Confession,
As handed down in His inerrant Word
That the Divine Majesty, Jesus Christ commands
Us to confess our sins to one
Another so that we can be forgiven
Through His priest servants here
On the Earth so that we may
Receive His free gift of grace,
So that we achieve salvation
In Him.
Amen.
[Based on St. James 5: 16]
By---Bp. Stonewall Shelton, M. G. N.
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The Stoner's Creed
I do solemnly swear,
To never be silent in my witness
For the Sovereign Saviour Jesus Christ
Who is my Lord and my Emperor.
For it is written even the stones and rocks
Of the Earth cry out for the Gospel.
For Jesus is the Rock of Ages,
That great foundation of our eternal salvation.
Therefore I make this pledge to build
My house among the boulder of eternity
So help me God.
Amen.
[based on St. Luke 19: 40-41]
By---Bp. Stonewall Shelton, M. G. N.
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The Wisdom Creed
I do solemnly swear to always follow
God's heavenly wisdom,
Not the understanding of man.
For I want nothing more than wisdom
From the Creator on High.
He who relies on the wisdom of God doe
So with just faith.
But those who have chosen to follow the path of man
Chooses destruction.
For God's reason is built on sound doctrine,
For is the Rock of Salvation.
Amen.
[based on Proverbs 8: 1-9]
By---Bp. Stonewall Shelton, M. G. N.

The 39 Articles of Faith

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:25:40 GMT

The 39 Articles of Faith
1. Of faith in the Holy Trinity
There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the maker and preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

2. Of the Word, or Son of God, which was made very man
The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead and manhood, were joined together in one person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God and very man, who truly suffered, was crucified, dead, and buried, to reconcile His Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for all actual sins of men.

3. Of the going down of Christ into Hell
As Christ died for us, and was buried, so also is it to be believed that He went down into Hell.

4. Of the Resurrection of Christ
Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again His body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of man's nature, wherefore He ascended into heaven, and there sitteth until He return to judge all men at the last day.

5. Of the Holy Ghost
The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God.

6. Of the sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures and Church Tradition for Salvation
Holy Scriptures and Church tradition containeth all things necessary to salvation: so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an of the faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation. In the name of Holy Scripture, we do understand those Canonical books of the Old and New testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church.
Of the names and number of the Canonical Books
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
First Book of Samuel
Second Book of Samuel
First Book of Kings
Second Book of Kings
First Book of Chronicles
Second Book of Chronicles
First Book of Esdras
Second Book of Esdras
Book of Esther
Book of Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher
Cantica, or Songs of Solomon
Four Prophets the Greater
Twelve Prophets the Less
And the other books of the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; the following books are divinely inspired.
Third Book of Esdras
Fourth Book of Esdras
Book of Tobias
Book of Judith
The rest of the Book of Esther
Book of Wisdom
Jesus the Son of Sirach
Baruch the Prophet
The Song of the Three Children
The Story of Susanna
Of Bel and the Dragon
The Prayer of Manasses
First Book of Maccabees
Second Book of Maccabees
All the books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do receive, and account them canonical.

7. Of the Old Testament
The Old Testament is not contrary to the New; for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and man, being both God and man. Wherefore there are not to be heard which feign that the old fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the law given from God by Moses, as touching ceremonies and rites, do not bind Christian men, nor the civil precepts thereof ought of necessity to be received in any commonwealth; yet, notwithstanding, no Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the commandments which are called moral.

8. Of the Several Creeds
The several Creeds, Nicene Creed, Creed of St. Timothy, and Creed of St. Peter, Athanasius' Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed; for they may be proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture.

9. Of Original or Birth Sin
Original sin standeth in the following of Adam, but it is also the fault and corruption of the nature of every man that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea, in them that are regenerated, whereby the lust of the flesh, called in Greek phronema sarkos (which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the desire of the flesh), is not subject to the law of God. And although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess that concupiscence and lust hath itself the nature of sin.

10. Of Free Will
The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith and calling upon God. Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us that we may have a good will, and working with us when we have that good will.

11. Of the Justification of Man
We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings. Wherefore that we are justified by faith only is a most wholesome doctrine as we have to work out our salvation daily on continuing basis, and very full of comfort; as more largely is expressed in the Homily of Justification.

12. Of Good Works
Albeit that good works, which are the fruits of faith and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins and endure the severity of God's judgement, yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith, insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit.

13. Of Works before Justification
Works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School authors say) deserve grace of congruity: yea, rather for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they have the nature of sin.

14. Of Works of Supererogation
Voluntary works besides, over and above, God's commandments which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety. For by them men do declare that they do not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more for His sake than of bounden duty is required: Whereas Christ saith plainly, When ye have done all that are commanded to do, say, We be unprofitable servants.

15. Of Christ alone without Sin
Christ in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all things, sin only except, from which He was clearly void, both in His flesh and in His spirit. He came to be the lamb without spot, Who by sacrifice of Himself once made, should take away the sins of the world: and sin, as St. John saith, was not in Him. But all we the rest, although baptized and born again in Christ, yet offend in many things: and if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

16. Of Sin after Baptism
Not every deadly sin willingly committed after Baptism is sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of repentance is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again and amend our lives. And therefore they are to be condemned, which say they can no more sin as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to such as truly repent.

17. Of Predestination and Election
Predestinations to life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby, before the foundations of the world were laid, He hath constantly decreed by His counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom He hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation as vessels made to honour. Wherefore they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by His Spirit working in due season; they through grace obey the calling; they be justified freely; they be made sons of God by adoption; they be made like the image of His only-begotten Son Jesus Christ; they walk religiously in good works; and at length by God's mercy they attain to everlasting felicity.
As the godly consideration of Predestination and our Election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons and such as feeling in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members and drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things, as well because it doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal salvation to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth fervently kindle their love towards God: so for curious and carnal persons, lacking the Spirit of Christ, to have continually before their eyes the sentence of God's Predestination is a most dangerous downfall, whereby the devil doth thrust them either into desperation or into wretchlessness of most unclean living no less perilous than desperation.
Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise as they be generally set forth in Holy Scripture and in His Church; and in our doings that will of God is to be followed which we have expressly declared unto us in the word of God.

18. Of obtaining eternal salvation only by the name of Christ
They also are to be had accursed that presume to say that every man shall be saved by the law or sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that law and the light of nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out to us only the name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.

19. Of the Church
The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure word of God is preached and the sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch have not erred: so also the Church of Rome hath not erred, not only in their living and manner of ceremonies, but also in matters of faith.

20. Of the Authority of the Church
The Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies and authority in controversies of faith; and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain anything contrary to God's word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of Holy Writ: yet, as it ought not to decree anything against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce anything to be believed for necessity of salvation.

21. Of the authority of General Councils
General Councils may not be gathered together without the commandment and will of princes. And when they be gathered together, forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and word of God, they may err and sometime have erred, even in things pertaining to God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of Holy Scripture.

22. Of Purgatory
The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, worshipping and adoration as well of Images as of Relics, and also Invocation of Saint, is a fond thing, and is grounded upon warranty of Scripture; but in coherence to the word of God.

23. Of Ministering in the Congregation
It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching or ministering the sacraments in the congregation, before he be lawfully called and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the congregation to call and send ministers into the Lord's vineyard.

24. Of speaking in the Congregation in such a tongue as the people understandeth
It is a thing plainly repugnant to the word of God and the custom of the primitive Church, to have public prayer in the Church, or to minister the sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people. Therefore Latin is the common language of the people and must be used during the sacred service of the mass.

25. Of the Sacraments
Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses and effectual signs of grace and God's good will towards us, by the which He doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm, our faith in Him.
There are Seven Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, Lord's Supper, Confirmation, Penance, Holy Orders, Matrimony and Extreme Unction. All of these are visible signs ordained by God according to Sacred Scripture thus carry the authority of Him.
The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon or to be carried about, but that we should duly use them. And in such only as worthily receive the same, have they a wholesome effect or operation: but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith.

26. Of the unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacraments
Although in the visible Church the evil be ever mingled with the good, and sometime the evil have chief authority in the ministration of the word and sacraments; yet forasmuch as they do not the same in their own name, but in Christ's, and do minister by His commission and authority, we may use their ministry both in hearing the word of God and in the receiving of the sacraments. Neither is the effect of Christ's ordinance taken away by their wickedness, nor the grace of God's gifts diminished from such as by faith and rightly do receive the sacraments ministered unto them, which be effectual because of Christ's institution and promise, although they be ministered by evil men.
Nevertheless it appertaineth to the discipline of the Church that inquiry be made of evil ministers, and that they be accused by those that have knowledge of their offences; and finally, being found guilty by just judgement, be deposed.

27. Of Baptism
Baptism is not only a sign of profession and mark of difference whereby Christian men are discerned from other that be not christened, but is also a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the Church; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God, by the Holy Ghost are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God. The baptism of young children is in any wise to be retained in the Church as most agreeable with the institution of Christ.

28. Of the Lord's Supper
The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that Christians ought to have among themselves, one to another, but rather it is a sacrament of our redemption by Christ's death: insomuch that to such as rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the bread which we break is a partaking of the real body of Christ, and likewise the cup of blessing is a partaking of the real blood of Christ.
Transubstantiation in the Lord's Supper has been ordained by God in holy writ of the Sacred Scriptures. It has been proven thus for centuries according to the bread of Life discourse in St. John 6:35-58.
The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper in a physical and spiritual manner.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was by Christ's ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up, and worshipped.

29. Of the wicked which do not eat the body of Christ, in the use of the Lord's Supper
The wicked and such as be void of a lively faith, although they do carnally and visibly press with their teeth (as S. Augustine saith) the sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, yet in no wise are they partakers of Christ, but rather to their condemnation do eat and drink the sign or sacrament of so great a thing.

30. Of Both Kinds
The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the lay people; for both parts of the Lord's sacrament, by Christ's ordinance and commandment, ought to be ministered to all Christian men alike. As long as they have been to private confession to right themselves with the Lord on High.

31. Of the one oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross
The offering of Christ once made is the perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction for all the sins of the whole world, both original and actual, and there is none other satisfaction for sin but that alone.

32. Of the Marriage of Priests
Bishops, priests and deacons are commanded by God to remain celibate in their life long vocation in which He has called them. This is specifically spelled out in the Sacred Scriptures.

33. Of Excommunicated Persons, how they are to be avoided
That persons which by open denunciation of the Church is rightly cut off from the unity of the Church and excommunicated, ought to be taken of the whole multitude of the faithful as an heathen and publican, until he be openly reconciled by penance and received into the Church by a judge that hath authority thereto.

34. Of the Traditions of the Church
It is not necessary that traditions and ceremonies be in all places one or utterly alike; for at all times they have been diverse, and may be changed according to the diversity of countries, times, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's word. Whosoever through his private judgement willingly and purposely doth openly break the traditions and ceremonies of the Church which be not repugnant to the word of God, and be ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly that other may fear to do the like, as he that offendeth against common order of the Church, and hurteth the authority of the magistrate, and woundeth the conscience of the weak brethren.
Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, change, and abolish ceremonies or rites of the Church ordained only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying.

35. Of Homilies
The second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof we have joined under this Article, doth contain a godly and wholesome doctrine and necessary for these times, as doth the former Book of Homilies which were set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth: and therefore we judge them to be read in Churches by the ministers diligently and distinctly, that they may be understanded of the people.
Of the Names of the Homilies:
Of the right Use of the Church
Against peril of Idolatry
Of the repairing and keeping clean of Churches
Of good Works: first of Fasting
Against Gluttony and Drunkenness
Against Excess of Apparel
Of Prayer
Of the Place and Time of Prayer
That Common Prayers and Sacraments ought to be ministered in a known tongue
Of the reverend estimation of God's Word
Of Alms-doing
Of the Nativity of Christ
Of the Passion of Christ
Of the Resurrection of Christ
Of the worthy receiving of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ
Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost
For the Rogation-days
Of the state of Matrimony
Of Repentance
Against Idleness
Against Rebellion

36. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers
The Book of Consecration of Archbishops and Bishops and ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and ordering; neither hath it anything that of itself is superstitious or ungodly. And therefore whosoever are consecrate or ordered according to the rites of that book, since the second year of King Edward unto this time, or hereafter shall be consecrated or ordered according to the same rites, we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated or ordered.

37. Of the Civil Magistrates
The Queen's Majesty hath the chief power in this realm of England and other her dominions, unto whom the chief government of all estates of this realm, whether they be ecclesiastical or civil, in all causes doth appertain, and is not nor ought to be subject to any foreign jurisdiction.
Where we attribute to the Queen's Majesty the chief government, by which titles we understand the minds of some slanderous folks to be offended, we give not to our princes the ministering either of God's word or of sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen doth most plainly testify: but that only prerogative which we see to have been given always to all godly princes in Holy Scriptures by God himself, that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be ecclesiastical or temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil-doers. The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this realm of England.
The Laws of the Realm may punish Christian men with death for heinous and grievous offences.
It is lawful for Christian men at the commandment of the Magistrate to wear weapons and serve in the wars.

38. Of Christian men's goods which are not common
The riches and goods of Christians are not common, as touching the right, title, and possession of the same, as certain Anabaptists do falsely boast; notwithstanding every man ought of such things as he possesseth liberally to give alms to the poor, according to his ability.

39. Of a Christian man's Oath
As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, so we judge that Christian religion doth not prohibit but that a man may swear when the magistrate requireth in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to the Prophet's teaching in justice, judgement, and truth.

Who We Are...

Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:49:03 GMT

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