The History Of the Old Catholic Spirit Filled Church
The Old Catholic Spirit Filled Church originates from the Old Catholic Apostolic Succession of Utrecht.
The name "Old Catholic" came from the view that Old Catholics were remaining with the "old" original teachings of the undivided Catholic and Apostolic Church as a way of denying the "new dogmas," which were viewed as a break with the continuity of tradition and orthodoxy and could not be regarded as truly Catholic in any sense.
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Recognized by the Vatican.
On June 16, 2000, Pope John Paul II ratified and ordered the publication of Dominus Iesus at the Vatican. This “Declaration of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” was signed and published by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in August of the same year.
In the Dominus Iesus, the Roman Catholic Church recognized the Catholic faithful are required to profess that there is an historical continuity - rooted in the apostolic succession - between the Church founded by Christ and the Catholic Church: “This is the single Church of Christ... which our Saviour, after his resurrection, entrusted to Peter's pastoral care (cf. John 21:17), commissioning him and the other Apostles to extend and rule her (cf. Matthew 28:18ff.), erected for all ages as 'the pillar and mainstay of the truth' (1 Timothy 3:15).
The Church went on and stated, “the validity of Orders and Sacraments of Old Catholic denominations in the following terms: “kg The Churches which, while not existing in perfect communion with the Roman Catholic Church, remain united to her by means of the closest bonds, that is, by apostolic succession and a valid Eucharist, and are true particular Churches.”
The Old Catholic Spirit Filled Church’s authority through its Apostolic Succession through the See of Utrecht I:
Jesus Christ (30)
St. Peter the Apostle (30 – 33 / 64 – 68)
St. Linus (Linus of Rome) (64 – 68 / 76 – 79)
St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76 – 79 / 88 – 91)
St. Clement I (Clement of Rome) (26 April 88– 23 November 99)
St. Evaristus (23 November 99 – 27 October 105)
St. Alexander I (27 October 105 – 3 May 115)
St. Sixtus I (3 May 115 – 3 April 125)
St. Telesphorus (3 April 125 – 5 January 136)
St. Hyginus (5 January 136 – 11 January 140)
St. Pius I (11 January 140 – 11 July 155)
St. Anicetus (11 July 155 – 20 April 166)
St. Soter (20 April 166 – 22 April 174)
St. Eleutherius (22 April 174 – 26 May 189)
St. Victor I (26 May 189 – 28 July 199)
St. Zephyrinus (28 July 199 – 20 December 217)
St. Callistus I (20 December 217 – 14 October 222)
St. Urban I (14 October 222– 23 May 230)
St. Pontian (21 August 230 – 28 September 235)
St. Anterus (21 November 235 – 3 January 236)
St. Fabian (10 January 236 – 20 January 250)
St. Cornelius (6 March 251 – 25 June 253)
St. Lucius I (25 June 253 – 5 March 254)
St. Stephen I (12 March 254 – 2 August 257)
St. Sixtus II (30 August 257 – 6 August 258)
St. Dionysius (22 July 259 – 26 December 268)
St. Felix I (5 January 269 – 30 December 274)
St. Eutychian (4 January 275 – 7 December 283)
St. Caius (17 December 283 – 22 April 296)
St. Marcellinus (30 June 296 – 25 October 304)
St. Marcellus I (27 May 308 – 16 January 309)
St. Eusebius (18 April 309 – 17 August 310)
St. Miltiades (2 July 311 – 10 January 314)
St. Silvester (31 January 314 – 31 December 335)
St. Mark (18 January 336– 7 October 336)
St. Julius I (6 February 337 – 12 April 352)
St. Liberius (17 May 352 – 24 September 366)
St. Damasus (1 October 366 – 11 December 384)
St. Siricius (17 December 384 – 26 November 399)
St. Anastasius I (27 November 399 – 19 December 401)
St. Innocent I (21 December 401 – 12 March 417)
St. Zosimus(18 March 417 – 26 December 418)
St. Boniface I (28 December 418 – 4 September 422)
St. Celestine I (10 September 422 – 27 July 432)
St. Sixtus III (31 July 432 – 18 August 440)
St. Leo I “The Great” (29 September 440 – 10 November 461)
St. Hilarus (19 November 461 – 29 February 468)
St. Simplicius (3 March 468 – 2 or 10 March 483)
St. Felix III (13 March 483 – 1 March 492)
St. Gelasius I (1 March 492 – 21 November 496)
Anastasius II (24 November 496 – 19 November 498)
St. Symmachus (22 November 498 – 19 July 514)
St. Hormisdas (20 July 514 – 6 August 523)
St. John I (13 August 523– 18 May 526)
St. Felix IV (12 July 526 – 22 September 530)
Boniface II (22 September 530 – 17 October 532)
St. John II (2 January 533 – 8 May 535)
St. Agapitus I (13 May 535 – 22 April 536)
St. Silverius (8 June 536 – 11 March 537)
Vigilius (29 March 537 – 7 June 555)
Pelagius I (16 April 556 – 4 March 561)
John III (17 July 561 – 13 July 584)
Benedict I (2 June 575 – 30 July 579)
Pelagius II (26 November 579 – 7 February 590)
St. Gregory I “The Great” (3 September 590 – 12 March 604)
Sabinian (13 September 604 – 22 February 606)
Boniface III (19 February 607 – 12 November 607)
St. Boniface IV (15 September 608 – 8 May 615)
St. Adeodatus I (Deusdedit) (13 November 615 – 8 November 618)
Boniface V (23 December 619 – 25 October 625)
Honorius I (27 October 625 – 12 October 638)
Severinus (28 May 640 – 2 August 640)
John IV (24 December 640 – 12 October 642)
Theodore I (24 November 642 – 14 May 649)
St. Martin I (5 July 649 – 12 November 655)
St. Eugene I (10 August 654 – 2 June 657)
St. Vitalian (30 July 657 – 27 January 672)
Adeodatus II (11 April 672 – 17 June 676)
Donus (2 November 676 – 11 April 678)
St. Agatho (27 June 678 – 10 January 681)
St. Leo II (17 August 682 – 28 June 683)
St. Benedict II (26 June 684 – 8 May 685)
John V (23 July 685 – 2 August 686)
Conon (21 October – 21 September 687)
St. Sergius I (15 December 687 – 8 September 701)
John VI (30 October 701 – 11 January 705)
John VII (1 March 705– 18 October 707)
Sissinius (15 January 708 – 4 February 708)
Constantine (25 March 708– 9 April 715)
St. Gregory II (19 May 715 – 11 February 731)
St. Gregory III (18 March 731 – 28 November 741)
St. Zacharias (3 December 741 – 22 March 752)
Stephen II (26 March 752 – 26 April 757)
St. Paul I (29 May 757– 28 June 767)
Stephen III (7 August 768 – 24 January 772)
Adrian I (1 February 772 – 25 December 795)
St. Leo III (26 December 795 – 12 June 816)
Stephen IV (22 June 816 – 24 January 817)
St. Paschal I (25 January 817– 11 February 824)
Eugenius II (4 June 824 – 27 August 827)
Valentine (31 August 827 – 10 October 827)
Gregory IV (October 827 – 25 January 844)
Sergius II (25 January 844 – 27 January 847)
St. Leo IV (10 April 847 – 17 July 855)
Benedict III (29 September 855 – 17 April 858)
St. Nicholas I (24 April 858 – 13 November 867)
Adrian II (14 December 867 – 14 December 872)
John VIII (14 December 872 – 16 December 882)
Marinus I (16 December 882 – 15 May 884)
St. Adrian III (17 May 884 – 15 September 885)
Stephen V (14 September 885 – 4 September 891)
Formosus (6 October 891 – 4 April 896)
Boniface VI (11 April 896 – 26 April 896)
Stephen VI (22 May 896 – August 897)
Romanus (14 August 897 – 24 November 897)
Theodore II (1 December 897 – 20 December 897)
John IX (18 January 898 – 5 January 900)
Benedict IV (1 February 900 – 30 July 903)
Leo V (30 July 903 – 2 December 903)
Sergius III (29 January 904 – 14 April 911)
Anastasius III (14 April 911 – 1 June 913)
Lando (7 July 913 – 5 February 914)
John X (1 March 814 – 28 May 928)
Leo VI (28 May 928 – 4 December 928)
Stephen VII (3 February 929– 13 February 931)
John XI (15 March 931 – 1 December 935)
Leo VII (3 January 936– 13 July 939)
Steven VIII (14 July 939 – 30 October 942)
Marinus II (30 October 942 – 1 May 946)
Agapetus II (10 May 946 – 8 November 955)
John XII (16 December 955 – 14 May 964)
Benedict V (22 May 964 – 23 June 963)
Leo VIII (23 June 964 – 1 March 965)
John XIII (1 October 965 – 6 September 972)
Benedict VI (19 January 973 – 8 June 974)
Benedict VII (21 October – 10 July 983)
John XIV (1 December 983 – 20 August 984)
John XV (20 August 985 – 1 April 996)
Gregory V (3 May 996 – 18 February 999)
Sylvester II (2 April 999 – 12 May 1003)
John XVII (16 May 1003 – 6 November 1003)
John XVIII (25 December 1003 – 18 July 1009)
Sergius IV (31 July 1009 – 12 May 1012)
Benedict VIII (18 May – 9 April 1024)
John XIX (14 May 1024 – 6 October 1032)
Benedict IX (21 October 1032 – 1 December 1044)
Sylvester III (13 January 1045 – 10 March 1045)
Benedict IX (10 March 1045 – 20 December 1046)
Gregory VI (5 May 1045 – 20 December 1046)
Clement II (24 December 1046 – 9 October 1047)
Benedict IX (8 November 1047 – 17 July 1048)
Damasus II (17 July 1048 – 9 August 1048)
St. Leo IX (12 February 1049 – 19 April 1054)
Victor II (13 April 1055 – 28 July 1057)
Stephen IX (2 August 1057 – 29 March 1058)
Nicholas II (6 December 1061 – 27 July 1061)
Alexander II (30 September 1061 – 21 April 1073)
St. Gregory VII (22 April 1073– 25 May 1085)
Blessed Victor III (24 May 1086 – 16 September 1087)
Blessed Urban II (12 March 1088 – 29 July 1099)
Paschal II (13 August 1099 – 21 January 1118)
Gelasiur II (24 January 1118 – 29 January 1119)
Callistus II (2 February 1119 – 13 December 1124)
Honorius II (21 December 1124 – 13 February 1130)
Innocent II (14 February 1130 – 24 September 1143)
Celestine II (26 September 1143 – 8 March 1144)
Lucius II (12 March 1144 – 15 February 1145)
Blessed Eugenius III (15 February 1145 – 8 July 1153)
Anastasius IV (12 July 1153 – 3 December 1154)
Adrian IV (4 December 1154 – 1 September 1159)
Alexander III (7 September 1159 – 30 August 1181)
Lucius III (1 September 1181 – 25 November 1185)
Urban III (25 November 1185 – 20 October 1187)
Gregory VIII (21 October 1187 – 17 December 1187)
Clement III (19 December 1187 – 20 March 1191)
Celestine III (30 March 1191 – 8 January 1198)
Innocent III (8 January 1198 – 16 July 1216)
Honorius III (18 July 1216 – 18 March 1227)
Gregory IX (19 March 1227 – 22 August 1241)
Celestine IV (25 October 1241 – 10 November 1241)
Innocent IV (25 June 1243 – 7 December 1254)
(first Pope with a Coat of Arms)
Alexander IV (12 December 1254 – 25 May 1261)
Urban IV (29 August 1261 – 2 October 1264)
Clement IV (5 February 1265 – 29 November 1268)
Blessed Gregory X (1 September 1271 – 10 January 1276)
Blessed Innocent V (21 January 1276 – 22 June 1276)
Adrian V (11 July 1276 – 18 August 1276)
John XXI (8 September 1276 – 20 May 1277)
Nicholas III (25 November 1277 – 22 August 1280)
Martin IV (22 February 1281 – 28 March 1285)
Honorius IV (2 April 1285 – 3 April 1287)
Nicholas IV (22 February 1288 – 4 April 1292)
St. Celestine V (5 July 1294 – resigned 13 December 1294)
Boniface VIII (24 December 1294 – 11 October 1303)
Blessed Benedict XI (23 October 1303 – 7 July 1304)
Clement V (5 June 1305 – 20 April 1314)
John XXII (7 August 1316 – 4 December 1334)
Benedict XII (20 December 1334 – 25 April 1342)
Clement VI (7 May 1342 – 6 December 1352)
Innocent VI (18 December 1352 – 12 September 1362)
Blessed Urban V 28 September 1362 – 19 December 1370)
Gregory XI (30 December 1370 – 27 March 1378)
Urban VI (8 April 1378 – 15 October 1389)
Boniface IX (2 November 1389 – 1 October 1404)
Innocent VII (17 October 1404– 6 November 1406)
Gregory XII (30 November 1406 – 4 July 1415)
Martin V (11 November 1417 – 20 February 1431)
Eugene IV (3 March 1431 – 23 February 1447)
Nicholas V (6 March 1447 – 24 March 1455)
Callixtus III 8 April 1455 – 6 August 1458)
Pius II (19 August 1458 – 15 August 1464)
Paul II (30 August 1464 – 26 July 1471)
Sixtus IV (9 August 1471 – 12 August 1484)
Innocent VIII (29 August 1484 – 25 July 1492)
Alexander VI (11 August 1492 – 18 August 1503)
Pius III (22 September 1503 – 18 October 1503)
Julius II (31 October 1503 – 21 February 1513)
Leo X (9 March 1513 – 1 December 1521)
Adrian VI (9 January 1522 – 14 September 1523)
Clement VII (9 November 1523– 25 September 1534)
Paul III (13 October 1534 – 10 November 1549)
Julius III (7 February 1550 – 29 March 1555)
Marcellus II (9 April 1555 – 1 May 1555)
Bishop Leone de Simone of Nola, Italy (consecrated March 23, 1442)
Oliviero Cardinal Carafa of Cadiz (consecrated December 29, 1458)
Gian Pietro Carafa (Paul IV) (consecrated September 18, 1506)
Before Scipione Cardinal Rebiba, we relied on the Apostolic Succession from Jesus to Pope Paul IV—the Roman Apostolic Succession.
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba (consecrated by Paul IV on 14 May 1541)
(It is unknown who consecrated him; however, it is reliably, widely and commonly believed that Pope Paul IV consecrated him. Since there are no records of who consecrated Rebiba, most Roman Catholic bishops can trace their episcopal lineage back to Rebiba.
Giulio Cardinal Antonio Santorio of Santa Severina (consecrated March 12, 1566)
Bishop Girolamo Bernerio of Ascoli Piceno (consecrated September 7, 1586)
Bishop Galeazzo Sanvitale Bari-Canossa (consecrated April 4, 1604)
Cardinal Lodovico Ludovisi of Santa-Maria (consecrated May 2, 1621)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani of Antioch (consecrated June 12, 1622)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Scannaroli of Sidon (consecrated October 7, 1630)
Antonio Cardinal Barberini Fascati (consecrated October 24, 1655)
Archbishop Charles-Maurice Le Tellier of Reims (consecrated on November 12, 1668)
Bishop Jacques Benigne Bossuet of Condon (consecrated September 21, 1670)
Bishop Jacques de Goyan de Martingnon (consecrated April 16, 1673)
Bishop Dominique Marie Varlet of Ascalon (consecrated February 10, 1719)
Archbishop Petrus Johannes Maindaerts of Utrecht (consecrated October 17, 1739)
Bishop Johannes van Stipout of Haarlem (consecrated July 11, 1745)
Archbishop Gaulterius Michael van Nieuwenhuysen of Utrecht (consecrated February 7, 1768)
Bishop Adrian Johannes Broekman of Haarlem (consecrated June 21, 1778)
Archbishop Johannes Jakobus c Rhijn of Utrecht (consecrated July 5, 1797)
Bishop Gilbertus Cornelis de Jong of Deventer (consecrated November 7, 1805)
Archbishop Willibrordus van Os of Utrecht (consecrated April 24, 1814)
Archbishop Johannes Bon of Haarlem (consecrated April 22, 1819)
Archbishop Johannes van Santen of Utrecht (consecrated November 13, 1825
Bishop Hermanus Heykamp of Deventer (consecrated July 17, 1853)
Bishop Gaspard Johannes Rinkel of Deventer (consecrated August 11, 1873)
Archbishop Gerardus Gul (consecrated May 11, 1892)
Archbishop Arnold Harris Mathew for Great Britain and Ireland (consecrated April 28, 1908)
Bishop Rudolph Francois Edouard de Landas Berghes (consecrated June 29, 1913)
Archbishop Carmelo Henry Carfora (consecrated October 4, 1916)
Bishop Edwin Wallace Hunter (consecrated February 11, 1924)
Bishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey (consecrated March 24, 1929)
Bishop Nils Bertil Alexander Persson (consecrated November 7, 1986)
Bishop Edmund John Kersey (consecrated November 23, 2008)
Archbishop Adrian Trimlett-Glover (consecrated September 26, 2009)
Archbishop Joel Dooley (consecrated September 28, 2019