Table of Contents for The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America's Web Site

[Ecclesia Veteris Catholica Orthodoxa Evangelica)

[Established in America by Apostolic Mandate, November 7th, 1948]

"Veritatem Facere In Caritate"

[Eph. 4:15 "Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, ealing truly, living truly}. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the head [even] Christ (the Messiah, the anointed one)." - The Amplified Bible

General Information

E   Introduction to the Jurisdiction

E   Welcoming Message from our Bishop Primus

E   Who Are We?

E   History of the Church

E   Statement of Faith and Doctrine

E   Vision of Ministry and Service

E   Why Ordination of Women to the Priesthood?

E   The Episcopacy and Apostolic Succession

E   Intercommunion vs Communion

E   General Information on the Seminary

E   Seminary Program and Catalog

E   The Bookstore

Teachings by the Bishop Primus

Do We Understand Why...

• We Make the "Sign of the Cross"?

 
• We say Christ is in Our Midst During the Holy Eucharist Liturgy?

 
• The Bible/The Holy Scriptures - What We Believe and Teach

 

Living Your Faith in Today's World.

• The Meaning of Faith: An Orthodox Catholic Perspective

 
• We Say We Believe God's Word, But Do We Act Like It?

 
• STOP Trying to Feel God

 
• Our Understanding of the Holy Eucharist/Holy Communion

 
• The Kingdom of God is at Hand

 
• Patience and Positive Confession

 
• Review of Faith, The Sacraments and Prayer

 
• Chrismation -- What is it and What does it mean

 

Please note that all Bishops (Bishop Primus and Bishops), Priests, and Deacons
that are officially Ordained and Licensed members of the Clergy
within the Jurisdiction of The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church
 

We are a self governing OrthodoxCatholic Jurisdiction.
We encourage both men and women to reach their full calling to serve the Lord.
In this, we ordain both men and women to Holy Orders.

Historical Figures
Involved in the Formation of this
Jurisdiction

Archbishop Carmel H. Carfora

Primate of the North American Old Roman Catholic Church

Archbishop Arnold H. Mathew

The Old Catholic Church
Received into Union with the Church of Antioch (Orthodox) in 1911

Archbishop Frederick L. Pyman

The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America

Archbishop John K. Polivka

The Hussite Orthodox Church of Czechoslovakia in Exile
Received into Union with The Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America

Archbishop Thomas Julius De CZ-Fehevrary

National/Old Catholic Church of Hungary in Exile
(The Traditional Christian Catholic Church)

Bishop Primus Perry R. Sills

The Evangelical Orthodox (Catholic) Church in America
(Current Primate/Bishop Primus)

Historical Documents
Involved in the Formation of this
Jurisdiction

Bishop Pyman Appointed First Regionary Bishop within the North American Old Roman Catholic Church

The Formation of the Evangelical Orthodox Catholic Church in America

The Formation of the Evangelical Orthodox Church of the Hussites in America and Europe

The Bestowal of Full Eastern Rite Faculties upon Fr. Sills

Protocol of Election for Bishop Sills

The Letter of Recognition-Communion to Bishop Sills

Bishop Sills' Order of Christ

Apostolic Succession of Bishop Sills

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