The "Catholic" in Anglo-Catholic, Old Catholic, PNCC

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A recent conversation got me to thinking: why is it that Anglo-Catholics, Old Catholics, and the PNCC call themselves “Catholic” as opposed to (say) “Orthodox”?
 
Peter_J said:
A recent conversation got me to thinking: why is it that Anglo-Catholics, Old Catholics, and the PNCC call themselves “Catholic” as opposed to (say) “Orthodox”?
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Because they are all Western Christians and see themselves as flowing in the Western tradition of the universal church.
 
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Those Churches believe that they are still one with the Universal Church. I have a great friend who is a priest for the Old Catholic Church of America. They believe they are “Catholic” but not in communion with Rome.
 
I wasn’t implying that the Orthodox didn’t call themselves Catholic. I was saying more about the western churches being mentioned. If Anglicans called themselves “Anglo-Orthodox” people would think they are a strange mixture of Anglicanism and Eastern Christianity.
 
Peter_J said:
A recent conversation got me to thinking: why is it that Anglo-Catholics, Old Catholics, and the PNCC call themselves “Catholic” as opposed to (say) “Orthodox”?
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From my interactions with those in the Anglo-Catholic community, I’d say it is because they identify with the Catholic Church (tradition, liturgy, Apostolic Succession, etc) though they maintain the autonomy they claim (falsely mind you) that the British Isles always had.
 
Zekariya said:
From my interactions with those in the Anglo-Catholic community, I’d say it is because they identify with the Catholic Church (tradition, liturgy, Apostolic Succession, etc) though they maintain the autonomy they claim (falsely mind you) that the British Isles always had.
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Some do. Some don’t. You can never tell about Anglicans.

GKC
 
ltwin said:
I wasn’t implying that the Orthodox didn’t call themselves Catholic. I was saying more about the western churches being mentioned. If Anglicans called themselves “Anglo-Orthodox” people would think they are a strange mixture of Anglicanism and Eastern Christianity.
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Actually, I believe that a small subset of Anglo-Catholics do call themselves “Anglo-Orthodox” (and another small subset call themselves “Anglo-Papal”).
 
Peter_J said:
Actually, I believe that a small subset of Anglo-Catholics do call themselves “Anglo-Orthodox” (and another small subset call themselves “Anglo-Papal”).
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But most don’t. And I have the same question, “what is Anglo-Orthodox?” It doesn’t take much guess work to get an idea for what “Anglo-Catholic” means, but Anglo-Orthodox opens up a ton of questions.
 
ltwin said:
But most don’t. And I have the same question, “what is Anglo-Orthodox?” It doesn’t take much guess work to get an idea for what “Anglo-Catholic” means, but Anglo-Orthodox opens up a ton of questions.
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For me, it was the other way around: for years, I didn’t completely understand the term “Anglo-Catholic”.

But when I heard the term “Anglo-Orthodox” I immediately grasped what they were going for, and likewise for the term “Anglo-Papal”. (In retrospect, my early interpretation of “Anglo-Catholic” is what I now understand to be meant by “Anglo-Papal”.)
 
Peter_J said:
For me, it was the other way around: for years, I didn’t completely understand the term “Anglo-Catholic”.

But when I heard the term “Anglo-Orthodox” I immediately grasped what they were going for, and likewise for the term “Anglo-Papal”. (In retrospect, my early interpretation of “Anglo-Catholic” is what I now understand to be meant by “Anglo-Papal”.)
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It’s tricky.

GKC

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So are Old Cathilics in schism with the Church? Can a Roman Catholic confess to an Old Catholic priest in case of an emergency?
 
RadRomCath said:
So are Old Cathilics in schism with the Church? Can a Roman Catholic confess to an Old Catholic priest in case of an emergency?
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AFAIK, the OCs, generally (there are more than one sort) are considered schismatic.

GKC
 
We call ourselves Catholic because we believe we possess the fullness of the Catholic faith. So it’s the same reason why you do. This is by no means restricted to the Anglo Catholic party.
 
Indifferently said:
We call ourselves Catholic because we believe we possess the fullness of the Catholic faith. So it’s the same reason why you do. This is by no means restricted to the Anglo Catholic party.
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I agree – I mean, not about calling your Church “Catholic”, but about “Catholic” (not “Orthodox”) being the traditional name of the true church.
 
Zekariya said:
From my interactions with those in the Anglo-Catholic community, I’d say it is because they identify with the Catholic Church (tradition, liturgy, Apostolic Succession, etc) though they maintain the autonomy they claim (falsely mind you) that the British Isles always had.
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But they always had autonomy. 🤷
Don’t confuse autonomy with autocephaly. 👍
 
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