Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Free_Church_of_Antioch> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 46 of
46
with 100 triples per page.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch abstract "The Free Church of Antioch is one of several Malabar Rite Independent Catholic Churches which claims valid lines of apostolic succession in the historical episcopate. The Free Church of Antioch received several lines of this succession through its founder, the late Archbishop Warren Prall Watters (1890-1992). The Free Church of Antioch was established on October 4, 1992, in Santa Barbara, California, and was incorporated in that state through The Center For Esoteric Studies, of which Archbishop Watters was the Founder and Director.The church's most important Line of Succession is derived from the Old Catholic Church of Utrecht in the Netherlands. This is important for Independent Catholics, as many hundreds of "wandering bishops" or Episcopi vagantes, derive their succession from this church. Some Roman Catholic scholars hold that the Orders of the Old Catholics are valid but illicit.Archbishop Herman Adrian Spruit, founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch-Malabar Rite, consecrated Warren P. Watters to the Episcopate on April 28, 1973, at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara, California.Assisting Archbishop Spruit as co-consecrators were The Most Reverend Stephan A. Hoeller of the Ecclesia Gnostica, and The Most Reverend Jay D. Kirby.In 1986 Warren Watters was elevated to Archbishop and become Director of Esoteric Studies for the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch. He edited and compiled three magazines which culminated in The Esoteric Review. He founded The Center for Esoteric Studies, Inc., a California religious non-profit corporation.Watters, along with Bishops Robert Branch and Torkom Saraydarian, eventually separated from Herman Spruit, believing that they needed a freer confederation to operate their own ministries. These separations came as a result of certain actions resulting from the reorganization of the mother church, the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch. Shortly before his death at the age of 102, Watters founded the Free Church of Antioch.One of his great concerns and motivations in founding the Free Church of Antioch was to re-establish what he believed was a needed balance of female and male in spiritual service. This concern was reflected in his ordination of many women as priests, and in the consecration of many women as bishops.Upon his death in 1992, Watters was succeeded by his wife, Archbishop Ellen Watters.Upon her death at the age of 95 on January 12, 2002, the members of the Board of Directors of the Center For Esoteric Studies, Inc., and The Free Church of Antioch passed all legalities and responsibilities of The Center For Esoteric Studies, Inc., and The Free Church of Antioch to Bishop Michelina T. Foster, Director of the Desert Light Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bishop Michelina T. Foster was consecrated to the episcopate of the Free Church of Antioch by Archbishop Warren Prall Watters and Bishop Ellen Watters.".
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageExternalLink freechurchofantioch.com.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageID "3500434".
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageLength "4043".
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageOutDegree "20".
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageRevisionID "648987567".
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Apostolic_succession.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Category:Independent_Catholic_churches.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Category:Presbyterian_denominations_established_in_the_20th_century.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Category:Religious_organizations_established_in_1992.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Catholic_Apostolic_Church_of_Antioch-Malabar_Rite.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink East_Syrian_Rite.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Ecclesia_Gnostica.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Ellen_Watters.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Episcopi_vagantes.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Herman_Adrian_Spruit.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Historical_episcopate.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Independent_Catholic_Churches.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Independent_Catholic_churches.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Jay_D._Kirby.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Malabar_Rite.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Old_Catholic_Church.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Ordination_of_women.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Stephan_A._Hoeller.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Torkom_Saraydarian.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Utrecht.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Utrecht_(city).
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Valid_but_illicit.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLink Warren_Prall_Watters.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wikiPageWikiLinkText "Free Church of Antioch".
- Free_Church_of_Antioch hasPhotoCollection Free_Church_of_Antioch.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch subject Category:Independent_Catholic_churches.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch subject Category:Presbyterian_denominations_established_in_the_20th_century.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch subject Category:Religious_organizations_established_in_1992.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch hypernym Churches.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch type HistoricBuilding.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch type Denomination.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch type Organization.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch type Organization.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch comment "The Free Church of Antioch is one of several Malabar Rite Independent Catholic Churches which claims valid lines of apostolic succession in the historical episcopate. The Free Church of Antioch received several lines of this succession through its founder, the late Archbishop Warren Prall Watters (1890-1992).".
- Free_Church_of_Antioch label "Free Church of Antioch".
- Free_Church_of_Antioch sameAs m.09gxcj.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch sameAs Q5499775.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch sameAs Q5499775.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch wasDerivedFrom Free_Church_of_Antioch?oldid=648987567.
- Free_Church_of_Antioch isPrimaryTopicOf Free_Church_of_Antioch.