What we believe

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are one God; the Church teaches the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

God is the Creator and Preserver of mankind and His love shall never fail.

It is by Christ that "all things were made, as the indwelling life all things exist, and as the transcendent glory all things live and move and have their being."

The historic Jesus is the Christ, who is also the Ancient of Days. He was incarnated (born of the Virgin Mary), crucified, resurrected, and ascended.

The Christ lives on as a mighty spiritual Presence in the world, guiding and sustaining His people.

We are created in the image of God and we are heirs of God.

We are all immortal.

Our bodies are vehicles or expressions of our consciousness, of the indwelling Spirit.

The Christian Church is the mystical Body of Christ.

The Sacraments were instituted by Christ Himself, and He is present in Them. All of the Sacraments are received from the Hand of Christ Himself and the officiant is but an instrument in that Hand. There are seven Sacraments: Baptism, Holy Eucharist, Absolution, Confirmation, Holy Matrimony, Holy Unction, and Hold Orders.

Baptism

The Church practices infant Baptism, as a dedication of the child to Christ, as a grafting of the child into the mystical Body of Christ, and as a means of opening the child’s whole nature to the most holy Spirit of the living God.

The Holy Eucharist

In the Holy Eucharist the substance of the bread and wine become linked, or polarized, on the Life of the Christ and become literal outposts of His Life and His consciousness.

The Holy Eucharist is the corporate worship of the Church. It is designed both to help those who physically take part, and to pour out a great flood of spiritual power upon the surrounding world.

We are assisted from the beginning of the Eucharist by the Angel of the Mass, and later by all of the various Orders of Angels.

Absolution

The Christ has given unto the Priests of His Church the power to absolve the repentant faithful from their sins. This Sacrament of Absolution is a loosening from the bondage of sin, a restoration of the inner harmony which was disturbed by the wrongdoing, so that the person can make a fresh start towards righteousness. It is not a way of escaping the consequences of one’s misdeeds. "Harbor no illusions; God is not deceived: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Galatians 6:7)

Confirmation

The Sacrament of Confirmation is intended to supplement the Sacrament of Baptism and thus bestow upon the individual the fullness of complete union with the "Mystical Body of Christ," the Church Universal.

Holy Matrimony

In Holy Matrimony, the couple are the celebrants and the method of sacramentalizing the marriage is the placing of the blessed ring by the groom on the finger of the bride.

Gender and prior marriages are not impediments to receiving this sacrament. If you are gay: know that God made you that way, and God does not make mistakes. If you are divorced: shame on you, but everyone makes mistakes... try to do better next time.

Holy Unction

In the Sacrament of Holy Unction we are assisted by a healing angel.

Holy Orders

The power of the Apostles has descended to this day through the Apostolic Succession.

The Apostolic Succession of the Liberal Catholic Church International is derived from the Dutch Old Catholic Church and is complete and valid.

The minor holy orders (Cleric, Doorkeeper, Reader, Exorcist, and Acolyte) are intended primarily to assist the candidate in his own spiritual growth and life. The major holy orders (Subdeacon, Deacon, Priest, and Bishop) are intended primarily to assist the Christian community.

The Holy Scriptures, the Creeds, and the Traditions of the Church are the means by which the teachings of Christ have been handed down to His followers. They are fundamental, true, and sufficient as a basis for right understanding and right conduct.

The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are inspired in a general sense only and can in no way be construed as verbally infallible. The books of the Old Testament are of unequal value.

All Christian worship is valid, of whatever kind, so long as it is earnest and true.

The use of the sign of the cross can be traced to the earliest times of Christianity. It is the Christian "sign of power;" it is a vehicle of spiritual force, flowing sometimes from the Priest to the congregation, sometimes from on high into the Priest and people. Made over ourselves, it will draw around us unseen influences, which will tend to drive away unwholesome thoughts, and at the same time make it easier to retain what is good.

The vestments worn by the Priest date from the earliest times of Christianity, and they are part of the general scheme by which spiritual power is spread out upon the congregation.

The Seasons of the Church were appointed "for our solace" and instruction

The efforts of men and women can hasten the coming of the Kingdom of God.

The expectation of faith is victory: that good shall finally triumph over ill, and that death is but a gateway to eternal life.

Everyone shall "one day reach His Feet, however far they stray." The "dead" pass to a life of higher service, where there is available to them the "felicity of [the]… Presence, evermore…." What we shall experience "at His feet" is conscious life in Christ.