Old Catholic

English

Adjective

Old Catholic (not comparable)

Pertaining to a group of churches that split from the Roman Catholic Church over the dogma of papal infallibility, which they did not agree with.

Synonyms

Christian Catholic

Translations

pertaining to a group of churches that split from the Roman Catholic Church

Czech: starokatolický
Dutch: oudkatholiek
French: vieux-catholique (fr)
Galician: católico antigo
German: altkatholisch (de), christkatholisch (de) (Switzerland)
Italian: veterocattolico, vetero-cattolico
Polish: starokatolicki
Spanish: católico antiguo
Swedish: gammalkatolsk

Noun

Old Catholic (plural Old Catholics)

A member of an Old Catholic church.

Further reading

Old Catholics in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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