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== History == |
== History == |
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=== {{Anchor|Foundation by Teruel}}Origin and |
=== {{Anchor|Foundation by Teruel}}Origin and Establishment === |
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The Apostolic Catholic Church started as a |
The Apostolic Catholic Church, formerly the First International Sacrifice Valley Kilusang Katoliko Inc. (FISVKKI)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-08 |title=History of the Apostolic Catholic Church |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008232837/http://acc-ingkong.com/content/view/21/22/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>, started as a [[Catholic lay organization]] that was founded in Hermosa Bataan in the early 1970s by Maria Virginia P. Leonzon<ref>{{Citation |title=Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines) |date=2022-08-19 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_Catholic_Church_(Philippines)&oldid=1105221283 |work=Wikipedia |language=en |access-date=2022-08-30}}</ref>. At that time, the organization was known for its Catholic activities like: [[Catholic Marian movements and societies|Marian movements]], [[Cursillo|Cursillo movements]], [[spiritual healing]], involvement in local politics, etc.<ref name="auto5">{{Cite web |title=Our Member Churches |url=https://nccphilippines.org/about-us/our-member-churches/ |access-date=2022-03-30 |language=en-US}}</ref>[[File:Papang.jpg|thumb|Patriarch Teruel during [[Mass (liturgy)|mass]]]] |
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In 1991 the organisation and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] had a [[schism]]; due to varying issues, it formally separated |
In 1991 the organisation and the [[Roman Catholic Church]] had a [[schism]]; due to varying issues, it formally separated from the Catholic Church, when John Florentine Teruel was consecrated as a patriarch and registered the church as a [[Protestant]] and [[Independent Catholic]] denomination. But by that time, the movement had already spread throughout the Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada and the United States of America.<ref name="auto5" /> |
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=== Consecration of John Florentine === |
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John Florentine Teruel was consecrated as Patriarch by the National Conference of Old Catholic and Orthodox Archbishops, on July 13, 1991, at St. Paul's German Old Catholic Church by the following |
John Florentine Teruel was consecrated as Patriarch by the National Conference of Old Catholic and Orthodox Archbishops, on July 13, 1991, at St. Paul's German Old Catholic Church by the following [[Archbishop|Archbishops]]: Paul Christian of the [[Order of Corporate Reunion]] (OCR), Emile Rodriguez y Fairfield of the Mexican Old Catholic Church (MOCC), Mark Miller of the Byzantine Catholic Church (BCC), Bernard Dawe of the Independent Catholic Church International (ICCI), Jurgen Bless of the German Old Catholic Church (GOCC), Petros Eric T. Ong Veloso of the Orthodox Catholic Church of the Philippines, and Michael Marshall of the Orthodox Catholic Church (OCC).<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=The Patriarch |url=http://acc-ingkong.com/content/view/8/7/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111029044330/http://acc-ingkong.com/content/view/8/7/ |archive-date=2011-10-29 |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=ACC Ingkong}}</ref> |
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The church's co-founder and spiritual leader, |
The church's co-founder and spiritual leader, Bishop John Florentine, now consecrated Patriarch, then ordained several men throughout the Philippines and America to become priests and deacons.<ref name="auto5" /> Teruel died on 19 January 2021.<ref name="auto2" /> |
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Before his Consecration as Patriarch, John Florentine was a Catholic Bishop.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Member Churches |url=https://nccphilippines.org/about-us/our-member-churches/ |access-date=2022-08-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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=== Juan Almario E.M. Calampiano === |
=== Juan Almario E.M. Calampiano === |
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The members of the congregations are the archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, subdeacons, nuns, and third order members, bound by their evangelical vows of [[chastity, poverty, obedience]], acceptance of their immediate superiors to the patriarch and to God the [[Holy Spirit]], whom adherents address as ''Ingkong'' (an archaic [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] honorific often glossed as "grandfather", used to refer to any elderly man).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ingkong (THE Holy Spirit) |url=http://www.acc-ingkong.com/content/view/6/5/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008042100/http://www.acc-ingkong.com/content/view/6/5/ |archive-date=2011-10-08 |access-date=2011-09-19 |publisher=Acc-ingkong.com}}</ref> |
The members of the congregations are the archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, subdeacons, nuns, and third order members, bound by their evangelical vows of [[chastity, poverty, obedience]], acceptance of their immediate superiors to the patriarch and to God the [[Holy Spirit]], whom adherents address as ''Ingkong'' (an archaic [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] honorific often glossed as "grandfather", used to refer to any elderly man).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ingkong (THE Holy Spirit) |url=http://www.acc-ingkong.com/content/view/6/5/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008042100/http://www.acc-ingkong.com/content/view/6/5/ |archive-date=2011-10-08 |access-date=2011-09-19 |publisher=Acc-ingkong.com}}</ref> |
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The church currently has 32 dioceses worldwide located all over the Philippines as well as in various key cities of the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="auto2" /> The Apostolic Catholic Church |
The church currently has 32 dioceses worldwide located all over the Philippines as well as in various key cities of the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="auto2" /> The Apostolic Catholic Church is estimated to have more than 5 million members and has 192 [[Religious congregation|congregations]], all over the world.<ref name="auto5" /> |
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Today, the Church is estimated to have more than five to eight million members worldwide, making it as Third largest Christian denomination in the Philippines after the Roman Catholic Church and Iglesia Filipina Independiente also known as the Aglipayan Church.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=Abs-cbn news |work=The Correspondents |url=http://uw.abs-cbnnews.com/images/news/microsites/TheCorrwspondents/TheCorrespondents/tc04052004sekta.htm}}</ref> |
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== Beliefs and Tradition == |
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The Apostolic Catholic Church, like Independent Catholic Churches, Believes, Teaches, and Follows Catholic teachings and Theology.<ref>{{Citation |title=Independent Catholicism |date=2022-08-23 |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Independent_Catholicism&oldid=1106201444 |work=Wikipedia |language=en |access-date=2022-08-30}}</ref> |
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According to the Church's Founding Bishop, the Apostolic Catholic Church believes and practice in a more traditional idea of the Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-02-21 |title=abs-cbnNEWS.com - The Correspondents |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221202244/http://uw.abs-cbnnews.com/images/news/microsites/TheCorrespondents/TheCorrespondents/tc04052004sekta.htm |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> It is a Conservative Church, which maintains the ancient church traditions removed by the [[Second Vatican Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second Vatican Council |url=https://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txs/secondvc.htm |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=www.mb-soft.com}}</ref> |
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=== Saints === |
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The Apostolic Catholic Church follows the doctrine of having saints and holy people based on what they have done when they are still living. Similar to the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, it recognizes all the Roman Catholic and Orthodox saints.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=http://en.allexperts.com/q/Anglicans-943/Saints-Anglican-Church.htm}}</ref> Currently, there is only one saint beatified by the ACC Patriarch. |
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[[File:Seniornoemi.jpg|alt=Saint Maria Virginia wearing red when is still alive, with some nuns behind her|left|thumb|Saint Maria Virginia wearing red when is still alive, with some nuns behind her]] |
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=== ''St. Maria Virginia Peñaflor Leonzon'' === |
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Maria Virginia Peñaflor Leonzon is considered as the mother of the Church. She is the honorary foundress of Apostolic Catholic Church and its Cursillo Movement. Having a high status of spiritual life, she was beatified and canonized as a saint in 1995 by Patriarch John Florentine. Because of this, St. Maria Virginia P. Leonzon became the first Filipino non-Roman Catholic saint.<ref name=":1" /> When she is still alive, St. Maria Virginia is a ''living saint'' for all the ACC members. She died at 83 years old in Sacrifice Valley in 2005.<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Ecumenical relations == |
== Ecumenical relations == |
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Apostolic Catholic Church | |
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Orientation | Independent Catholic |
Polity | Episcopal |
Patriarch | Juan Almario E. M. Calampiano |
Associations | National Council of Churches in the Philippines
Canadian Council of Churches |
Region | Philippines, United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands. |
Headquarters | National Shrine of Ina Poon Bato |
Founder | John Florentine L. Teruel and Maria Virginia Peñaflor Leonzon |
Origin | 1991 Philippines |
Separated from | Roman Catholicism |
Congregations | 192 |
Members | 5,000,000 (2009 estimate)[1] 10,000,000 (2015 estimate) |
Tertiary institutions | College of the Most Holy Trinity and Colegio de Santa Maria Virginia Leonzon[2] |
Official website | https://acc.org.ph/ |
The Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) (Filipino: Apostolika't Katolikang Simbahan) is an Independent Catholic denomination established in 1992 by John Florentine L. Teruel.[3] The ACC has its origin as a Catholic organisation founded in the 1970s in Hermosa, Bataan.
History
Origin and Establishment
The Apostolic Catholic Church, formerly the First International Sacrifice Valley Kilusang Katoliko Inc. (FISVKKI)[4], started as a Catholic lay organization that was founded in Hermosa Bataan in the early 1970s by Maria Virginia P. Leonzon[5]. At that time, the organization was known for its Catholic activities like: Marian movements, Cursillo movements, spiritual healing, involvement in local politics, etc.[6]
In 1991 the organisation and the Roman Catholic Church had a schism; due to varying issues, it formally separated from the Catholic Church, when John Florentine Teruel was consecrated as a patriarch and registered the church as a Protestant and Independent Catholic denomination. But by that time, the movement had already spread throughout the Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada and the United States of America.[6]
Consecration of John Florentine
John Florentine Teruel was consecrated as Patriarch by the National Conference of Old Catholic and Orthodox Archbishops, on July 13, 1991, at St. Paul's German Old Catholic Church by the following Archbishops: Paul Christian of the Order of Corporate Reunion (OCR), Emile Rodriguez y Fairfield of the Mexican Old Catholic Church (MOCC), Mark Miller of the Byzantine Catholic Church (BCC), Bernard Dawe of the Independent Catholic Church International (ICCI), Jurgen Bless of the German Old Catholic Church (GOCC), Petros Eric T. Ong Veloso of the Orthodox Catholic Church of the Philippines, and Michael Marshall of the Orthodox Catholic Church (OCC).[7]
The church's co-founder and spiritual leader, Bishop John Florentine, now consecrated Patriarch, then ordained several men throughout the Philippines and America to become priests and deacons.[6] Teruel died on 19 January 2021.[8]
Before his Consecration as Patriarch, John Florentine was a Catholic Bishop.[9]
Juan Almario E.M. Calampiano
Juan Almario EM. Calampiano became the second Patriarch of the Apostolic Catholic Church, through ceremonies held on 31 January 2021. Before his appointment as head of the church, he served as long-time senior archbishop and chancellor to the Patriarch at the National Shrine of Ina Poon Bato in Quezon City, Philippines.[8][10]
He is also listed as one of the World's Current Patriarchs.
Present day
The Apostolic Catholic Church states it teaches the doctrines of the Holy Spirit, the message of salvation in Christ, and the devotion to the Virgin Mary, through prayer meetings and rosary devotion. The Church believes that by divine revelation, the third person of the Trinity called himself with the name Ingkong and manifested himself in the Philippines through Maria De Teruel. Members are referred to as apo or tinatakan.[6]
Church governance and congregations
The Apostolic Catholic Church is autocephalous and headed by a patriarch.[11]
The Apostolic Catholic Church currently has three main religious orders and congregations: the Order of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit, the Order of the Missionaries of John Florentine, and the Congregation of St. Maria Virginia.[12]
The members of the congregations are the archbishops, bishops, priests, deacons, subdeacons, nuns, and third order members, bound by their evangelical vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, acceptance of their immediate superiors to the patriarch and to God the Holy Spirit, whom adherents address as Ingkong (an archaic Tagalog honorific often glossed as "grandfather", used to refer to any elderly man).[13]
The church currently has 32 dioceses worldwide located all over the Philippines as well as in various key cities of the United States of America, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Russia and the Pacific Islands.[12][8] The Apostolic Catholic Church is estimated to have more than 5 million members and has 192 congregations, all over the world.[6]
Today, the Church is estimated to have more than five to eight million members worldwide, making it as Third largest Christian denomination in the Philippines after the Roman Catholic Church and Iglesia Filipina Independiente also known as the Aglipayan Church.[14]
Beliefs and Tradition
The Apostolic Catholic Church, like Independent Catholic Churches, Believes, Teaches, and Follows Catholic teachings and Theology.[15]
According to the Church's Founding Bishop, the Apostolic Catholic Church believes and practice in a more traditional idea of the Catholic Church.[16] It is a Conservative Church, which maintains the ancient church traditions removed by the Second Vatican Council.[17]
Saints
The Apostolic Catholic Church follows the doctrine of having saints and holy people based on what they have done when they are still living. Similar to the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion, it recognizes all the Roman Catholic and Orthodox saints.[18] Currently, there is only one saint beatified by the ACC Patriarch.
St. Maria Virginia Peñaflor Leonzon
Maria Virginia Peñaflor Leonzon is considered as the mother of the Church. She is the honorary foundress of Apostolic Catholic Church and its Cursillo Movement. Having a high status of spiritual life, she was beatified and canonized as a saint in 1995 by Patriarch John Florentine. Because of this, St. Maria Virginia P. Leonzon became the first Filipino non-Roman Catholic saint.[14] When she is still alive, St. Maria Virginia is a living saint for all the ACC members. She died at 83 years old in Sacrifice Valley in 2005.[14]
Ecumenical relations
The ACC is part of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines[6] and the Canadian Council of Churches.[19]
References
- ^ National Council of Churches in the Philippines. "Our Member Churches". Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ {{Cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20111029044238/http://acc-ingkong.com/content/view/1/2/
- ^ "Apostolic church patriarch and founding bishop". The Manila Times. 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ "History of the Apostolic Catholic Church". web.archive.org. 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "Apostolic Catholic Church (Philippines)", Wikipedia, 2022-08-19, retrieved 2022-08-30
- ^ a b c d e f "Our Member Churches". Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "The Patriarch". ACC Ingkong. Archived from the original on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
- ^ a b c "Apostolic Catholic Church installs new Patriarch". ACC Website Staging. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "Our Member Churches". Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "MARIAN FESTIVAL CULMINATES TODAY". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 2022-07-19 – via pressreader.
- ^ "About | Apostolic Catholic Church Of Canada". www.acc-canada.com. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ a b "ACC Website Staging". ACC Website Staging. Retrieved 2022-03-30.
- ^ "Ingkong (THE Holy Spirit)". Acc-ingkong.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
- ^ a b c "Abs-cbn news". The Correspondents.
- ^ "Independent Catholicism", Wikipedia, 2022-08-23, retrieved 2022-08-30
- ^ "abs-cbnNEWS.com - The Correspondents". web.archive.org. 2006-02-21. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ^ "Second Vatican Council". www.mb-soft.com. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
- ^ http://en.allexperts.com/q/Anglicans-943/Saints-Anglican-Church.htm.
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