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A HISTORICAL REVIEW AND LEGITIMACY by Reverend Father Venson Valenciano. Old Roman Catholic Church of America. A HISTORICAL REVIEW AND LEGITIMACY. By Rev. Fr. Venson Valenciano. L O W C O U T R I E S. 17 PROVINCES. N E T H E R L A N D S. Ireland.
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A HISTORICAL REVIEW AND LEGITIMACY by Reverend Father Venson Valenciano Old Roman Catholic Church of America A HISTORICAL REVIEW AND LEGITIMACY By Rev. Fr. Venson Valenciano
L O W C O U T R I E S 17 PROVINCES N E T H E R L A N D S Ireland England Utrecht Germany Belgium Luxemburg France Switzerland Italy Spain
The Frisian Mission St. Wilfrid Archbishop of York 668 AD ST. WILLIBRORD 689 AD UTRECHT St. Boniface 716AD
Growth of the Church 1054 AD - Utrecht, a rich and populated city. Bishops became warriors and temporal Lords. This was the period of degeneracy – of factions, scandals and intrigues. The successors of Willibord and Boniface in Utrecht were outstanding bishops and missionaries. Nomination and Election of Bishops – A Tradition in Utrecht.
the grant 1139 AD 2nd Lateran Council With all these grants, factionalism, usurpation of power, and intrigues reached Rome. On the death of a Bishop, Canons are not to leave vacant an Episcopal See for more than three months. 1145 AD Pope Eugene III Grant The Two Chapters of Utrecht right to nominate and elect their Bishops. 1215 AD 4th Lateran Council …those who are in very distant parts, namely outside Italy…(Bishops) may receive the customary consecration or blessing…
POPE LEO X 1520 Philip of Burgundy Debitus Pastoralis “Neither he nor any of his successors, nor any of their clergy or laity, should ever, in the first instance, have this cause evoked to any external tribunal, not even under pretense of any apostolic letters whatever; and that all such proceedings should be ipso facto null and void.”
What kind of jurisdiction has the Church created in Utrecht? Autocephalous Jurisdiction A self-governing diocese, where Papal Mandate is not needed to consecrate bishops.
Charles V Holy Roman Empire Low Countries Germany Hungary Easter Europe Austria Switzerland Spain Naples & Sicily Sardinia & Balearic Isles
Groningen Freisland Holland Over-Yssel Utrecht Gelderland North Brabant Zeeland Charles V Holy Roman Empire Limburg
the consequences • Suspension of the Rights and Privileges of the Cathedral Chapter. TAKE NOTE: The Cathedral Chapter surrendered their Rights and Privileges to the Spanish Crown and not to the Pope. • Henry of Bavaria as Bishop of Utrecht. • Death of Temporal Lordship of the Bishops of Utrecht.
Phillip II Low Countries Hungary Easter Europe Austria Milan Spain Naples & Sicily Sardinia & Balearic Isles