Heck If I Know (books)

This is the fourth edi­tion of Arch­bishop Wynn Wagner’s Lib­eral Catholic Cat­e­chism. The first edi­tion was pub­lished when he was a rookie priest with Holy Water behind the ears. Now comes an update from Wynn as a lah-​​dee-​​dah my-incense-don’t-even-stink arch­bishop. And yet it still works as an easy-​​to-​​read intro­duc­tion to this little-​​known branch of the church catholic.

The Lib­eral Catholic Church was started in Eng­land in the early part of the 20^th cen­tury, an off­shoot of the Old Catholic Church of Hol­land. It wel­comes every­one — espe­cially sin­ners — and is one of the most tol­er­ant and accept­ing denom­i­na­tions you can imag­ine. Straight/​gay, young/​old, pro-​​life/​pro-​​choice. Some believe in rein­car­na­tion and ascended mas­ters. Oth­ers come for the mys­ti­cism or heal­ing litur­gies, while many attend because of the stately beauty of the Lib­eral Catholic liturgy. The amaz­ing thing is that the Lib­eral Rite works for all of them. It is authen­ti­cally tra­di­tional, yet sur­pris­ingly modern.

The arch­bishop intro­duces you to the major con­cepts of the Rite, from the sim­ple to the eso­teric. The Lib­eral Catholic Church is one of the most dynamic groups of inde­pen­dent Catholics in his­tory. You are in for a real treat with A CATECHISM OF THE LIBERAL CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Table of Contents

• CATECHISM
• “LIBERAL”
• “CATHOLIC”
• “LIBERAL CATHOLIC”
• A MAP OF LIFE
• BRIEF HISTORY
• ROME BEGAT THE OCC, THE OCC BEGAT THE LCC
• A FRACTURE IN THE LIBERAL RITE
• WHAT LIBERAL CATHOLICS BELIEVE
• WHAT LIBERAL CATHOLICS DO
• THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS
• COMMUNITY WORSHIP
• Holy Eucharist: the Blessed Sacrament
• Com­mu­nion
• The Angel of the Mass
• The Eucharis­tic Rite
• The Sacred Balance
• THE RITES OF PASSAGE
• Bap­tism: the initiation
• Bap­tism Rite
• Con­fir­ma­tion: an indeli­ble mark on the soul
• PERSONAL HEALTH AND GROWTH
• Abso­lu­tion: repair­ing our bro­ken spirit
• Holy Mat­ri­mony: the joy­ful sacrament
• Holy Unc­tion: the heal­ing sacrament
• Holy Orders: the glo­ri­ous sacrament
• SEASONS OF THE CHURCH
• THE YEAR PART 1: THE MYSTERY-​​DRAMA OF THE CHRIST
• Advent
• Christ­mas
• Epiphany
• Lent
• Holy Week
• Ascen­sion
• Pen­te­cost
• THE YEAR PART 2:  OUR PERSONAL JOURNEY
• BECOMING A LIBERAL CATHOLIC
• WHO CAN JOIN
• DUTIES OF CHURCH MEMBERS
• The Rules
• Tithing
• Bequests
• SCRIPTURE, CREEDS, AND TRADITIONS
• WRITINGS
• The Jew­ish Bible
• The Chris­t­ian Bible
• Other Sacred Writings
• TRADITIONS
• CREEDS
• The Act of Faith
• The Nicene-​​Constantinople Creed
• OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD
• PRAYER
• MEDITATION
• CONTEMPLATION
• THE NUTS AND BOLTS
• BY THE NUMBERS
• DEVOTIONS
• Sign of the Cross
• Holy Water
• ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH
• The Pre­sid­ing Bishop
• Bish­ops
• Vic­ars
• Priest
• Other Clergy
• Canon Law
• VESTMENT COLOURS
• INSIDE LIBERAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES
• The Altar
• Arriv­ing and Leav­ing Church
• ENERGIES: ABOVE AND BELOW
• ETIQUETTE
• FORMS OF ADDRESS
• THE LADY MARY
• SAINTS
• “US” AND “THEM”
•  STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
• DOCTRINE
• FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
• ETHICS
• RELATION TO OTHER CHURCHES
• MYSTICISM AND MODERN THOUGHT
• THE ESOTERIC ROOTS OF THE LIBERAL RITE
• THE MASS AS YOGA (by JAMES I WEDGWOOD)
• NOTES ON BAPTISM (by GEOFFREY HODSON)
• THE SERVICE OF HEALING (by C W LEADBEATER)
• CATHOLICISM PAST AND PRESENT (by FRANK PIGOTT)
• CHRISTIAN MYSTERIES (by ROBERT KING)
• THE FIRST RAY BENEDICTION (by ANNIE BESANT)
• FOR MORE INFORMATION
• THE EUCHARIST (FULL FORM)
• GLOSSARY OF CATHOLIC TERMS

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