The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church

The Church promulgates a number of publications both online and in book form, details of which are given below.

While this page is in the main a repository for official documents, more discursive materials on esoteric, Liberal Catholic and spiritual matters will be found on the Resources page. 

Research and scholarship

The Liberal Catholic Apostolic Church is active in promoting scholarship concerning the independent Apostolic churches, and through European-American University Press a number of original works and new editions of classic works are currently available in hardcover print.

The Arnold Harris Mathew Center for the Study of the Independent Sacramental Movement (CSISM) at European-American University exists to further research in these areas, and makes available online for the first time a number of relevant monographs and archival documents. The Church also houses a valuable physical archive of books, documents and vestments, of which the written material is in the process of digitisation.

Official documents

Membership of the International Council of Community Churches

• ICCC charter

Police checks etc. for clergy
Clergy are not obliged to make their police check available on the internet; those below have chosen to do so.

• Police National Computer clearance for Mar Andreas
• CRB clearance for Msgr. Adrian Glover, VG

Holy Orders received and bestowed by the bishops of the LCAC

• Certificate of Mutual Subconditional Consecration
• Certificate of Subconditional Ordination and Consecration of Archbishop Phillip Kemp, Independent Catholic Alliance
• Certificate of Subconditional Ordination of the Very Revd. Fr. Simon Scruton, Independent Catholic Alliance
• Certificate of Consecration of the Most Revd. Alistair Bate, C.C.P.
• Certificate of Consecration of the Most Revd. Charles Mugleston
• Notice of the Service of Consecration on 15 August 2007
• Subconditional Priestly Ordination of Fr. Adrian Glover

Historical documents

1. The Ancient Catholic Church

• Services of Love and Blessing of the Ancient Catholic Church (1950). Click on each page to open a large scan in a new window: pages 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17

2. The Catholic Apostolic Church

• The Eucharist according to the Liturgy of the Catholic Apostolic Church, commonly called Irvingites This liturgy is given here in a form set by Mar Alexei.

3. Archbishop Bertil Persson (Mar Alexander)

• Consecration by Archbishop Perry Cedarholm (Mar Nikolaus), 1971
• Consecration by Bishop George Boyer, 1983
• Consecration by Archbishop Wallace David de Ortega Maxey (Mar David), 1986
• Consecration by Bishop Forest E. Barber, 1987
• Consecration by Archbishop Francisco Pagtakhan, 1988
• Consecration by Archbishop Joseph John Skureth, 1989
• Declaration of Intercommunion between the Apostolic Episcopal Church and the Catholic Apostolic National Church of Brazil, 22 November 1987: page 1; 2
• Appointment as Archbishop for Europe of the Philippine Independent Catholic Church, 15 June 1988
• Appointment as Official Representative for Europe of the Philippine Independent Catholic Church, 11 November 1991

4. Archbishop Richard, Duc de Palatine

• The Pre-Nicene Catholic Church - Table of Apostolic Succession

5. Archbishop Illtyd Thomas (Mar Illtutus)

• Consecration sub conditione by Archbishop Bertil Persson, 1985
• Consecration by Archbishop Anthony Walter John Williams, 1979
• Instrument of Appointment as Co-Adjutor by Archbishop Anthony Walter John Williams for the Holy Celtic Church, 1979
• The Liberal Catholic Church of Ontario, Diocese of Niagara, showing Archbishop Thomas as Assistant Bishop, 1986

6. Archbishop Phillip Kemp (Mar Francis)

• Consecration by Archbishop Aelred Peter (Terence Coghlan) Distin, 2004
• Letter of Retirement of Archbishop Aelred Peter (Terence Coghlan) Distin, 2004

7. Archbishop Aelred Peter Distin

• Certificate of Consecration by Bishop Donald Garner and others, 1968

Historic documents and photographs concerning the Ancient Catholic Church are housed in the ACC archives.