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Article: Old Catholics seek identity at the margins.(offshoot of Catholic Church has long history)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- April 23, 1999
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In the tumult of today's changing church, there may be a cloudy mirror here in which we can see part of ourselves.
In the city of Orange in Southern California in a nondescript mall where commerce is king, a church is scarcely typical. The Church of St. Matthew is less typical still. It is an Old Catholic church.
Old Catholics have lurked at the edge of Christian life for more than a century. The name is so similar to what we call ourselves, it can be a source of confusion. Yet beyond the confusion, the story is intriguing. In the tumult of today's changing church, there may be a cloudy mirror here in which we can see part of ourselves.
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