The ACC affirms the Canon of St. Vincent of Lerins, who defined the Catholic Faith as, "That which has been believed everywhere, always and by all." (i.e. universally) within the undivided Christian Church.

THE CONGRESS OF ST. LOUIS

In 1977, following increasing liberalisation of member churches of the Anglican Communion, an international congress of nearly 2,000 Anglican bishops, clergy and lay people met in St. Louis, Missouri.
As a result of this meeting, a document "The Affirmation of St Louis" was issued (the text of which may be found by clicking on the link at the top of this page entitled 'Resources' and scrolling to the bottom) in addition many of those present placed themselves under the jurisdiction of the retired bishop of Springfield, Illinois, the Right Reverend Albert Chambers. In October 1978 the Church adopted the name 'ANGLICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH'.

WORLD WIDE

The ANGLICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH is a worldwide body. Since 1978 it has grown, and now includes the Caribbean, Central, South and North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa as well as the establishment of a diocese here in the United Kingdom.
In 1984 the historic Church of India (Anglican) was received and constituted as the Second Province of the ACC. The Church is served by its International newspaper "The Trinitarian".

DIOCESE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

In 1992 the Diocese of the United Kingdom was formally established after the Church of England broke with catholic faith and tradition by admitting women to the priesthood. Our presence in the United Kingdom is still small.
However, despite one or two setbacks, we are experiencing significant growth. At the time of writing we have parishes and missions in Kent, Lancashire, London, Manchester, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Surrey and North Yorkshire. We are also keen to explore the possibility of missions in new areas.

WORSHIP

Some of our congregations have their own buildings, while others use hired halls or meet in private homes. Depending on circumstance you can usually expect to find us using traditional externals of catholic worship; incense, holy water, statues, icons and vestments. Our services are reverent and come from those prayer books and Missals, authorised by the Church. Our music and hymns are mostly taken from the English Hymnal.

WHAT DO WE BELIEVE?

The Anglican Catholic Church believes the same faith as the once united Roman and Orthodox Churches did a thousand years ago. Stability is very important to us and with traditional forms of service and prayer, within which people can find a spiritual home for themselves, we can set about the task of telling the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and being convincing about it.

Join Us

In the ACC we have the essentials. We have, as the Affirmation of St Louis puts it, Orthodox Catholic Faith, Orthodox Anglican Worship, Apostolic Catholic Order in order to grow we need also Evangelical Witness.