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Who are these people?!

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Oblio

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From Al Green's site that lists the various and sundry groups that purloin the term Orthodox.

Angola, IN. This group's web site says: "OCCA welcomes women into Holy Orders because we are convinced that 'in Christ there is neither male nor female,' convinced that if one is called to baptism, one can also be called to nurture that baptism. We are also convinced that when consensus occurs in the Church, it most often happens after a long period during which some churches are more willing than others to take risks, to go where we had not gone before because we are urged to do so in faith, hope and love." This sect has a large network of dioceses, parishes, and outreach ministries. (This group may be related to another "church" of the same name in Indianapolis, IN, and Portales, NM.)
 
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Matthias said:
Yeah, exactly what I thought to begin with, but didn't want to jump to any conclusions. From what I have read, how they can even include the words "Orthodox" and "Catholic" in their belief system is beyond me...

I just hope nobody mistakes them for REAL Orthodoxy...
We are all in one sense or another Orthodox Catholics as we belong to the One Holy Apostolic and Catholic Church. It does not mean we are Westrn or Roman Catholics, merely that we are a part of the universal Church.
All that being said, as Jeff and Oblio have already pointed out, these folks are not canonical.
 
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