单词 | old catholic |
释义 | Old Catholicadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to an old Roman Catholic family in England (esp. since the Reformation), as distinguished from Roman Catholic immigrants, converts, and their descendants; designating such a family.In early use perhaps not a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1770 T. Gray Let. Jan. in Corr. (1935) III. 1102 The seat of the Stricklands an old Catholick family, is an ancient Hall-house. 1898 Mrs. H. Ward Helbeck of Bannisdale ii. i. 137 These old Catholic houses..must have been full of fun and feasting. 1941 Sign Sept. 124 The story of this Englishman of old Catholic stock, following in youth the call of the sea until he heard the call to a higher life.., justifies the somewhat sensational title. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Dec. 40/3 The Old Catholic families had survived by keeping their heads down. 2. Of or relating to any of various religious groups which separated from the Roman Catholic Church after the Reformation, and are doctrinally based on the Declaration of Utrecht in 1889. See sense B. 2. ΚΠ 1870 tr. Protest der Altkatholiken in Daily Tel. 29 Sept. 3/3 Essential changes were made in our old Catholic faith [Ger. unseres alten katholischen Glaubens]. 1908 Church Times 8 May 603/1 After long deliberation the Old Catholic Bishops decided to accept a retired Roman priest, the Rev. A. H. Mathew, as nominee for the Episcopate. 1987 Polish Amer. Stud. 44 5 The ‘Polish Catholic Diocese of Chicago’..was the first to attain external legitimacy in that it formed part of the larger, more reputable, and hitherto almost exclusively European Old Catholic Communion. 2021 Thai News Service (Nexis) 16 July He says that he then wants to join the Old Catholic Church, a group of churches independent of Rome, right away. B. n. 1. A member of an old Roman Catholic family in England (typically spec. since the Reformation) as opposed to a Roman Catholic immigrant or a convert. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > Roman Catholic sects and groups > [noun] > English > person > of pre-Reformation stock Old Catholic1846 1846 J. H. Newman Let. 14 July in F. A. Gasquet Ld. Acton & his Circle (1906) p. xiii It will be one of your collisions with old Catholics. 1918 L. Strachey Eminent Victorians i. v. 56 It seemed as if the harvest was to be gathered in by a crowd of converts, who were proclaiming on every side as something new and wonderful the truths which the Old Catholics..had not only known, but for which they had suffered, for generations. 1943 D. W. Brogan Eng. People (1947) iv. 133 In addition to the old Catholics and the immigrant Catholics, there has been since the Oxford Movement the convert. 2004 Victorian Periodicals Rev. 37 21 They [sc. Anglicans] feared that both old Catholics and new converts..would suffer a divided allegiance between monarch and pope. 2. A member of any of various religious groups which separated from the Roman Catholic Church after the Reformation, and which are doctrinally based on the Declaration of Utrecht in 1889; esp. (a) a member of the Church of Utrecht in the Netherlands (which broke from Roman Catholicism in 1724; cf. Jansenist n. a); (b) a member of one of various German-speaking Churches which refused to accept papal infallibility after the First Vatican Council in 1870–1 (cf. German Catholic n.). ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > Roman Catholic sects and groups > [noun] > German German Catholic1845 New Catholic1845 Old Catholic1864 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Roman Catholicism > Roman Catholic sects and groups > [noun] > Old Catholic Old Catholic1864 1864 Theol. Rev. July 259 Let us..say a few words of the Jansenists, or rather, as they call themselves, the Old Catholics. 1870 tr. Protest der Altkatholiken in Daily Tel. 29 Sept. 3/3 (title of document) Protest of the old Catholics. 1909 F. Simmonds tr. S. Reinach Orpheus xii. 385 The Old Catholics were recognised by several of the German States, and penetrated into Switzerland. 1948 Living Church 13 June 11/2 The Bonn Agreement between the Anglicans and Old Catholics..has been endorsed by the Synod of Old Catholic bishops. 2014 Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte 27 31 He not only delved into the conduct of the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches..; he touched on the German sects, including the Methodists, Baptists, old Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses. 2018 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 20 Jan. (headline) WCC President for Europe Commends Communion Between Old Catholics and Church of Sweden. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022). < |
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