the pope held the highest authority in the catholic church.
who held the highest authority in the catholic church?
the pope
the catholic church consists of those particular churches, headed by bishops, in communion with the pope, the bishop of rome, as its highest authority in matters of faith, morality, and church governance. like eastern orthodoxy, the catholic church, through apostolic succession, traces its origins to the christian community founded by jesus christ. catholics maintain that the "one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church" founded by jesus subsists fully in the catholic church, but also acknowledges other christian churches and communities and works towards reconciliation among all christians. the catholic faith is detailed in the "catechism of the catholic church".
christianity
the first bishop of the polish old catholic church was wladyslaw faron, who left the pnkk structure in 1931. in the interwar poland, the old catholic church operated as an informal union with the parish priest of father józef kostorz from the old catholic church in germany. after world war ii in poland, the old catholic church entered the ecclesial union with the polish old catholic churches: the old catholic church of mariavite and the mission diocese of the polish national catholic church. however, in 1948 it broke up after bishop faron and a few priests joined the roman catholic church. bishop zygmunt szypold became the superior of the polish old catholic church. after his death, the authorities of the polish people's republic suspended the activities of the church (1965), citing a lack of authority. the faithful of the polish old catholic church either went to other churches or practiced underground faith until the resumption of the official activity of the church, made through the entry into the register of churches and religious unions in the ministry of interior and administration by fr. bishop wojciech kolm in 1996. in hamburg, despite the suspension of the church's activity, father klaudiusz perendyk, who later joined the orthodox church. the consequence of the suspension of the activities of the old catholic church was very acute, because the church lost many sacred objects, which were often illegally acquired by the catholic church and roman catholic church.
old catholic church in poland