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Mass at the Cathedral of the King in Manila, the second-largest church in the Protestant Catholic Church

The Protestant Catholic Church (also known as the PCC) is an international Christian communion established in 2007 with over 100 churches worldwide. The PCC is a true convergence of the Sacramental, Evangelical, and Charismatic traditions of the Church Catholic, which adheres fully to the doctrine of the Undivided Church. The Communion has its apostolic succession through the Rebiban line via Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa, who founded the Catholic Apostolic National Church of Brazil. The Protestant Catholic Church holds the whole body of unanimous, Catholic Tradition as doctrine. Their fallible yet exhaustive distillation of the essentials of this Tradition can be found in their extensive canons and catechism.

Government

The Protestant Catholic Church seeks to emulate the government-by-council of the Undivided Church. All decisions are made at the bi-annual convocation by episcopal consensus. All of the faithful are invited to attend.

The basic administrative unit of the PCC is the diocese, governed by a suffragan bishop. Diocesan synods are bi-annual meetings of the clergy of the diocese to deliberate on administrative matters.

The next level of church administration is the province. The province is headed by the provincial metropolitan bishop, who serves as moderator and coordinator for provincial synods and programs. Suffragan bishops of the province meet in Synod twice a year, as prescribed by the First Council of Nicaea. The provincial synod deliberates on administrative and doctrinal matters for the province. Decisions of the provincial synod are reached by consensus of all the bishops, and as such are binding on all dioceses and parishes in the province. New suffragan bishops are approved with the consent of all the bishops of the diocese. At least three bishops from the province perform the consecration of a new bishop, as prescribed by the First Council of Nicaea.

The highest level of government of the PCC is the General Convocation, a bi-annual meeting of all the bishops of the PCC globally. The General Convocation is moderated by the Archbishop, who is appointed for a two-year term by the General Convocation. The role of Archbishop is typically rotated among the most senior metropolitan bishops, who are not permitted to serve more than one sequential term as Archbishop. The General Convocation deliberates on administrative and doctrinal matters, and as its decisions are reached by consensus of all the bishops internationally, its decisions are binding on all provinces and dioceses.

Beliefs

The PCC exercises the sort of Vincentian latitude that was common in the early church, but holds fast to every damned bit of Holy Tradition.