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Old Catholic Mariavite Church
Mariavite emblem
Classification
Independent Catholic
Orientation
Old Catholicism
Theology
Mariavitism
Polity
Episcopal
Prime bishop
Maria Karol Babi [pl]
Associations
World Council of Churches Conference of European Churches Polish Ecumenical Council
Region
Poland and France
Headquarters
Płock, Poland[1]
Founder
Maria Franciszka Kozłowska
Origin
1906 Płock, Poland
Separated from
Roman Catholic church
Separations
Catholic Mariavite Church
Congregations
44 parishes (2011)[1]
Members
23,436 in Poland (2011),[1]
Ministers
4 bishops; 25 priests
Other name(s)
Old Catholic Church of the Mariavites
Official website
mariawita.pl
The Old Catholic Mariavite Church refers to one of two independent Christian churches, both of which can be dated from 1906 but which became distinct post 1935 as a result of doctrinal differences, and are collectively known as Mariavites. Mariavitism first emerged from the religious inspiration of Polish noblewoman and nun Feliksa Kozłowska (1862-1921) living in the Russian Partition of Poland in the late 19th-century. A young Catholic priest from a modest background, Jan Maria Michał Kowalski (1871-1942), became convinced by Kozłowska's revelations and adopted her vision as his own project by her side.
The movement represented an ideology whose aim was to imitate the simplicity of the life of Mary, in Latin, qui Mariae vitam imitantur, ("Let them imitate the Life of Mary"), thus vita Mariae, the Life of Mary, gave the movement its name. The movement became the subject of two Papal bulls in 1906 which resulted in the mass excommunication from the Catholic Church of both clergy and lay adherents to the movement.
The leaders of the movement sought theological sanctuary with the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands which, after negotiations welcomed them and in 1909 granted both recognition and Apostolic succession to what by default had become a new catholic church, the "Mariavite Church", with the power to confer holy orders. It therefore became a separate and independent religious denomination in Poland.[2] It continued as a unitary church until 1935 when a faction led by bishop Filip Feldman challenged the church leader, Michał Kowalski, and successfully expelled him and his loyalists from the headquarters in the Polish city of Płock, thereby creating two Mariavite churches.
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