Aglipayan Church

January 1902
AGLIPAYAN CHURCH SYSTEM
SUPREME COUNCIL OF BISHOPS
• To adopt any amendment or amendments to the
Constitution, Canons, and Articles of Religion for
ratification by the General Assembly.
• To define the doctrines of the Church.
• To adopt and prescribe official liturgical rites.
• To act on cases instituted against bishops
 NATIONAL
PRIESTS|LAY COUNCIL
COUNCIL OF
• To recommend to the General Assembly through the Executive Commission,
amendment or amendments to the Constitution and policies for the conduct
of the government of the Church.
• To cooperate with the Supreme Council of Bishops, the National Lay Council,
and other commissions in promoting the interests and welfare of the Church.

• Raising funds
• Finances
• Managing organizations
DECLARATION OF FAITH
• Holy Trinity
• Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God
• The Holy Spirit
• One Catholic and Apostolic Church
CREED
The Articles of the Christian Faith as contained
in the ancient Creeds known as the Apostles’
and Nicene Creeds
CELIBACY OF THE CLERGY
Bishops, Priests, and Deacons are not
commanded by God’s law to marry to abstain
from marriage, therefore they are permitted to
marry at their own discretion, as they shall
judge the same to serve better to godliness.
ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH
“When this Church withdrew from the Roman
Catholic Church, it repudiated the authority of
the Pope…”