Abp Herman Adrian Spruit & Abp Meri Louise Spruit

 

Patriarch +++Herman Adrian Spruit, the founding Archbishop of the Church of Antioch had 17 lines of direct lineage of true Apostolic succession when he started the Church of Antioch, in the U.S.A.

When Archbishops +++Herman and +++Meri visited Australia in 1987, they were both endowed with two more genuine lines of succession from Archdruid Cluthin from Druidic Christian and Celtic Christian lines. This lineage is mentioned in Leadbeater's book "The Science of the Sacraments" as the source of strong female lines brought into the Christian Church.  Leadbeater sought these lines, and knew they would be bestowed upon the Christian Church in Australia. This is the true reason why Leadbeater originally came to Australia, but it was the Spruit's and the Bugge's that finally got them intertwined into the Christian Church lineage via the Church of Antioch USA, and the Australian Church of Antioch.  While +++Herman Spruit already had good lines of female succession, this action ensured no sensible valid argument could ever be given against the claim of  the authentic strong female line of the Church of Antioch.   These were very strong lines of unbroken female succession.  It is from all these wonderful people that the Apostolic succession of Australian lines descend form.  The Spruits vision was thus --- that the Church should be open to all people, regardless of any other fact of life, and in this The Australian Church of Antioch heartily agrees and follows these principles.  The Patriarch once said:

"The Catholic Church of Antioch is a spiritual community that celebrated the oneness and divinity of all creation.  Our mission is to assist in raising the consciousness of all humanity, transform lives, and to assist in the healing of ourselves and the planet through service."

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