ISM Books

Books on this page have as their main subject some aspect of the ISM: history, biographical studies, etc. I have chosen not to include the recent trend for ISM communions to use self-publishing to produce booklets of their canons/constitutions, etc., and their bishops' apostolic successions, as these materials are mostly of interest to their constituents. I have linked the books to their most readily available sources for convenience. Books no longer in print are included here, but noted as out of print.
 
  • Abba Seraphim. Flesh of our Brethren. London: The British Orthodox Press 2006. Lulu
  • Anson, Peter F. Bishops At Large. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2006. Amazon
  • Bain, Alan. "Bishops Irregular", An International Directory of Independent Bishops. London: self-published 1985. [out of print]
  • Bate, Alistair. Strange Vocation: Independent Bishops Tell Their Stories. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2009. Amazon
  • Bess, Douglas. Divided We Stand: A History of the Continuing Anglican Movement. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2006. Amazon
  • Brandreth, Henry R. T. Episcopi Vagantes and the Anglican Church. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2006. Amazon
  • Burgess, Michael. Lords Temporal and Lords Spiritual, Second Edition. San Bernardino: Borgo Press 1995. Millefleurs
  • Caruso, Robert W. The Old Catholic Church. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2009. Amazon
  • Houston, Siobhan. Priests, Gnostics and Mages: European Roots of Esoteric Independent Catholicism. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2009. Amazon
  • Jones, Rob Angus. Independent Sacramental Bishops: Ordination, Authority, Lineage and Validity. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2010. Amazon
  • Kersey, John. Arnold Harris Mathew and the Old Catholic Movement in England 1908-1952. Dominica: European-American Univesrity Press 2010. Lulu
  • Kersey, John. Joseph-Rene Vilatte (1854-1929): Some Aspects of His Life, Work, and Succession. Dominica: European-American University Press 2012. Lulu
  • Leadbeater, Charles W. The Science of the Sacraments. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2005. Amazon
  • Moss, C. B. The Old Catholic Movement: Its Origins and History. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2005. Amazon
  • Mathew, Arnold Harris. The Old Catholic Missal & Ritual. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2005. Amazon
  • Neale, J. M. A History of the So-Called Jansenist Church of Holland. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2005. Amazon
  • Plummer, John P. Living Mysteries, A Practical Handbook for the Independent Priest. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2010. Amazon
  • Plummer, John P. The Many Paths of the Independent Sacramental Movement. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2006. Amazon
  • Plummer, John P., and John R. Mabry. Who are the Independent Catholics? Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2006. Amazon
  • Pruter, Karl. The Directory of Autocephalous Bishops of the Apostolic Succession, 15th Edition, Revised and Expanded. Holicong: Wildside Press 2007. Amazon
  • Pruter, Karl. The Old Catholic Church, Third Edition. Holicong: Wildside Press 2006. Amazon
  • Pruter, Karl, and Gordon Melton. The Old Catholic Sourcebook. New York: Garland Publishing 1983. Amazon
  • Queen, Andre J. Old Catholic: History, Ministry, Faith & Mission. IUniverse 2003. Amazon
  • Stratford, Jordan. Living Gnosticism: An Ancient Way of Knowing. Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2007. Amazon
  • Theriault, Serge A. Msgr. Rene Vilatte: Community Organizer of Religion (1854-1929). Berkeley: Apocryphile Press 2006. Amazon
  • Wagner, Wynn. A Pilgrim's Guide to the Old Catholic Church. Dallas: Mystic Ways Books 2009. Lulu
  • Ward, Gary L.; Bertil Persson, and Alan Bain. Independent Bishops: An International Directory. Detroit: Apogee Books 1990. Amazon