Apostolic Catholic Church

The Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC) is an autocephalous denomination founded by ex-Catholic John Teruel, which is based in the Philippines. It claims to trace its faith and worship from the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church that Jesus Christ established upon Peter, and was governed by the Apostles. This makes the denomination a Christian primitivist movement, described by itself as "paleo-orthodox", albeit not in the accepted sense of the term. The denomination follows a Trinitarian theology.
The denomination prays for the unity of the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, but is regarded as schismatic by the Roman Catholic Church, of which its founder is a former member.
There is a continuing feud between the Apostolic Catholic Church and the Church of the Most Holy Trinity, another small sect which was established under the leadership of John Teruel's brother, Jose Benjamin Teruel, after the death of the brothers' mother. This schism and feud has affected residents of the 25-hectare Sacrifice Valley village, including death threats against village officials. Jose Teruel was killed by gunshot in 2006, attributed to a feud-related murder between the two branches of the family/denominations by the Philippine Daily Inquirer.<ref name=refraccion/>

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