The Apostolic Church of the Golden & Rosy Cross is descended from +Richard, Duc de Palatine. +Piers A. Vaughan is the Patriarch of the Apostolic Church of the Golden & Rose Cross.
The Apostolic Church of the Golden & Rosy Cross has a small number of bishops, priests and deacons in the United States, and is a completely independent Church. Gnostic in outlook, its clergy provide the Mass, Blessings, Weddings, Baptisms, Healings and Funeral Services. It also operates the Healing and Teaching Order of Ss. Michael & Raphael; while an influx of Rosicrucian currents empower it to offer a number of other healing ministries. It is a Church that is open to all.
In the near future it hopes to offer courses based on traditional ecclesiastical training, but with a strong emphasis both on gnostic and ecumenical education, as well as providing access to the prodigious teachings of Palatine and Boyer.
The Church has a particular devotion to the Divine Feminine and to healing, as exemplified by the symbol of the Blessed Virgin, as avatar, symbol, human, and successor to all religions which recognize the importance of Sophia and the balance of the two great currents.