The Traditional Anglican Church, being a part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church of Christ, holds the Christian faith as professed by the Church of Christ from primitive times and in particular set forth by the Ecumenical Councils of the undivided Church and embodied in the Creeds known as the Nicene Creed, Athanasius' Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed.
This Church receives all the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as defined in Article VI of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion as being the ultimate rule and standard of faith given by inspiration of God and containing all things necessary to salvation.
This Church will ever obey the commands of Christ, teach His doctrine, administer His sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, follow and uphold His discipline and preserve the three orders of Bishops, Priests and Deacons in the sacred ministry, which orders in accordance with the example of Christ and the Apostles shall ever be reserved to adult males.
This Church retains and affirms the traditional orthodox doctrine and principles of the Church of England as embodied in the Book of Common Prayer (1662) together with the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests and Deacons, and in the Articles of Religion sometimes called the Thirty-nine Articles as being agreeable to the Word of God.
TTAC is part of the Traditional Anglican Communion, and so the full text of its constitution (the above being the "Fundamental Declarations") should be read with the "Concordat of the Traditional Anglican Communion" and the "Affirmation of St. Louis". You will find downloadable versions of most of these documents on the sources page.
Nobody should imagine that documents make a church. They are no substitute for faithfulness to God; they are no proof of such faithfulness. Nevertheless, they are evidence of the ethos of the Traditional Anglican Church and its fellows.
The Traditional Anglican Church is not at present a charity. The constitution was worded with a view to that status, but we are mindful of the risk that the "public benefit" test newly imposed on churches by charity law might be used to overturn our fundamental beliefs.
