Editing Full communion (section)

=== Anglican Communion ===

The [[Anglican Communion]] distinguishes between full communion and intercommunion. It applies the first term to situations "where between two Churches, not of the same denominational or confessional family, there is unrestricted ''communio in sacris'' including mutual recognition and acceptance of ministries", and the second term to situations "where varying degrees of relation other than full communion are established by agreement between two such Churches".<ref>{{cite web|title=1958 Lambeth Conference, Resolution 14|website=Anglican Communion |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/127740/1958.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622193005/http://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/127740/1958.pdf |archive-date=2018-06-22 |url-status=live}}</ref> This distinction differs from the distinction that the [[Catholic Church]] makes between full and partial communion in that the Anglican concept of intercommunion implies a formal agreement entered into by the churches concerned. As with other Protestant traditions, the Anglican understanding of full communion differs from that of the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy, which consider that full communion between churches involves them becoming a single church, as in the case of the [[particular church]]es "in which and formed out of which the one and unique Catholic Church exists".<ref>{{cite book|author=Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican|date=21 November 1964|title=Lumen gentium|via=vatican.va|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html|at=n. 23}}</ref>

All the churches of the Anglican Communion are in full communion with the [[Mar Thoma Syrian Church]], which is an [[Eastern Protestant Christianity|Oriental Protestant]] denomination based in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Diocese of North America and Europe |url=https://www.marthomanae.org/template.php?mainmenu=Mar%20Thoma%20Church&submenu=Ecumenical%20Relations&subsubmenu=&subsubsubmenu=#Contant |website=www.marthomanae.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Churches in Communion |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/ecumenism/churches-in-communion.aspx |website=Anglican Communion}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Heritage – Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church |url=https://marthoma.in/the-church/heritage/}}</ref> In addition the Anglican Communion recognizes the possibility of full communion between some of its member provinces or churches and other churches, without having the entire Anglican Communion share that relationship.<ref name="anglican-fc-2017">{{cite web |title=In Full Communion |url=http://anglicansonline.org/communion/infull.html |website=Anglicans Online |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref> An example is the [[Porvoo Communion]], which is largely composed of [[Lutheranism|Evangelical Lutheran Churches]].

The Anglican Communion established full communion with the [[Old Catholic Church]]es on the basis of the 1931 [[Bonn Agreement (religion)|Bonn Agreement]], which established three principles:
# Each communion recognizes the catholicity and independence of the other and maintains its own.
# Each communion agrees to admit members of the other communion to participate in the [[sacrament]]s.
# Full communion does not require from either communion the acceptance of all [[doctrinal]] opinion, sacramental [[Anglican devotions|devotion]] or [[liturgical]] practice characteristic of the other, but implies that each believes the other to hold all the essentials of the Christian faith.<ref name="episc-fc-2017">{{cite web |title=Meaning of Full Communion |url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/page/meaning-full-communion |website=Episcopal Church |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref><ref name=CinC>{{cite web|title=Churches in communion|website=anglicancommunion.org|location=London|publisher=Anglican Communion Office|url=http://www.anglicancommunion.org/relationships/churches-in-communion.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313103259/http://www.anglicancommunion.org/relationships/churches-in-communion.aspx|archive-date=13 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [http://anglicansonline.org/communion/infull.html Anglicans Online] website provides a list of non-Anglican churches "in full communion with the [[See of Canterbury]]" and also indicates some important ecumenical agreements of local character (i.e., not involving the whole of the Anglican Communion) with other non-Anglican churches.<ref name="anglican-fc-2017"/> It also lists churches that, in spite of bearing names (such as "Anglican" or "Episcopal") that might suggest a relationship with the Anglican Communion, are not in communion with it.<ref name="anglican-notfc-2017">{{cite web |title=Not in the Communion |url=http://anglicansonline.org/communion/nic.html |website=Anglicans Online |access-date=4 April 2017}}</ref>