Editing Lambeth Conference (section)

===Third: 1888===
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[[File:Lambeth Palace London 240404.jpg|thumbnail|upright=1.35|[[Lambeth Palace]], photographed looking east across the [[River Thames]]]]
*Presided over by: [[Edward White Benson]]
*145 bishops present

The agenda of this conference was noticeable for its attention to matters beyond the internal organisation of the Anglican Communion and its attempts to engage with some of the major social issues that the member churches were encountering. In addition to the encyclical letter, nineteen resolutions were put forth, and the reports of twelve special committees are appended upon which they are based, the subjects being [[Temperance movement|intemperance]], [[virtue|purity]], divorce, [[polygamy]], observance of Sunday, socialism, care of [[emigrants]], mutual relations of [[diocese]]s of the Anglican Communion, home reunion, Scandinavian churches, [[Old Catholics]], etc., [[Eastern Christianity|Eastern Churches]], standards of doctrine and worship. Importantly, this was the first conference to make use of the "[[Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral]]" as a basis for Anglican self-description. The Quadrilateral laid down a fourfold basis for home reunion: that agreement should be sought concerning the [[Holy Scripture]]s, the [[Apostles' Creed|Apostles']] and [[Nicene creed]]s, the two [[sacrament]]s ordained by Christ himself and the historic episcopate.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=111}}