Editing Full communion (section)

===Eastern Orthodox===
[[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]] have an understanding of what full communion means that is very similar to that of the Catholic Church.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SOME ASPECTS OF THE CHURCH UNDERSTOOD AS COMMUNION |url=https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_28051992_communionis-notio_en.html |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=www.vatican.va}}</ref> Though they have no figure corresponding to that of the Roman Catholic Pope, performing a function like that of the Pope's [[Petrine Office]] for the whole of their respective communions, they see each of their [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] churches as embodiments of, respectively, the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. They too consider full communion an essential condition for common sharing in the Eucharist.

For the autocephalous churches that form the Eastern Orthodox Church, see [[Eastern Orthodox Church organization]]. Their number is somewhat in dispute.