What does “full communion” mean?
“Full communion” means a mutual recognition that the partner churches hold “the essentials of the Christian faith” within the catholic and apostolic tradition. In such a relationship, according to “Called to Common Mission,” neither church “seeks to remake the other in its own image, but each is open to the gifts of the other as it seeks to be faithful to Christ and his mission. They are together committed to a visible unity in the church’s mission to proclaim the Word and administer the Sacraments” (“Called to Common Mission,” paragraph 2).
