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Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation.
Full communion is a communion or relationship of full understanding among different Christian denominations that share certain essential principles of Christian theology. Views vary among denominations on exactly what constitutes full communion, but typically when two or more denominations are in full communion it enables services and celebrations, such as the Eucharist, to be shared among congregants or clergy of any of them with the full approval of each.
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- ↑ Anglican Communion
- ↑ "Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: 1980 to the Present" Goodhew, D (ed) p117: Abingdon; Taylor & Francis; 2016 ISBN 9781472433633
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