European Inter-Church Agreements currently in force
Detailed information about the following items can be had from the website of the Council for Christian Unity, here.
in chronological order
The Bonn Agreement of 1932 confirms that the Anglican Communion is in full communion with the Old Catholic Church of the Union of Utrecht.
The Leuenberg Agreement of 1973 was made by the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe (until 2003 known as the Leuenberg Church Fellowship). It is an alliance of 103 European Churches - Lutheran, Reformed, Methodist, United, Hussite, Waldensian, and the Church of the Czech Brethren. Churches in England that are within the CPCE are the Church of Scotland (in England), the United Reformed Church, the Methodist Church and the Evangelische Synode deutscher Sprache. There is a Leuenberg website: www.leuenberg.net
The Church of England
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The Meissen Agreement of 1991 confirms a range of mutual acknowledgements between the Church of England and the Evangelische Kirche Deutschlands (EKD). (Remember that Evangelisch means Protestant.)
- The Porvoo Agreement of 1996 confirms that the Church of England, together with the Anglican Churches in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, is in communion involving a common sacramental life and ministry with the (Evangelical-) Lutheran Churches in the Baltic - Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. There is a website: www.porvoochurches.org
- The Reuilly Agreement of 2001 confirms a series of acknowledgements and commitments between the Anglican Church in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the French Lutheran and Reformed Churches.
The Charta Oecumenica.
The text of the Charta is here on this website in English, French, German and Italian. The definitive version published by the Conference of European Churches is here.
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