In Christian ecclesiology, full communion is a relationship between church organizations or groups that mutually recognize their sharing the essential doctrines.
For the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, full communion exists only between Christians who form a single church. Protestants understand full communion as instead a matter of practical relations among denominations that nonetheless fully retain their distinct identities.
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