Greater opportunities for fellowship with other Christians. Shared ministries of various descriptions will be enabled. Where Anglicans and Lutherans do not share geographical areas in common, little or nothing may change, locally or regionally. Full Communion To be in full communion means that churches become inter-dependent while remaining autonomous. Thus the corporate strength of the churches is enhanced in love, and an isolated independence restrained.
Full communion carries implications which go beyond sharing the same eucharist.
The eucharist is a common meal, and to share in it together has implications for a sharing of life and of common concerns for the mission of the Church. To be in full communion implies a community of life, an exchange and a commitment to one another in respect of major decisions on questions of faith, order and morals. It implies, where Churches are in the same geographical area, common worship, study, witness, evangelism, and promotion of justice, peace and love. Includes the full text of the Declaration. A Companion to the Waterloo Declaration, Commentary and Essays on Lutheran-Anglican Relations in Canada , edited by Richard Leggett.