Resolutions
enacted by
The Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops 

Resolution 67 of the 1948 Conference:

The Unity of the Church - The Old Catholic Churches

(a) The Conference welcomes with particular pleasure the unanimous agreement reached between representatives of the Anglican Communion and of the Old Catholic Churches at Bonn in 1931, which has resulted in the establishment of a state of intercommunion between the Old Catholic Churches and certain Churches of the Anglican Communion. It cordially subscribes to the agreement then reached that "intercommunion does not require from either Communion the acceptance of all doctrinal opinion, sacramental devotion, or liturgical practice characteristic of the other, but implies that each believes the other to hold all the essentials of the Christian Faith." The Conference recommends that this agreement should be considered by those Churches of the Anglican Communion which have not yet considered it.

(b) The Conference notes with satisfaction and approval that in line with the Bonn agreement, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA by action of its General Convention in 1940, and the Polish National Catholic Church by similar action of its General Synod in 1946, have thereby achieved full intercommunion with each other.

Resolution IV. 6(e) of the 1998 Conference:

Churches in Communion

This Conference:

(a) recommends that the proposed Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations reflect upon the implications of being in communion with the See of Canterbury with particular reference to the United Churches and Churches in Communion;

(b) welcomes the fact that the International Bishops' Conference of the Union of Utrecht and the ACC have agreed to the establishment of an Anglican-Old Catholic International Coordinating Council;

(c) recommends that consideration be given to ways of deepening our communion with the Old Catholic Churches beyond the Bonn Agreement, including means of taking counsel and making decisions together; the anomaly of overlapping jurisdictions; the implications of wider ecumenical relationships, particularly with the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Lutheran Churches; and the importance of work together on issues of mission and common witness.