The Bonn Agreement of July 2, 1931 is a formal affirmation which established full communion between the Church of England and the Old Catholic churches of the Union of Utrecht, including the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands. While it allowed bilateral participation in sacraments, it does not require from either the acceptance of all doctrinal opinions. This communion has since been extended to all churches of the Anglican Communion through their synods. Principles The agreement expresses three principles: Each communion recognizes the catholicity and independence of the other and maintains its own. Each communion agrees to admit members of the other communion to participate in the sacraments. Full communion 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. To monitor the progressive growing together of the two communions, the Anglican-Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council was established by the International Bishops' Conference and the Lambeth Conference. Its first official meeting took place in 1999. Bibliography Affirmation of the 1931 Bonn Agreement between old Catholics and Anglicans. Accepted by the Synod of Bishops of the Old Catholic Confederation. October 26, 2013. Bonn Agreement. Historical Dictionary of Anglicanism: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Author: Colin Buchanan. Edition: 2. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Pages 105-106. . Caruso, Robert W. Celebrating Communion: An Old Catholic and Episcopal Paradigm of the Local Church in North America. 2012. Commission of the Anglican Communion and the Old Catholic Churches. Report of the Meeting of the Commission of the Anglican Communion and the Old Catholic Churches Held at Bonn on Thursday, July 2, 1931. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1931. Emhardt, William Chauncey. Old Catholics Are Essential to Reunion. New York, N.Y.: National Council, Protestant Episcopal Church, 1931. Emhardt, William Chauncey. Thoughts on the Anglican Communion and Reunion: Four Articles. New York: National Council [of the] Protestant Episcopal Church, 1930. Contents: I. Strides toward reunion at Lambeth.--Old Catholics are essential to reunion.--III. The nature of the Anglican Communion.--IV. The enlarging horizon of our Communion. Gauthier, L. Pour le 25e anniversaire de l'intercommunion anglicane et vieille-catholique. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1956. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60492752 Huelin, Gordon. Old Catholics and Anglicans, 1931-1981. Oxford University Press, 1983. "To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of intercommunion." Richard J.