Show BRITISH CHURCHMEN RE REACH GH AGREEMENT Reunion of Anglicans and Old Catholics Seen as Result U B Br United Press Frets LONDON Aug Au 31 An 31 An agreement between the Anglican church and the theold theold theold old Catholic churches was considered today a step toward reunion of the two bodies An announcement from Lambeth palace residence of the of Canterbury said that In accordance with the Lambeth conference of at Anglican Anglican An An- bishops of 1930 a a. joint commission commis commis- sion of the Anglican communion and the old Catholic churches churches- churches appointed appointed respectively by the archbishop of Canterbury and the archbishop of Utrecht met at Bonn It agreed the Continued on on Page Pace Two 11 BRITISH CHURCHMEN AGREEMENT Continued from P Fare Pue ee One Ont announcement said on the following points to be approved by the s synods of or the respective churches 1 To recognize mutually the catholicity catholicity cath cath- and independence of the two churches 2 Each communion will admit members of ot the other communion to participate in s sacraments 3 Neither church will nece necessarily adopt the customs habits and devotion devotion devo o tion of the other The Importance of the agreement ment of the church formed by Roman Catholics who refused to accept the thc I decrees of the Vatican council of 1870 defining the dogma of papal infallibility infallibility bUlt was emphasized by th the recent announcement that the visit of the archbishop of Canterbury to the Near East last spring had improved plans for unification of the Anglican church with the thc eastern orthodox churches churche S U |