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In [[1954]], following the formal establishment of the [[Levantine Union]], the College of Levantine Churches was established by the Association of Old Believers, the Lutheran Church of Dericania, and the Old Catholic Association of Levantia. These groups had been collaborating to various degrees during the early 20th century and had grown closer during the [[Second Great War]], when they offered united relief services as well as a united front on teachings about the war. The official [[Chantry of Alstin|Chantric]] organization in [[Levantia]] joined at the end of the year, with the Methodist Church of Corcra joining in 1958 and several other churches joining in the intervening decades. The College was intended to be a formalized, though loose, communion of the major {{wp|Protestant}} churches in [[Levantia]] with an {{wp|Episcopal polity}}. The Churches mutually recognized each others ordinations and validity and also agreed to a broad agreement of faith. The 1954 Agreement, signed between the members, established a Congress of Bishops intended to meet irregularly to resolve issues as they arose, while leaving individual churches to govern themselves autonomously.