A Short Email Reminder on Unity

Disunity Among Christians is Contrary to the Gospel

Jesus says:

"I and the Father are one" (John 10:30) and
"And there are Three Who give testimony in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. And these three are one." (1 John 5:7)

St. Cyprian writes:

"The Lord says: 'I and the Father are one.' And again of the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit it is written: 'And these three are one.'

"Does anyone believe that this unity which comes from divine strength, which is closely connected with the divine sacraments, can be broken asunder in the Church and be separated by the divisions of colliding wills?

"He who does not hold this unity, does not hold the law of God, does not hold the faith of the Father and the Son, does not hold life and salvation."

[St. Cyprian (bishop martyr, d.258) - "The Teachings Of The Church Fathers." (Fr. J. Willis, Herder 1966, p.83, n.130)]