unity of the Church

"I have been in prayer about this, and my main concern is the unity of the church," he said.

And the same time he worked tirelessly for the national unity of the churches.

That is why restoring the unity of the church serves our common goals."

It was closely connected with the ecumenical movement for the unity of the churches.

Marriage is the simplest, most basic unity of the church: a congregation where "two or three are gathered together in Jesus' name.

He had obligations to the universal episcopate which had to act in harmony for the unity of the church.

For all of the legitimate controversy surrounding him, he continues to be recognized for his emphasis on the unity of the church.

The dispute over Arianism had become a serious problem, which threatened to damage the peace and unity of the church and of the empire.

The central theme of the whole Ephesians letter is reconciliation of the alienated within the unity of the church.

The unity of the church, especially between Jew and Gentile believers, is the keynote of the book.

The next day, Dr. John stepped down, "in view of the damage my consecration might cause to the unity of the church," he said.

Are the unity of the church and the credibility of its teachings imperiled by public theological dissent, as Father Dulles warned?

Some clergy members said that by giving local churches and synods wiggle room, the task force had found a way to preserve the unity of the church.

His spokesman called the consecrations a "grave wound to the unity of the church" and raised the possibility of formally excommunicating the bishops involved.

This then is the unity of the church - each church united to its bishop -each of these churches united to each other.

I quote further it should only be used to signify the unity of the church and it should provide a sharing in the means of grace.

"It's tragic," Father Reese added, "because Bernardin is a true churchman who is trying to work for the unity of the church."

The path to the future is a rich variety of paths to God in a unity of the church and a new approach to the question of the sexual/sensual.

This list was intentionally short in order to help preserve the unity of the church around the essentials of the faith in theology, church government, and evangelism.

St. Augustine, in his arguments against the Donatists, would remark that Agrippinus and Cyprian maintained the unity of the church despite being doctrinally mistaken.

The 'official' religious position of England never encompassed all English men and women, once Henry VIII had shattered the unity of the church.

These conferences demonstrated that the bishops of disparate churches could manifest the unity of the church in their episcopal collegiality despite the absence of universal legal ties.

According to the Admonition, the Puritans had long accepted the Book of Common Prayer, with all its deficiencies, because it promoted the peace and unity of the church.

Some modernists, however, such as George Tyrrell, would disagree with this; Tyrrell saw himself as loyal to the unity of the Church, and disliked liberal Protestantism.

As of 2008, he has also been studying for a doctoral degree, working on a doctoral dissertation on "The Unity of the Church and the Contemporary Ecclesiological Problems."