Digging Out the Embedded Church - The Maranatha Community

St Germanus of Constantinople – 8 th Century:
„The Church is an earthly heaven, in which the heavenly God dwells and moves.‟
Paul N Evdokimov – 20th Century:
„We know where the Church is; it is not for us to judge and say where the Church is
not.‟
Samuel Azariah – 20 th Century:
„The divisions of Christendom may be a source of weakness in Christian countries, but
in non-Christian lands they are a sin and a scandal.‟
Stephen Neill – 20 th Century:
„There is one word which is hardly ever found in ecumenical literature – the word
conversion.
If the gospel is true at all, it is literally a matter of life and death for every man and
woman now living in the world.
The final and terrible difficulty is that churches cannot unite unless they are willing to
die.‟
John Binns – 21 st Century:
„In a world which has seen the effect of hate and conflict in the 20 th Century and in a
Church which believes in unity, it is reasonable to expect that, while there may be
setbacks on some levels of the search for unity, the momentum towards agreement and
friendship will continue on others.‟
F Roy Coad – 21 st Century:
„Views on Christian unity must eventually go back to views on what it is that makes a
Christian.‟
G H Lang – 20 th Century:
„If my heart will seek the good of those only who are in my circle, I am a sectarian
indeed.‟
John Stott – 21 st Century:
„We rejoice and give thanks that the great majority of Christian believers affirm the
Apostles‟ and Nicene Creeds.‟
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