Christian Unity (the book) - The Maranatha Community

Nicholas Zernov – 20 th Century:‘The time has come when the members of the Church must withconfidence in God’s love and power ask him to restore the lost oneness ofhis flock.Karl Adam – 20 th Century:‘Nothing is more like an Evangelical who really prays than a Catholic whoreally prays.…Though we cannot create any final unity in Christendom (we) must doeverything possible to prepare the way for dynamic unity, a unity of heartsand minds.’J A Komensky – 17 th Century:‘The second long and difficult labyrinth were my irenic labours, ie my wishto reconcile Christians (if it should please God), who in various ways totheir own hurt and near ruin wrangle concerning the faith. I expendedmuch labour in this matter. So far, almost nothing has been accomplished,but perhaps my labours shall succeed yet… There are but a few who hopefor results.Fear is a poor guarantee of lasting friendship.’Thomas M’Crie – 19 th Century:‘When dissensions arise in the Church of God, and it is divided into parties,whatever the occasion or matter of variance may be, there must be guiltsomewhere.’William Temple – 20 th Century:‘The secular world has lost all experience of unity and can do no morethan play with the aspiration towards it. The Christian world is movingsteadily and rapidly towards deeper unity, and has an actual experience ofChristian fellowship across all secular divisions which is full of hope for thefuture of Christendom and through it for mankind.Page 80