Christian Unity (the book) - The Maranatha Community

Timothy Ware – 20 th Century:‘It is unity of faith that matters, not organisational unity.Orthodoxy rejects the whole concept of intercommunion.This, then is the ecumenical role of Orthodoxy: to question the acceptedformulae of the Latin West, of the Middle Ages and the Reformation.’St Germanus of Constantinople – 8 th Century:‘The Church is an earthly heaven, in which the heavenly God dwells andmoves.’Paul N Evdokimov – 20th Century:‘We know where the Church is; it is not for us to judge and say where theChurch is not.’Samuel Azariah – 20 th Century:‘The divisions of Christendom may be a source of weakness in Christiancountries, 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 everyman and woman now living in the world.The final and terrible difficulty is that churches cannot unite unless theyare willing to die.’John Binns – 21 st Century:‘In a world which has seen the effect of hate and conflict in the 20 thCentury and in a Church which believes in unity, it is reasonable to expectthat, while there may be setbacks on some levels of the search for unity,Page 84