On Unity in the Church

Stephen White of Catholic University writes on what the “oneness” of the Catholic Church consists of.

“The credibility of the Church’s witness is diminished when unity is lacking, not just across space – from one diocese to another – but across time. As though the Gospel of today is a different Gospel than yesterday; as though the Spirit animating the Church today were a different Spirit than the one animating her last century, or in the last millennium, or at Pentecost itself. The Spirit that hovered over the waters of creation is the same Holy Spirit that animates the Church today.”

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