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One Church, on earth and in heaven.

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

The Creed calls the Church one because she is one spiritual body, has one Head, Jesus Christ, and is animated by one Spirit: “one body and one Spirit ... one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all” (Eph. 4:4-6). The local Churches of Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople, Russia, and others are not separate bodies but members of the one universal Church. Their unity is visibly expressed in a common confession of faith and communion in prayer and the sacraments.

Scripture cited

Ephesians 4:4

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