–– Andrew Zekveld

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The Apparent Confusion About Christian Essentials

Christian unity keeps popping up as a topic of serious consideration among the masses who consider themselves Christian. 

This year, from our own continent in Burkina Faso, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity was themed around the greatest two commandments of love for God and love for your neighbour. Emphasising the virtues of charity, mercy, justice, and unity was presented as the key to uniting Christians around the world.Already the World Council of Churches is planning next year’s Week of Prayer for Christianity Unity, and the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea with the theme of “believing” and “affirming the faith” is heralded as the key to unity among Christians in 2025.

No doubt, that theme for 2025 will cause some disunity, since it appears that the Catholic Pope thinks it is not necessary to “affirm the faith” as composed in the Nicene Creed of 325 AD, but calls instead for world peace freed from religious persuasion.