St. Justin, Martyr
Acts 22:30;23:6-11 + John 17:20-26
June 1, 2017
“‘…so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you.’”
There are many types of unity. For example, if two persons agree about a political issue, and join a common party, these two persons have political unity. If two persons agree about a moral teaching, or agree to act in common on behalf of a moral goal, these two persons have moral unity. If two students study for doctorates in physics, specializing in the same specific topic, and become the two foremost experts in the world about that topic, these two persons have intellectual unity. Two persons can be united by far less significant matters: they can be united by their nationality, by the clothes they wear, or by the physical space they share (in an elevator, a house, or a courtroom). Continue reading