In the Nicene Creed we profess our belief that the Church is one, holy, catholic and apostolic. In this meditation we pray about the first of these four “marks of the Church”, its unity. We consider that:

• Christ founded only one Church
• He prayed in the Last Supper for the unity of the Church
• The Church is one because of her source, her founder and her soul
• The Church is one because she professes one faith, has one celebration of worship and has one government
• St Irenaeus writes about the unity of the Church at the end of the second century
• The ecumenical movement works to bring about the unity of all Christians in the one Church of Christ