The Archive · 1928

Pope on Christian Unity

Only Possible Through Return of Dissidents to Church Rome, Jan, 10.

41, is impossible to reach a com= promise on Truth as revealed by God," epitomizes a remarkable Papal encyclical letter, which widely regarded as a" death-knell to the efforts initiated in England and' America to. achieve unity Among. Christians.

The Pope invites Catholic Bishops throughout the world, to warn their flocks against what His Holiness describes as a fallacious religious unity among Christians, which consists in agreeing only on some Points of faith, considered fundamental by non-Catholics, while preserving their own opinion on others, which, in the Past, Jed to their separation from the Church of Rome. The Pope declares that any human compromise would be treason, In conclusion, His Holiness states that the unity' of the Church can be obtained only by the return of dissidents to the Church of Rome, which is "the only true Church of Christ."—Reuter.

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