Coming from a Protestant background, I have always been taught that the unity of the Church will be in the future world - that it can not possibly exist on this side of Paradise. It was the only way to reconcile the embarrassing \'denomination problem\' which (now that I am Orthodox) I see is a cover-up answer for the perpetual delusion that the united Church does not exist on earth.
I don\'t know what unity looks like on the large-scale picture of heirachies, jurisdictions, and bishops. I guess I am wired for a more practical \"on my own level\" view of things. And for all I know, perhaps this is the way it\'s supposed to work itself out into the bigger picture.
He has shown you, O Man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God?
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