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“The One, Holy, Cath — ” wait, did you say ‘One Church’?”

Every ecumenical dialogue at some point references Jesus’ so-called “High Priestly Prayer” in John 17: 21–23:

I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word, that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. The glory…