THE ONE UNIVERSAL CHURCH
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Augustine draws forth in expounding John 17:21, "that they all may be one," and in his letter to Dardanus,[1] where he expounds the text "it is expedient that one man die for the people” [John 18:14]. "Caiaphas,” Augustine says: "prophesied that God would gather together in one his children" [John 11:52], that is, not in one material locality; "but he has gathered them together into one spirit and one body, whose only head is Christ.” To this unity the apostle refers, Eph. 4:3: "endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all." Nor is it to be doubted that without this union, as indicated before, is there any salvation.
- ↑ Dardanus Claudianus Postumus, a Christian prefect of Gaul, the same to whom, probably, Jerome also addressed a letter. For Augustine's letter, Migne, 33:832.
