January 15, Unity again

It was never more needed. A united Christendom should be the answer to the new Paganism. But how reconciliation of the churches, as opposed to conversions of individuals from one church to another, is to come about, I confess I cannot see. I am inclined to think that the immediate task is vigorous co-operation on the basis of what even now is common - combined, of course, with full admission of the differences. An experienced unity on some things might then prove the prelude to a confessional unity on all things. Nothing would give such a strong support to the Papal claims as the spectacle of a Pope actually functioning as head of Christendom.
-C.S. Lewis
The Business of Heaven

He's at it again. Lewis writes more of unity in Christianity in today's excerpt. The line that made me chuckles was, "An experienced unity on some things might then prove the prelude to a confessional unity on all things." Sounds very much like what I was talking about yesterday. We do have similarities. We are united on many fronts. We need to acknowledge those things first and foremost. We need to look to unity and not purposefully point out divisions.