You
cannot have God for your Father if you do not have the Church for
your mother…. God is one and Christ is one, and his Church is one;
one is the faith, and one is the people cemented together by harmony
into the strong unity of a body…. If we are the heirs of Christ,
let us abide in the peace of Christ; if we are the sons of God, let
us be lovers of peace.
--
Saint Cyprian of Carthage
