The One Church

Περὶ τῆς νοητῆς Ἰερουσαλὴμ, τουτέστι τῆς Ἐκκλησίας, γέγραπται τό· Ἧς ἡ μετοχὴ αὐτῆς ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό. Πάντες γὰρ οἱ πιστεύοντες, ἔν σῶμα, καὶ ἔν πνευμα, μία πόλις τῷ τρόπῳ ὑπάρχοντες, συνερχόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ, ἐν τῷ συνδέσμῳ τῆς εἰρήνης, καὶ τῆς ἀγάπης, ὁμοθυμαδὸν μετέχομεν τῶν χαρισμάτων τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΝΗ' Σαβουριῳ Κομητι Source: Migne PG 79.177d

Concerning the celestial Jerusalem, that is, the Church, it is written, 'being one in fellowship.' 1 For all the faithful, in one body, and one spirit, and one city, are gathered as one, in a bond of peace and of charity, with one soul participating in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 258 To Count Saburius 1 Ps 121.3