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"That they all may be one" (Greek:ἵνα πάντες ἓν ὦσιν,ina pantes hen ōsin,Latin:Ut ūnum sint) is a phrase derived from a verse in theFarewell Discourse in theGospel of John (17:21) which says:
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 phrase forms the basis of severalecumenical movements andunited and uniting denominational traditions. It is also a commonsermon topic on church unity.
The phrase is the officialmotto of theChurch of South India. The Latin version,Ut Omnes Unum Sint, is the motto of theWorld Student Christian Federation, theUniversity of Mainz, theUnited Church of Canada and theYMCA. TheUnited Church of Christ has the same motto except for a change in the place of one word: "That theymay all be one."
The phrase is also the motto of the Graymoor Friars (theSociety of the Atonement). They have used this phrase for over 100 years to describe the apostolate of the order. The Society of The Atonement started the worldwide observance of "The Church Unity Octave." The work of this Roman Catholic, Franciscan, religious order is Ecumenism.[1]
PopeJohn Paul II published anencyclical under the LatinVulgate form of this title,Ut unum sint.
It is also one of two mottoes ofSpalding Grammar School in Lincolnshire, England. It is the motto ofAchimota School located inAccra,Ghana andSt. Louis Senior High School inKumasi. BothStrathmore School andStrathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya.St. Paul's School in Rourkela Orissa, India also bears this motto on its Badge.[2] It is also the motto of thePresbyterian Church of Ghana and theGrand Lodge of Ghana.Igbobi College, located inLagos,Nigeria, also bears this motto on the school crest/badge.
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