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The Mystery of the Cross and the Unity of All in God

On the Cross Christ stretched out His hands to gather the two scattered peoples to one God, "one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all" (Ephesians 4:6). The Fathers see in the very shape of the Cross, its four arms going out from one centre, an image of Him who binds all things together in Himself. Here are the witnesses to this teaching from Scripture and the Fathers, each with its text and source.