1.2In our relationship as one body, we have co-operated in many and varied ways through both trying and undemanding issues. We were able to hold together all this time because of God's favor, and also through our unrelenting devotion in the entire Church, in regular services, where we confess the Creed and believe in God's Church as being One, Holy, Universal and Apostolic. Therefore any action in any church which is abnormal and non-conforming to the received and affirmed position and teachings of the church over the centuries in the whole Church of God, will inevitably produce shock and varied reaction from other churches around the world.
1.2Katika uhusiano wetukamamwili mmoja, tumeshirikiana kwa njia mbalimbali katika mambo magumu na mepesi. Kilichotuwezesha kudumu pamoja hadi sasa, kwa msaada wa Mungu, ni kutambua na kukumbuka kwamba kila siku ya ibada, katika maisha ya Kanisa, tunakiri kuwa Kanisa la Mungu ni moja, takatifu, la ulimwenguni pote na la Kimitume. Hivyo, tukio lolote katika kanisa mojawapo, lisilo la kawaida katika misimamo na mafundisho yaliyozoeleka kwa karne nyingi katika Kanisa zima la Mungu, ni lazima litaamsha mshtuko na itikio la aina moja au nyingine kutoka makanisa mengine duniani pote.