Collection of Cardinal Bea's writings on the position of the Catholic Church and Christian unity. A word of caution may be in place. Those who have the cause of Christian Unity at heart know that its interests are served rather by penetrating more deeply into principles than by sensational offers and cut-and-dried schemes. We have come to associate this latter technique with take-over bids. You will find nothing of that kind in this book. Here are the reflections of a mature mind on the most agonizing Christian problem of our times. They challenge in their own right because of their remarkable combination of patient wisdom with youthful freshness and ardent charity. They are supremely valuable as being the expression of the mind in closest contact with Pope John XXIII.