importance. It is merely a “doctrine,” and to the contemporary church few things are deemed less important than doctrine. “Doctrine divides,” we are told. “What matters is that we have a personal relationship with Jesus. The doctrine of justification doesn’t save us; it is Christ who saves us.” Certainly doctrines do divide. Certainly doctrines do not in themselves save us. Certainly we are called to have a personal relationship with Christ. However, doctrine also unites. It unites