<p>Hearing the Word of God with reverence and proclaiming it with faith, this Sacred Synod assents to the words of Saint John who says: “we proclaim to you eternal life which was with the Father and made manifest to us-that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his son, Jesus Christ”.</p>
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<p><em>— 1Jn.1:2-3</em></p>
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