I encouraged them to do away with blind imitations.

All of the leaders must, likewise, go to each other's Churches and speak of the foundation and of the fundamental principles of the divine religions.

In the utmost unity and harmony they must worship God, in the worshipping places of one another, and must abandon fanaticism.
Were even these first steps accomplished and a state of friendly mutual tolerance established between the various religious sects, what a wonderful change would be brought about in the world! In order that real unity may be achieved, however, something more than this is required.

For the disease of sectarianism, tolerance is a valuable palliative, but it is not a radical cure.

It does not remove the cause of the trouble.
The Problem of Authority The different religious communities have failed to unite in the past, because the adherents of each have regarded the Founder of their own community as the one supreme authority, and His law as the divine law.