ARTICLE II.
CHRISTIANITY

§ 6. Christianity is the religion taught by Jesus of Nazareth and his apostles, as recorded in the New Testament. As such, it is a revealed religion. However, it is not exclusive of or in opposition to natural religion, but is complementary to it.

§ 7. All those who try to live by the words of Jesus are Christians. When they read the life and teachings of Jesus, they find in them what feeds their moral and spiritual nature and satisfies the highest needs of their inner being. They then believe consciously and experimentally in him, because he helps them to be good and to do good. When a Christian is able to compare the character and truth of Jesus with those of other teachers and masters (like Moses, Confucius, Buddha, Mohammed, or Socrates), he or she finds in him a greater depth and fullness of spiritual life than in any other. Although they respect and find value in the sayings of the other great teachers and masters, they believe intellectually in Jesus as the best of them (1 Cor. 3:11). This is what makes them Christian.

§ 8. In accordance with Jesus’ teaching, Unitarian Christians hold that practical religion is summed up in love to God and love to humankind (Matt. 22:34-40). Unitarian Christians highly value those forms of Christianity that strive to be ever more in accordance with the teaching of Jesus and that are more frequently associated with free thought and social progress, two principles that Jesus himself promoted and exemplified.