 Kireyevsky asserted that "the sum total of all Christians of all ages, past and present, comprise one indivisible, eternal living assembly of the faithful, held together just as much by the unity of consciousness as through the communion of prayer".The term, in general, means the unity, togetherness that is the church, based on individual like-minded interest.Starting with Solovyov, sobornost was regarded as the basis for the ecumenical movement within the Russian Orthodox Church.