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Father George McLean (r.), general editor, presents Paul Peachey with a copy of his book "Building Peace and Civil Society: An Autobiographical Report from a Believers’ Church" (Washington, D.C.: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2007). Chapters 1-16 is a collection of essays by Peachey, 1952-2003, nearly all previously published in widely scattered sources. The remaining chapters are autobiographical and published for the first time. Photo by Ray Gingerich<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

Roman Catholics and Mennonites are engaging each other in discussions at many levels. <\/p>\n

A much-reported example was the visit of a Mennonite World Conference delegation to the Vatican in October this year<\/a>. An extraordinary document, "Called Together: Report of the International Dialog Between the Catholic Church and Mennonite World Conference (MWC), 1998-2003," provides a backdrop for much of the current exchange. <\/p>\n

At EMU, the Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society (ACRS)<\/a> sponsored a conference entitled "The Church – Catholic and Anabaptist." The initiative for the Nov. 29-30 event was a long-standing friendship between Dr. Paul Peachey and Father George McLean, both emeritus professors at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Peachey and McLean have collaborated in a decades-long global inter-religious dialog in Europe and Asia on issues of violence and peace. <\/p>\n

The ACRS is an organization started by a group of retired academics to explore issues relevant to the contemporary scene. Dr. Peachey, a prominent ACRS member, suggested that a conversation between Anabaptists and Catholics on ecclesiology might benefit both parties while helping to clarify disparate ways of being in the world. <\/p>\n

Father McLean began the proceedings by pointing out that much inter-religious dialog today is rooted in the notion that differences must be understood as conflict. McLean suggested it be cast in a new way – as "diachronic" – that is, differences change in the context of time and as a result of changing circumstances. A current example of diachronic activity, he pointed out, is "the flurry of discussion between Catholics and Anabaptists." <\/p>\n

A dinner discussion ensued where Peachey and McLean regaled the gathering with stories of their global inter-religious encounters. <\/p>\n

In a subsequent session Dr. Nancy Heisey<\/a> related the experiences of the MWC delegation to the Vatican, which provided a wonderful real-time element to the conference. <\/p>\n

Two major addresses focused on ecclesiology. Ray Gingerich, professor emeritus of religion of EMU<\/a>, offered an Anabaptist theological perspective on the church. Professor Bill Barbieri of Catholic University offered a descriptive ecclesiological survey of contemporary church issues, especially related to questions of authority. <\/p>\n

Perhaps the most important question was the relationship of churchly authority to issues of freedom and coercion from Catholic and Anabaptist points of view. <\/p>\n

There is always an asymmetrical quality to Catholic\/Anabaptist ecclesial interchange – Catholic verticality and Anabaptist horizontalism. Catholics have a quite precise ecclesiology; Mennonites not so much. This must leave Catholics wondering which strain of Anabaptist thinking represents the Mennonite position. <\/p>\n

For ACRS, the encounter was wonderfully engaging and worthwhile. We hope our Catholic counterparts found it equally stimulating. <\/p>\n

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Albert N. Keim is professor emeritus of history at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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