{"id":6526,"date":"2006-08-15T00:54:06","date_gmt":"2006-08-15T00:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/tiber-crossed.html"},"modified":"2006-08-15T00:54:06","modified_gmt":"2006-08-15T00:54:06","slug":"tiber-crossed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/tiber-crossed.html","title":{"rendered":"Tiber, Crossed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A quite interesting piece from Christian Century on 6 Protestant theologian\/ministers who have entered the Catholic Church recently<\/a><\/p>\n

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Unlike the other converts, Gerald Schlabach does not come from a magisterial Protestant tradition of state churches\u2014though some other Anabaptists, like Yoder, have argued that the Mennonites also pursue a catholic (small "c") vision of the church. Also unlike the others, he studied at a Catholic institution (Notre Dame). He has written widely in church history and theology, especially on Augustine. In a statement about his reception into the Catholic Church posted on his personal Web site, Schlabach insists he is a "Mennonite Catholic"\u2014before, he had been a "Catholic Mennonite." He refers to his experience with Bridgefolk, a Catholic-Mennonite dialogue. He affirms the gifts of the Mennonite tradition of enduring persecution and speaking out for nonviolence when the rest of the church is too cozy with imperial power. He says, "God always intends such witness to help transform the whole (catholic) body, not to cement an eternal split."<\/p>\n

Like Mattox, Schlabach worries that Protestant churches have become ends in themselves rather than reform movements dedicated to the church universal. Schlabach sees the Catholic Church as the best hope for a reunion of "liberal" and "conservative," "protestant" and "catholic" visions of the church: "Imagine a church . . . that could not sing without feeding the poor, nor feed the poor without nourishment from the Eucharist, nor pass the peace without living peaceably in the world, nor be peacemakers without depending on prayer, nor pray without joining in robust song."<\/p>\n

What do these conversions mean? Perhaps nothing beyond the significance of these six personal journeys. Yet for each of these stories there are many similar ones involving graduate students and lesser-known theologians.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More.<\/a><\/p>\n

H\/T Jimmy Mac<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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