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I’ve been following with interest the eccumenism thread<\/a>.\u00a0 I was pretty tempted to respond to the editor’s invitation to ‘separated’ brothers and sisters with something mildly tongue-in-cheek inviting Catholics to join the one, true, holy MENNONITE Church.<\/p>\n

Reading the various comments expressed about less-than-Catholics receiving the Eucharist, I found myself considering the concerns silly and elitist.\u00a0 The claims about the Roman Church holding “fullness of Christian life” are outright offensive.<\/p>\n

But then it occurred to me that if the discussion were about baptism, most Mennonites would appear as exclusionary and silly as the hard-line Catholics.\u00a0 How would Catholics react to the realization that Mennonites don’t see their infant baptisms as valid?\u00a0 Given the Catholic understanding of the church as the gathering of the baptized, that would effectively mean that their church is not valid.\u00a0 It would quickly become difficult to have that discussion in any sort of reasonable way.<\/p>\n

Many Mennonites are now following a more nuanced way of thinking–for example, it is becoming common to accept confirmation as sort of a dynamic equivalent to adult baptism if a candidate for membership sees it that way and doesn’t desire re-baptism.\u00a0 But even then, the norm is baptism following catechesis and an informed decision by the believer.<\/p>\n

Considering all of that, I was amazed to realize that Catholics see all (trinitarian, water) baptisms as valid.\u00a0 Here I was feeling holier-than-thou in regards to open communion, and suddenly I was forced to recognize that in an equivalent conversation on another sacrament, I’d be the one sounding like a silly elitist!<\/p>\n

Like many of you, I long for a full reunion of Christ’s body, where all of us can freely share water, wine, and bread.\u00a0 This is a difficult charge, and it is one that all of our denominations fail at miserably.\u00a0 May God have mercy on us all, and may the Spirit make us one despite our differences.<\/p>\n

Hymn writer Adam Tice is Associate Pastor of Hyattsville Mennonite Church in Hyattsville, Maryland. His MA in Christian Formation with an emphasis on worship is from the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary. He serves on the Executive Committee of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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