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The Reformation and the Anabaptists:
Steps to Reconciliation
26 June, 2004, Zurich, Switzerland

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Statements, Reflections and Reports

 

Statements

Statement of Regret

by Ruedi Reich, president, Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich
(Or choose pdf file)

Mennonite Response to the Statement of Regret
by Ernest Geiser, president of the Concil of Elders of the Swiss Mennonite Church
(Or choose pdf file)

Inauguration of the Memorial to the Anabaptist Martyrs of Zurich
by Ruedi Reich, president, Reformed Church of Zurich

Mennonite Response to the Inauguration of the Memorial
by Thomas Gyger, president, Swiss Mennonite Conference


Presentations

The New City, Sermon
by Larry Miller, Executive Secretary, Mennonite World Conference

Letter from the Old Order Amish Churches of the USA (Or choose pdf file)

The Execution of Felix Manz
as told by Philippe Daetwyler, at the dedication of the stone tablet (English Trans.)

Tribute to Hans Landis
Poem by James Gotwals Landis

Bullinger and the Anabaptists
by Urs. B. Leu, Annex, No. 20/2004

Der Nachfolger, Heinrich Bullinger, 1504 - 1575,
Exhibit in the Grossmünster, Zurich


Reflections

Zurich Reflections
by Franklin Yoder,
Mennonite Historical Bulletin, October 2004

Church Bells Ring in Zurich
by John E. Sharp, Mennonite Historical Bulletin
, July 2004

Reflections on Zurich
by Dan Nighswander, executive secretary, MC Canada, Equipping, 2004

The story Now Has a New Ending
by John E. Sharp, Mennonite Historical Bulletin, October 2004

Reformed-Mennonite Dialogue in Zurich: Reflections on its Significance for the Unity of Christ’s Body
by John Rempel,
Mennonite Historical Bulletin, October 2004

This Is A Day Of New Beginnings: Windows on the 2004 Reformed/Anabaptist Day of Reconciliation Gathering
Chapel Service, September 9, 2004, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, by Dorothy Jean Weaver and Nate Yoder


News and Program

Confession, forgiveness over wounds of Reformation
Ferne Burkhardt, MWC News Service, Mennonite Weekly Review, 07-13-04

Conference Program


Photos

Photos by John Sharp on dotPhoto.com (username: johnes, password: blueshadows)
For permission to use, contact: JohnS@MennoniteUSA.org


More to come

   
 

1) The historical marker on the wall by the Limmat River
2) James Landis, Petersburg, W Va., reads an original poem in trubute to Han Landis
3) Participants and observers
4) Dan Nighswander, executive secretary, Mennonite Church Canada; Setri Nyomi, general secretary, World Alliance of Reformed Churches, Geneva; Ruedi Reich, president, Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich; and Larry Miller, general secretary, Mennonite World Conference. 5) Observers at the dedication of the marker (Lee Kanagy, left)

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  Thanks to Peter Dettwiler, Philip Datwyler, and the Reformed Church of Zurich for the pdf files, and to Lloyd Hoover, Leola, Pa., for the html files.

 

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Mac and Mary BustosJoseph StuckyMaggie LeonardChristian Z. YoderPonce CoobeJan LuykenAnnie C. FunkJohn S. CoffmanAnna WolfnameRowena and James LarkBertha DetweilerSusanna and Samuel Haury

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