Why is Norwich Cathedral ashamed of Jesus Christ?

Aug 18, 2022 by

by Archbishop Cranmer:

The Rev’d Marcus Walker went to Norwich for a short little August break. “Never been before but it seems lovely so far”, he tweeted. And then he entered Norwich Cathedral, where he was “rather excited to see a stand inviting people to ask what Christianity is…”

He ventured to pick up a leaflet and open it. It presented the reader with two questions: ‘Who is Jesus?’, and ‘What do Christians believe?’

Norwich Cathedral Who is Jesus?

He mused a little, and tweeted:

Chaps, there have been historical figures who were outstanding teachers, wise storytellers, compassionate healers, and inspiring leaders in every culture and every age.

Only one of them was God Incarnate.

That’s the thing there. That’s the reason the Cathedral was built.

“Why any man should have troubled to crucify the Christ of liberal Protestantism has always been a mystery” ~ William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury.

And he is right, of course. Norwich Cathedral have reduced the Son of God to the Buddha: there is nothing to distinguish him from Abraham, Brahma, Zoroaster, Confucius, Mohammed, Guru Nanak, Joseph Smith or Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

“It’s almost as though they were afraid to tell us that God became a human being, lived on earth, died for our sins and rose from the dead”, tweeted the former Bishop of Willesden Pete Broadbent. “What a scandalous message!”

Scandalous is the right word for the omission of certain key words: incarnation, miracles, crucifixion, resurrection, sanctification, salvation, atonement. Even if the words are difficult for some, the concepts are totally missing from this leaflet. There is no gospel, or any need for the gospel. Even if you’re content with passing mentions of “death on the cross” and “risen from the dead”, there is absolutely nothing which points the reader to the central fact of Christianity, that God became man.

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