{"id":29453,"date":"2022-01-18T21:39:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T02:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=29453"},"modified":"2022-01-19T08:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T13:03:07","slug":"mangling-the-gospel-with-bishops-bell-and-cottrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/mangling-the-gospel-with-bishops-bell-and-cottrell\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangling the Gospel with Bishops Bell and Cottrell"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Diocese of Niagara’s bishop Susan Bell recently had a chat with Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York. Cottrell, we are told, is \u201can engaging and sophisticated leader, theologian, speaker, and writer\u201d. <\/em>The best that the Church of England has to offer; in which case, at least we now know why the CofE is in drastic decline.<\/p>\n

Naturally, Susan Bell asked Stephen Cottrell to give us the benefit of his learning on climate change. Cottrell, we can only assume, is a renowned climatologist in addition to being a sophisticated leader and theologian. Here<\/a> is part of his reply (my emphasis):<\/p>\n

What a good question. Is there a more important question facing the world?<\/p>\n

I think I would start by\u2026two things\u2026on the big picture level I think we need to teach much more about this. This needs to be not a kind of add-on to the Gospel; this is the Gospel<\/strong>\u2026how we inhabit the world in the way of Christ\u2026this is the Gospel<\/strong>. So, I\u2019d want to preach and teach about it much more\u2026 good to hear that Canada is ahead as usual\u2026it\u2019s even in your Baptismal liturgy. It\u2019s those things that start to impress it into our consciousness. This is what it means to follow Christ.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So there you have it: the good news of Jesus Christ is fixing climate change. This is why Jesus died on the cross. This is the cause for which countless Christians have been martyred. This is what gives meaning and purpose to life.\u00a0This is incoherent tripe.<\/p>\n

And Canada is at the forefront in peddling it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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