SURRENDER OF THE FAITH?

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Feb 2020
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SURRENDER OF THE FAITH?

Bishop Stephen Cottrell | photo: PA Images

On 17 December the deeply controversial appointment of Stephen Cottrell as Archbishop of York was announced.

Carefully selected quotes from his speech to the press1 present a picture of an evangelical whose focus is on Christ. ‘What binds us together is … our faith in Jesus Christ. It’s our baptism and belonging to each other which is what really matters.’ However these quotes are removed from their context, and the context provides an entirely different view of the incoming Archbishop.

Embrace society’s norms?

At the press conference in December, Cottrell was asked about comments he had made two years before, regarding issues of sexuality and biblical teaching. In March 2017 he had expressed views that are at odds with the traditional teachings of the Church and, more importantly, with the Bible.

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