Dean Jeffrey John, Bishop Pete Broadbent and Dr Mike Ovey on the Cross

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[Anglican Mainstream] 13 Apr 2007--“In the end, he doesn’t address the criticism that we are making, which is that of course there are many views of the atonement held within the Church of England, but you can’t avoid the way in which the Old Testament theology of Passover and sacrifice plays into New Testament understanding. Jeffrey John is particularly scathing about any sense of that continuity.

“We still stand by what we said. There’s been a very long discussion over the years about the meaning of the Hilasterion word group about propitiationary language. I’m not into punishment in an over-the-top way, but I don’t think you can avoid that language.

“If he’d said, ‘There are many views of the atonement, and I prefer a different one,’ that’s different; but to come out just before Easter Sunday and say ‘This is an appalling one’ — clearly we had to challenge him.”