Rt Revd N. T. Wright: The Fourfold Amor Dei and the Word of God

intervention by the Rt Revd N. T. Wright, Bishop of Durham (Church of England)
Synod of Bishops, 14 October 2008

Your Holiness; your Eminences and Excellences; brothers and sisters in Christ:

It is an honour and privilege to be here, and to bring you greetings from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

We face the same challenges as you: not only secularism and relativism, but also postmodernity. Challenges, though, bring fresh insights and opportunities. Uncritical rejection of cultural pressures is as unwise as uncritical embracing. Uncertainy here breeds anxiety, and I have detected some anxiety in this Synod: anxiety that the Bible might tell us things we didn’t expect or want to hear, and also anxiety lest the Bible’s powerful message should be stifled. the rest