"We had every reason to think that this was an authorized text because it appeared in a recent hymnal," Bringle was quoted as saying. They assumed the songwriters already had agreed to the change." "Committee members had found a version of the hymn with the alternate text in the Celebrating Grace Hymnal, a Baptist hymnal published in 2010. It was complicated by a foul-up with the rights for the song," he continued. "The decision to drop the hymn wasn't made lightly, said Mary Louise Bringle, a religion professor and hymnwriter who chaired the hymnal committee. Smietana went on to say that debate over "In Christ Alone" is a mix of church politics, the touchy subject of updating hymn lyrics and rival views of what Jesus' death on the cross meant. "Instead, the problem is the word 'satisfied,' which the committee says refers to a specific view of theology that it rejects. The committee says there's plenty of wrath in the new hymnal.
"Critics say the proposed change was sparked by liberals wanting to take God's wrath out of the hymnal. "So the committee voted to drop the song," said Smietana. The song's authors, Stuart Townend and Northern Ireland born and now a Nashville resident, Keith Getty, objected.
The Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song wanted to substitute the words, "the love of God was magnified." He said that the original lyrics say that "on that cross, as Jesus died, the wrath of God was satisfied." An extraordinary dispute has arisen over a lyric contained one of the most beloved contemporary Christian hymns of the modern-day Church, "In Christ Alone".Īccording to Bob Smietana of USA Today, the committee putting together a new hymnal for the Presbyterian Church (USA) dropped the popular hymn because the song's authors refused to change a phrase about the wrath of God.
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