Greggs’ portrayal of Jesus as a sausage roll echoes the Gospel of John, says biblical studies expert

From RNS-

With more than 1,000 outlets across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, Greggs, the baker, is a national institution. It’s not uncommon for queues to form in some towns and cities as the daily doughnuts, cheese and onion pasties and steak bakes come out of the ovens. But it is the sausage roll that is the star turn.

Now though, it seems it is the star that Greggs took too far. For Britain’s biggest bakery has had to apologize after it replaced the traditional baby Jesus in the manger with its famed product in a nativity scene. The image was used to promote its Advent calendar and, the company says, wasn’t meant to cause offense.

Well, regardless of intentions, the image, with three wise men reverently surrounding a golden sausage roll in a manger, caused quite an uproar.

More here-

http://religionnews.com/2017/11/18/greggs-portrayal-of-jesus-as-a-sausage-roll-echoes-the-gospel-of-john-says-biblical-studies-expert/