Johannes: “You don’t know me. . . . My name is Jesus of Nazareth.”

Parson: “Jesus? But how can you prove that?”

Johannes: “Thou man of faith, whose own self lacks faith! People believe in the dead Christ, but not in the living. They believe in my miracles from 2000 years ago, but they don’t believe in me now. I have come again to bear witness to my Father who is in Heaven, and to work miracles.”

Parson: “Miracles no longer happen.”

Johannes: “Thus speaks my church on earth, that church which has failed me, that has murdered me in my own name. Here I stand, and again you cast me out. But woe unto you, if you nail me to the cross again.”

Parson: “That’s absolutely appalling.”