What about the scandal?

In the theology of the cross, the theme of recapitulation ranks high in value. However, there is one problem. Recapitulation alone cannot fully account for the nature of crucifixion. Compelling as Irenaeus’s account is, it does not incorporate and make sense of the factor of Christ’s gruesome death. This is the lacuna — the blank space begging to be filled — in much of what has been written in church history about the cross. The scandal, the hideousness, the obscenity, and above all the shame and dereliction inherent in the manner of Jesus’ death have been passed over in silence more often than not.—Fleming Rutledge, The Crucifixion, 549