A number of leading Anglicans have urged the Archbishop of Canterbury to recall his new ambassador to the Vatican after learning that he had suggested that Jesus never rose from the dead, a position the ambassador now repudiates.
Australian-born Dr. John Shepherd, who was appointed last week as the Church of England’s new delegate to Rome, reportedly delivered a sermon years ago in which he said Christians should be “set free” from the belief in Christ’s bodily resurrection. -- More...