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**WGfg4CCZ** · 06-01-2006, 08:00 AM

{=vid Jenkins is often misquoted on this one, and to be fair to him what he actually said was that he did NOT believe the Resurrection was just a conjuring trick with bones, the opposite of what is normally (mis-)quoted. He was seeking a so-called 'deeper spiritual truth' which invariably seemed to involve actually denying the physical miracle of the resurrection altogether (i.e. he was saying that the Resurrection was NOT EVEN a conjuring trick with bones, but something less substantial).
A minor and probably pedantic point, but there it is.
I wonder if anyone has any ideas about how to fan the spark of orthodoxy which is now and then visible still in the CofE into flame. It is more usual to bemoan its heresies, but perhaps there is a better way?

06-01-2006, 08:00 AM	#6
WGfg4CCZ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 425 Senior Member	{=vid Jenkins is often misquoted on this one, and to be fair to him what he actually said was that he did NOT believe the Resurrection was just a conjuring trick with bones, the opposite of what is normally (mis-)quoted. He was seeking a so-called 'deeper spiritual truth' which invariably seemed to involve actually denying the physical miracle of the resurrection altogether (i.e. he was saying that the Resurrection was NOT EVEN a conjuring trick with bones, but something less substantial). A minor and probably pedantic point, but there it is. I wonder if anyone has any ideas about how to fan the spark of orthodoxy which is now and then visible still in the CofE into flame. It is more usual to bemoan its heresies, but perhaps there is a better way?
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