"This is a demonstrably late text which simply parallels a large number of quite well-known works from the more eccentric fringes of the early century Church... We are instantly fascinated by the suggestion of conspiracies and cover-ups; this has become so much the stuff of our imagination these days that it is only natural, it seems, to expect it when we turn to ancient texts, especially biblical texts. We treat them as if they were unconvincing press releases from some official source, whose intention is to conceal the real story; and that real story waits for the intrepid investigator to uncover it and share it with the waiting world. Anything that looks like the official version is automatically suspect."
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Arch Bishop of Canterbury's Easter Adress, 2006.
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