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John William Colenso (view source)
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'''John William Colenso''' (1814-1883), was a bishop of [[Natal]], who created a crisis in the [[Church of England]] with his 1863 publication of ''The [[Pentateuch]] and [[Book of Joshua]] Critically Examined."
'''John William Colenso''' (1814–1883) was a bishop of [[Natal]] who created a crisis in the [[Church of England]] with his 1863 publication of ''The [[Pentateuch]] and [[Book of Joshua]] Critically Examined."
Naive questions from his parishioners about simple matters of fact in the [[Bible]] led him to examine the Bible critically. The conclusion he came to was that many accounts in the Bible could not be taken, in all their details, as literally accurate historical accounts.
Naive questions from his parishioners about simple matters of fact in the [[Bible]] led him to examine the Bible critically. The conclusion he came to was that many accounts in the Bible could not be taken, in all their details, as literally accurate historical accounts.