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Jesus Christ 'shouldn't be portrayed as white', Archbishop of Canterbury states

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Jesus is portrayed as a white man. Reverend Justin Welby says it needs to be reviewed in the light of the Black Lives Matter movement.He feels the anti-racism protests that have swept the world can't be ignored by the Church.Appearing on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, the Archbishop was asked if the way Jesus is characterised needs to be looked at.Rev Welby replied: "Yes of course it does, this sense that God was white."You go into churches around the world and you don't see a white Jesus."He went on: "You see a black Jesus, a Chinese Jesus, a Middle Eastern Jesus - which is, of course, the most accurate - you see a Fijian Jesus."Rev Welby insisted he did not want to "throw out" the past but says the "universality" of Christ needs a.

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