Rescuing Johns Gospel from Its Creedal CaptivityJohn Shelby Spong bestselling author and popular proponent of a modern scholarly and authentic Christianity argues that this last gospel to be written was misinterpreted by the framers of the fourthcentury creeds to be a literal account of the life of Jesus when in fact it is a literacy interpretive retelling of the events in Jesus life through the medium of fictional characters from Nicodemus and Lazarus to the ampampquotBeloved Disciple.ampampquot The result of this intriguing study not only recaptures the original message of this gospel but also provides us today with a radical new dimension to the claim that in the humanity of Jesus the reality of God has been met and engaged.