George Carey
George Carey
George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton, PC, FRSAis a retired Anglican bishop who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002. During his time as archbishop the Church of England ordained its first women priests and the debate over attitudes to homosexuality became more prominent, especially at the 1998 Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth13 November 1934
thinking september-11 spurs
I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.
christian thinking views
From a Christian point of view of course we do want a peaceful world, and I think September 11 did actually make people aware not only of vulnerability and how transitory life is, but there are forces of good and honor and justice which speak to us of God and his love for us.
thinking unity church
What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ.
country moving thinking
I think in my own country, at the way we've seen through the ordination of women to the priesthood, which I'm delighted about, and that will move on to another level before very long.
thinking may world
I think what Calvinism may offer us is that God's in charge of his world.
thinking blessing love-relationship
If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage.
deeply greatly loved mother mum queen
Queen, Queen Mother, Queen Mum -- deeply loved and greatly missed,
fire goes prayer takes
When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busy-ness takes over.
people rejected
Too many people -- especially young people -- feel rejected and undervalued,
afford four round worship
Worship comes first of course, but this (the World Cup) comes round only every four years so we can afford to be flexible.
trust
We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.
great happened people pleasure
I mean, I can look back with great pleasure on what has happened in Sudan, and our commitment to people who are persecuted in that kind of way.
absolutely create positive wonderful
Any positive thing like that will absolutely create problems. But I thought it was and still is a wonderful thing.
elderly herself ignored
I see it as an elderly lady, who mutters away to herself in a corner, ignored most of the time.