George Carey Quotes (39 Quotes)


    I see it as an elderly lady, who mutters away to herself in a corner, ignored most of the time.

    If there are Muslims who believe that they've got to kill Christians to make a way for the Islamic faith in the West, not only would they be disappointed, but it will lead to conflict, there's no doubt about that.


    People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.

    We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.


    I think it's quite incredible how the community pulled behind the victims and the others who were affected by the hurricanes. I've never seen anything like it, besides here in the United States. And we've spend the last 17 years or so living outside the U.S.

    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.

    And what we have to do in the church today is to look out at a very needy world, seek to serve it, and to show that unity we have in Jesus Christ.

    Queen, Queen Mother, Queen Mum -- deeply loved and greatly missed,

    One I've been passionately committed to, of course, is women's ministry; I believe solidly in it as a Gospel issue and we've found our way through that.

    I think what Calvinism may offer us is that God's in charge of his world.

    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.

    I'm on record as being understood to be a supporter of a reformed establishment, in which other Christian denominations, and other faiths, play a major part.

    I see no room in holy Scripture for any sexual activity outside of matrimony.

    I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.

    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.

    It is obvious that at moments of raw emotion, people turn to the church, and that in itself is saying something quite remarkable.

    I had a conversion experience which was very real... There were no blinding lights, simply a quiet conviction I had found something.

    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.

    And so in my warnings, I was pointing to a number of incidents around the communion that could undermine our growing sense of communion - of becoming a global communion. So that's why I pointed to New Westminster in Canada, to incidents in the United States, and Sydney itself.

    Well, the issue of establishment, of course, is a moving target. It's changed a lot over the last hundred years, and no doubt will change further.

    When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.

    Too many people -- especially young people -- feel rejected and undervalued,

    And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.

    In my time as Archbishop of Canterbury I've seen a growing sense of unity and mission.

    God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.

    I believe with all my heart that the Church of Jesus Christ should be a Church of blurred edges.

    And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations.

    Any positive thing like that will absolutely create problems. But I thought it was and still is a wonderful thing.

    Try to put yourself in the mind-set of the war years.

    We must get back to a very strong Christianity... Christianity shaped America and England, and we need to get back to those moral foundations that made us great.

    The Israelis have suffered a great deal, we must condemn suicide bombers, and we must never say that the plight of the Palestinians justifies this terrible thing.

    We've got to find ways of confronting the issues that divide - and at the heart of cultural issues, you often find religions.

    This is very good, this is governments realising that religion must be part of the answer, as well as part of the problem, as it often is.

    An office boy in London was the lowest of the low. The office boy was the tea boy. He would be the dog's body: It means someone who would do anything at all. I was quite prepared for that and enjoyed it.

    What I'd say about that is that we must respect homosexuals in the church. I've got many homosexual friends, the issue is not in any way a homophobic reaction on my part.

    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.

    But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's willingness to allow the weapons inspectors to go in.

    Worship comes first of course, but this (the World Cup) comes round only every four years so we can afford to be flexible.


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