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
jesus believe heart
I believe with all my heart that the Church of Jesus Christ should be a Church of blurred edges.
religious hands scripture
We have lobbed verses of Scripture, like hand grenades, into the camps of others, convinced we only have truth.
encouragement growth council
And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.
christian country wall
At a time when many Muslims in this country are living in fear, I want to say loud and clear that as a Christian leader I deeply respect your faith and believe that our common duty is to extend the hand of friendship, and to build bridges not walls.
jesus people experts
People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.
issues church way
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.
jesus experts management
Jesus was a management expert too.
christian resurrection-of-jesus-christ belief
Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith. It is the Christian faith.
eye reflection spectacular
The outer eyes see only by reflection. The vibrationsfrom the inner eye, optic, is conveyed along the opticnerves and produced, spectacular, on the ether.
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.
christian play records
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.
dog mean boys
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.
numbers warning growing
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.
fire goes prayer takes
When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busy-ness takes over.