George Carey Quotes

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• I think what has happened, actually, is that September 11 has given a spur, a renewed urgency, to dialogue between the great faiths.
• And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.
• 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…
• 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…
• A child born in a wealthy country is likely to consume, waste, and pollute more in his lifetime than 50 children born in developing nations.…
• People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.
• 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…
• When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.
• Jesus was a management expert too.
• Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith. It is the Christian faith.
• 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…
• The outer eyes see only by reflection. The vibrationsfrom the inner eye, optic, is conveyed along the opticnerves and produced, spectacular, on the ether.
• 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…
• 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…
• We have lobbed verses of Scripture, like hand grenades, into the camps of others, convinced we only have truth.
• I believe with all my heart that the Church of Jesus Christ should be a Church of blurred edges.
• What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making…
• We've got to find ways of confronting the issues that divide - and at the heart of cultural issues, you often find religions.
• 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…
• 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…

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