All Rowan Williams Quotes
- To be a Christian is to believe we are commanded and authorised to say certain things to the world; to say things that will make… All
- I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process. Believe
- And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting… Actualities
- Even when I was Archbishop of Wales and working with new bishops, I used to say, not realising quite how true it was, 'One of… Archbishop
- If there is one thing I long for above all else, it's that the years to come may see Christianity in this country able again… Able
- I do feel that federation, loose parallel processes, are less than we've got, less than we could have and, in the very long run, less… Church
- We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom His invitation is addressed. Addressed
- Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of… Acknowledge
- A public is a necessary fiction. Fiction
- Actual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum. Actual
- Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign. Campaign
- I think there is a great deal of interest still in the Christian faith. Christian
- The world's creation has a beginning from the world's point of view, not from God's. Beginning
- To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context. Communication
- Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm. Diocese
- It would be a real failure if agreeing that it [abortion] was not an electoral issue provided an alibi for taking it seriously as a… Abortion
- Keeping our eyes on journey's end is what we need - the place where we see at last the world that is greater than the… Contained
- The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the moment, and it… Believe
- Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes… Absolute
- Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we… Actually Shot
- A healthy human environment is one in which we try to make sense of our limits, of the accidents that can always befall us and… Accidents
- A flourishing, morally credible media is a vital component in the maintenance of genuinely public talk, argument about common good. Argument
- Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well,… Align
- My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome. Autumn
- We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves. Find