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

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George Carey
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: November 13
Archbishop Of Canterbury
Politician
Priest
University Teacher
London
England
Rt. Rev. and Rt. Hon. George Leonard Carey
Baron Carey of Clifton
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People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.
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When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.
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Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith. It is the Christian faith.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I believe with all my heart that the Church of Jesus Christ should be a Church of blurred edges.
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We've got to find ways of confronting the issues that divide - and at the heart of cultural issues, you often find religions.
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We have lobbed verses of Scripture, like hand grenades, into the camps of others, convinced we only have truth.
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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.
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In my time as Archbishop of Canterbury I've seen a growing sense of unity and mission.
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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.
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And here at our Anglican Consultative Council, we have many reports of growth and great encouragement.
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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. Our energy-burning lifestyles are pushing our planet to the point of no return. It is dawning on us at last that the life of our world is as vulnerable as the children we raise.
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