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George Carey's Profile

Brief about George Carey: By info that we know George Carey was born at 1935-11-13. And also George Carey is English Clergyman.

George Carey Biography

George Carey, English Clergyman was born in London on 13 November 1935.  He started studying at Bonham Road Primary School in Dagenham, then he continued studying at  Bifrons Secondary Modern School in Barking. He left the school when he was  15 years old. George Carey worked  as an office guy, for the London Electricity Board until he reached the age of 18.  Then he started working as a wireless operator in the Royal Air Force.  

In 1960 George Carey  married to Eileen Harmsworth Hood. They have four children- two sons and two girls: Mark, Andrew, Rachel and Elizabeth. Mark became an Anglican priest and Andrew  became Deputy Editor of the Church of England Newspaper. Currently Andrew is working as a journalist.  

George Carey retired on the 25th  March,  2004.  

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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.

Tags: Church, Friends, Respect

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

Tags: Fire, Prayer, Takes

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.

Tags: America, Hope, Power

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.

Tags: Love, Marriage, Someone

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

Tags: Great, Growth, Here

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

Tags: God, Role, Wants

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

Tags: Church, Heart, Jesus

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.

Tags: Great, Happened, Mean

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

Tags: Holy, Outside, Room

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

Tags: Charge, God, May

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

Tags: Actually, Between, Great

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

Tags: Growing, Sense, Time

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

Tags: Critics, Jesus, Management

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

Tags: Heart, Often, Ways

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

Tags: Decisions, Trust

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.

Tags: Body, Means, Someone

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.

Tags: Growing, Sense, Why

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.

Tags: Action, Light, Military

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.

Tags: Good, Life, Love

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.

Tags: Another, Country, Women
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