27 ordspråk av Rowan Williams
Rowan Williams
It seems to me rather sad, and rather revealing, that when it comes to sex we suddenly become much less intelligent about our reading of the Bible,
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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 public issue.
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It's almost that we'd prefer to believe something like this instead of the prosaic reality.
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My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome.
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the leading theologian in our communion.
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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 would be surprising if it weren't - indeed it would be wrong if it weren't.
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These people are not being left to be victims. They are being helped, trained and given back their dignity and freedom,
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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.
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We are still on that path, and irrevocably committed to it.
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We don't have any kind of central executive in the Anglican communion, and in many ways that's a good thing. I don't think people are asking for that,
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We have to learn to be human along-side all sorts of others, the ones whose company we don't greatly like.
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Whatever happens in the long run -- and I wouldn't want to predict -- I think there are things we can do at least to address that sense of not being listened to,
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