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18 quotes by Justin Welby

Justin Portal Welby (born 6 January 1956) is the 105th and current Archbishop of Canterbury and senior bishop in the Church of England. Welby was formerly the vicar of Southam, Warwickshire. As Archbishop of Canterbury he is Primate of All England and the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. He was formerly the Bishop of Durham, serving for just over a year. Welby's early career was in the oil industry. In 1989, he studied for...
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The longer I go on, the more I am aware of the power of finance.

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I don't believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier to make the right choice or the wrong choice.

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Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation. They may well be good and necessary, but will to... →

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Human fallibility recognised, God's sovereignty trusted; these are also the only stable foundations for human beings in society.

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As a civilised society, we have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more... →

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Let's be clear, I'm one of the thicker bishops in the Church of England.

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Banks need to think through their ethics very carefully, and many have done so. I don't know any bank that dismisses the concept of ethical... →

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I have never had demands on me as acute as when I was a parish priest.

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There's something different about looking someone in the eyes and doing something dishonest to doing it over the phone or screen.

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Turning God into some kind of celestial insurance policy is just mental.

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You see gay relationships that are just stunning in the quality of the relationship.

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The Church of England holds very firmly, and continues to hold to the view, that marriage is a lifelong union of one man to one woman. At the same... →

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A lot of people reject the idea of God as Father if they've had a competitive relationship with their own father.

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