Notable quotes from Archbishop Rowan Williams

A selection of memorable words to remember the Archbishop by

Williams on:

The Bible

“The writers of the Bible, inspired as I believe they were, were not inspired to do 21st-century physics”

– in a debate with atheist Richard Dawkins:

Capitalism

“Routine banking business should be clearly separated from speculative transactions”

The Killing of Osama bin Laden

“It is possible to use unspeakably wicked means to pursue an aim that is shared by those who would not dream of acting in the same way, an aim that is intelligible or desirable”

The invasion of Iraq

“Immoral and illegal”

Possible successors to the Archbishop post

• Dr John Sentamu, 62, Archbishop of York. Dr Sentamu, pictured, arrived in the UK in 1974, having escaped from Amin’s Uganda. Paddy Power odds – 11/8.

• Dr Richard Chartres, 64, Bishop of London. Gained notoriety after the Occupy London protesters set up camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral, with their threatened eviction forcing the resignation of senior members of the church. 7/2.

• Dr Christopher Cocksworth, 53, Bishop of Coventry. The youngest diocesan bishop after being enthroned in 2008. 7/2.