Anglican Tradition Quotes

The Church of England is the Tory Party at prayer.

I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.

I love Evensong. There's something sad and essentially English about it.

As regards my own 'philosophy,' I continue to be inspired by the music, liturgy and architectural tradition of the Anglican Church in which I was brought up. No one can fail to be uplifted by great cathedrals - such as that at Ely, near my home in Cambridge.

Is the Church of England an Anglican church? The church did not start in Canterbury, the church did not start in Rome. Whether Canterbury is Anglican or not is immaterial. We are Anglicans. They are the Church of England.

When I first came to Oxford, I struggled to feel comfortable in an Anglican, public school-dominated institution.

Episcopalians have always preferred the flying buttress to the pillar of the church.

Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No dancing. Very quiet. Very fundamental.

I guess, as an Anglican, there's always room to move, which can be a dangerous thing, but also a very healthy thing, because bits of the great biblical tradition which you haven't fully plugged into before you've got the space to grow into... not least, the sacraments.