William Temple (archbishop)
This article is about the Archbishop of Canterbury. For other men of same name, see William Temple.
William Temple (1881– 26 October, 1944), Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–1944) was the second son of Archbishop Frederick Temple (1821-1902). In 1932-1933, he gave the Gifford Lectures. A renowned teacher and preacher, he is perhaps best known for his 1942 book Christianity and Social Order, which set out an Anglican social theology and a vision for what would constitute a just post-war society. One of his more famous sayings (though it's hard to pin down a source) is that
- "the Church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members".
He is also the author of the quote:
- Worship is the submission of all of our nature to God.
- It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness,
- nourishment of mind by His truth,
- purifying of imagination by His beauty,
- opening of the heart to His love,
- and submission of will to His purpose.
- And all this gathered up in adoration is the greatest of human expressions of which we are capable."
| Preceded by: Edmund Knox | Bishop of Manchester 1921–1929 | Succeeded by: Frederic Warren |
| Preceded by: Cosmo Lang | Archbishop of York 1929–1942 | Succeeded by: Cyril Garbett |
| Preceded by: Cosmo Lang | Archbishop of Canterbury 1942–1944 | Succeeded by: Geoffrey Fisher |
