Conversion and Ordination
Carey became a committed Christian at age 17 when he attended a church service with some friends. He said that "I had a conversion experience which was very real ... There were no blinding lights, simply a quiet conviction I had found something."
During his National Service, Carey decided to seek ordination and after his discharge he studied intensely, gaining six O-levels and three A-levels in 15 months, before attending King's College London. He graduated in 1962 with a 2:1 Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree and was subsequently ordained. He later obtained a Master of Theology degree and a PhD (Dunelm). Carey was the first Archbishop of Canterbury in modern times not to have been a graduate of either Oxford University or Cambridge University.
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