THE new Archbishop of Canterbury has warned against "pinning hopes on individuals" to solve all of society's problems in his first Easter Sunday sermon.
Justin Welby said a "hero leader culture" in which all trust was placed in one person only led to false hope.
Failing to recognise human failure in any organisation was "naive", he told worshippers at Canterbury Cathedral.
"Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation," Welby said. "They may well be good and necessary, but will to some degree fail.
"Human sin means pinning hopes on individuals is always a mistake, and assuming that any organisation is able to have such good systems that human failure will be eliminated is naive."
The leader of the world's 80 million Anglicans pointed to newspaper reports on Friday that only 40 per cent of churchgoers are convinced that he can resolve the problems of the Church of England.
"I do hope that means the other 60 per cent thought the idea was so barking mad that they did not answer the question," Welby said.
In a radio interview before the sermon, the archbishop said the Church of England must show it can manage disagreement "gracefully" over issues such as women bishops and gay marriage.
Welby, a 57-year-old former oil executive who was ordained only in 1989, was enthroned on March 21.
One of his predecessors as Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, on Saturday accused Prime Minister David Cameron of making Christians feel marginalised because he had backed the legalisation of gay marriage and other policies.
Carey spoke out following comments Cameron made at a pre-Easter reception for faith leaders at which he urged them to oppose "aggressive secularisation".
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