John WesleyA major figure in eighteenth-century Christianity, John Wesley sought to combine the essential elements of the Catholic and Evangelical traditions and to restore to the laity a vital role in church life. He began one of the most dynamic movements in the history of modern Protestantism, a movement which eventually produced the Methodist churches. This volume offers a representative selection of theological writings by Wesley and includes historically oriented introductions and footnotes which indicate Wesley's Anglican, patristic, and biblical sources. |
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... clear and ineffaceable . Even his dispraisers , like Bishop Warburton , allow that " he was formed of the best stuff Nature ever put into a fanatic to make him the successful head and leader of a sect . " There is , however , no such ...
... clear and ineffaceable . Even his dispraisers , like Bishop Warburton , allow that " he was formed of the best stuff Nature ever put into a fanatic to make him the successful head and leader of a sect . " There is , however , no such ...
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... clear and conscious understanding of the Christian truth , related always to the exigencies of his life and work . From the beginning of his long career to its end he was in one controversy after another - but his zeal in such battles ...
... clear and conscious understanding of the Christian truth , related always to the exigencies of his life and work . From the beginning of his long career to its end he was in one controversy after another - but his zeal in such battles ...
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... clear that Smith is convinced that Wesley's doctrines and temperament are reciprocals : · I dare say you mean no harm ; yet suffer me to say frankly , I think you unwittingly do a great deal . Cartwright and the old Puri- tans , I ...
... clear that Smith is convinced that Wesley's doctrines and temperament are reciprocals : · I dare say you mean no harm ; yet suffer me to say frankly , I think you unwittingly do a great deal . Cartwright and the old Puri- tans , I ...
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... clear statement of Wesley's under- standing of his own ministry and of Methodism as an evangelical order within the Church of England . See also below , pp . 73-76 ; 104-16 . Cf. Letters , I , 322–23 ; Journal , II , 217-18 ; Works ...
... clear statement of Wesley's under- standing of his own ministry and of Methodism as an evangelical order within the Church of England . See also below , pp . 73-76 ; 104-16 . Cf. Letters , I , 322–23 ; Journal , II , 217-18 ; Works ...
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... clear distinction was drawn between his spiritual pre - eminence and his practical authority . His closing years were scarcely less intent or fruitful than the very first decade of the Revival . The reader of his Journal may rightly ...
... clear distinction was drawn between his spiritual pre - eminence and his practical authority . His closing years were scarcely less intent or fruitful than the very first decade of the Revival . The reader of his Journal may rightly ...
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