John WesleyOxford University Press, 1980 M11 13 - 528 pages A 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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... God's living and loving presence in his heart . Wesley followed Locke in the denial of " innate ideas " and appears never to have taken seriously the traditional " arguments " for the existence of God . In their place , he put an ...
... God's living and loving presence in his heart . Wesley followed Locke in the denial of " innate ideas " and appears never to have taken seriously the traditional " arguments " for the existence of God . In their place , he put an ...
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... God above all else and all else in God , so far as conscious will and deliberate action are con- cerned.114 To deny ... God's design and purpose ! In the normal course of Christian life , Wesley believed , the gift of perfect love is ...
... God above all else and all else in God , so far as conscious will and deliberate action are con- cerned.114 To deny ... God's design and purpose ! In the normal course of Christian life , Wesley believed , the gift of perfect love is ...
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... God's love , immanent and active in human life . Its prior initiative makes every human action a re - action ; hence , it is " pre - venting . " It is a function of God's mercy that is over all his works ; hence , it is universal . It ...
... God's love , immanent and active in human life . Its prior initiative makes every human action a re - action ; hence , it is " pre - venting . " It is a function of God's mercy that is over all his works ; hence , it is universal . It ...
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John Wesley A. C. Outler. 9 in God that by the merits of Christ his sins are forgiven and he recon- ciled to the favour of God . " From 1738 to 1747 Wesley affirmed the notion of " degrees in faith , " but denied any such relativity in ...
John Wesley A. C. Outler. 9 in God that by the merits of Christ his sins are forgiven and he recon- ciled to the favour of God . " From 1738 to 1747 Wesley affirmed the notion of " degrees in faith , " but denied any such relativity in ...
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