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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... Holy Living and Dying . In reading several parts of this book I was exceedingly affected , by that part in particular which related to " purity of intention . " In- stantly I resolved to dedicate all my life to God , all my thoughts and ...
... Holy Living and Dying . In reading several parts of this book I was exceedingly affected , by that part in particular which related to " purity of intention . " In- stantly I resolved to dedicate all my life to God , all my thoughts and ...
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... Holy Club from Oxford to a more desolate environment where its members might be less distracted and overborne.30 In 1734 his family began to importune him to seek the Epworth living as successor to his aging , ailing father . This ...
... Holy Club from Oxford to a more desolate environment where its members might be less distracted and overborne.30 In 1734 his family began to importune him to seek the Epworth living as successor to his aging , ailing father . This ...
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... Holy Club to Georgia , as missioners to the Indians and the colonists.32 Here was a call " to the desert , " indeed ! 33 In September the invitation was accepted and formally approved by " the Georgia Society . " 34 The following Jan ...
... Holy Club to Georgia , as missioners to the Indians and the colonists.32 Here was a call " to the desert , " indeed ! 33 In September the invitation was accepted and formally approved by " the Georgia Society . " 34 The following Jan ...
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... Holy Club , Charles Wesley had been an almost constant companion to his brother , and his contributions to the Methodist revival - in his remarkably effective preaching but chiefly in his incomparable facility as a hymn- writer were ...
... Holy Club , Charles Wesley had been an almost constant companion to his brother , and his contributions to the Methodist revival - in his remarkably effective preaching but chiefly in his incomparable facility as a hymn- writer were ...
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... Holy Spirit to supply the de- fects of the crippled and ineffectual ministry then being rendered by the conventional clergy ( ministerium ordinarium ) . Convinced of the essen- tial integrity of his mission within the Church of England ...
... Holy Spirit to supply the de- fects of the crippled and ineffectual ministry then being rendered by the conventional clergy ( ministerium ordinarium ) . Convinced of the essen- tial integrity of his mission within the Church of England ...
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