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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... 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 consensus in respect of his place in the history of Protestant thought ...
... 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 consensus in respect of his place in the history of Protestant thought ...
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... allowing that one false principle , Mr. Bar- clay's 3 is a very consistent and coherent system . * In reply , Wesley professes not to recognize himself in Smith's char- acterization : I sincerely thank you for endeavoring to assist me ...
... allowing that one false principle , Mr. Bar- clay's 3 is a very consistent and coherent system . * In reply , Wesley professes not to recognize himself in Smith's char- acterization : I sincerely thank you for endeavoring to assist me ...
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... allowed the trustees of his " preach- ing houses " to register them under the Act of Toleration , but this was ff . 65. See below , p . 389 ff . 64. See below , p . 134 : 66. Cf. Free Grace : a sermon preached at Bristol ( 1739 ) ...
... allowed the trustees of his " preach- ing houses " to register them under the Act of Toleration , but this was ff . 65. See below , p . 389 ff . 64. See below , p . 134 : 66. Cf. Free Grace : a sermon preached at Bristol ( 1739 ) ...
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... allow it . His maxim , coined for the crucial Conference of 1755 , was " that , whether it was lawful or not , it ... allowed to enfeeble the Revival or to distract the Methodists from their distinctive mission and witness . 78 The ...
... allow it . His maxim , coined for the crucial Conference of 1755 , was " that , whether it was lawful or not , it ... allowed to enfeeble the Revival or to distract the Methodists from their distinctive mission and witness . 78 The ...
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... allow the primacy of faith to weaken his stress on human responsibility or his concern for the self - understand- ing of the Christian as ethical agent . When George Whitefield and the Calvinists began to " preach up the decrees ...
... allow the primacy of faith to weaken his stress on human responsibility or his concern for the self - understand- ing of the Christian as ethical agent . When George Whitefield and the Calvinists began to " preach up the decrees ...
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