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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... whole list would be cumbrous , but I must record an especial indebtedness to Dr. Frank Cumbers ( The Epworth Press , London ) , Professor Norman Goldhawk ( Richmond Theological College ) , Mr. G. R. C. Davis ( the British Museum ) and ...
... whole list would be cumbrous , but I must record an especial indebtedness to Dr. Frank Cumbers ( The Epworth Press , London ) , Professor Norman Goldhawk ( Richmond Theological College ) , Mr. G. R. C. Davis ( the British Museum ) and ...
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... whole life long . Up to the year 1725 his religious interests were typically immature . Then came a sudden focusing of faith and personal commitment . One of his several reports of this Oxford " conversion " is given in A Plain Ac ...
... whole life long . Up to the year 1725 his religious interests were typically immature . Then came a sudden focusing of faith and personal commitment . One of his several reports of this Oxford " conversion " is given in A Plain Ac ...
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... whole law of God . ” See also Letters , II , 387 , and below p . 275 f . In Wesley's day it was generally agreed that the corpus Macarianum was the work of “ Macarius the Egyptian , ” despite the fact that Gennadius , Rufinus and ...
... whole law of God . ” See also Letters , II , 387 , and below p . 275 f . In Wesley's day it was generally agreed that the corpus Macarianum was the work of “ Macarius the Egyptian , ” despite the fact that Gennadius , Rufinus and ...
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... whole , although I have not yet that joy in the Holy Ghost , nor the full assurance of faith , much less am I , in the full sense of the word , ' in Christ a new creature ' [ 2 Cor . 5:17 ] , I nevertheless trust that I have a measure ...
... whole , although I have not yet that joy in the Holy Ghost , nor the full assurance of faith , much less am I , in the full sense of the word , ' in Christ a new creature ' [ 2 Cor . 5:17 ] , I nevertheless trust that I have a measure ...
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... whole of sec . III , 240-46 , for an uncommonly 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 ...
... whole of sec . III , 240-46 , for an uncommonly 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 ...
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