Wesley's Designated Successor
Author: Luke Tyerman
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Published: 1882
Total Pages: 614
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The Methodist Quarterly Review
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Published: 1834
Total Pages: 820
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Meaning of Pentecost in Early Methodism
Author: Laurence W. Wood
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2002-09-23
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 1461673208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Fletcher's theology of Pentecost is generally unknown today, and this book is the first comprehensive treatise on this subject. His writings were in large part responsible for shaping the theology of early American Methodism, especially his treatise on Christian Perfection, which highlighted a theology of Pentecostal sanctification. Wood recounts the decisive influence Fletcher had on early Methodism, and shows that his writings were able to "control the opinions of the largest and most effective body of evangelical clergymen of the earth." Fletcher's views on the Holy Spirit were also relevant in the ecumenical movement, specifically with reference to the World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order held in Lima, Peru, in 1982. This group recommended the introduction of a liturgy of the Spirit in Christian baptism. For students and scholars or general readers interested in Methodist history and theology. Also a resource for pastors-helpful in developing a theology of Pentecost that will preach in a relevant way in the contemporary world.
Religion, Gender, and Industry
Author: Peter S Forsaith
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Published: 2012-05-31
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 0227900138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKQuestions have been raised in recent decades about the place of women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in church and society during a time of vast industrial change. These topics are broad, but can be seen in microcosm in one small area of the English Midlands: the parish of Madeley, Shropshire, in which Coalbrookdale became synonymous with the industrial age. Here, the evangelical Methodist clergyman John Fletcher (1729-1785) ministered between 1760 and 1785, among a population including Roman Catholics and Quakers, as well as people indifferent to religion. For nearly sixty years after his death, two women, Fletcher's widow and later her protege, had virtual charge of the parish, which became one of the last examples of Methodism within the Church of England. Through examining this specific locality, with its potential for religious tension and great social significance, this multidisciplinary collection of essays engages with developing areas of research. In addition to furthering knowledge of Madeley parish and its relation to larger themes of religion, gender and industry in eighteenth-century Britain, the impact of the Fletchers in nineteenth-century American Methodism is examined.
The Elect Methodists
Author: David Ceri Jones
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 2012-04-15
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 1783165057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Elect Methodists is the first full-length academic study of Calvinistic Methodism, a movement that emerged in the eighteenth century as an alternative to the better known Wesleyan grouping. While the branch of Methodism led by John Wesley has received significant historical attention, Calvinistic Methodism, especially in England, has not. The book charts the sources of the eighteenth-century Methodist revival in the context of Protestant evangelicalism emerging in continental Europe and colonial North America, and then proceeds to follow the fortunes in both England and Wales of the Calvinistic branch, to the establishing of formal denominations in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
John Wesley
Author: John S. Simon
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2016-01-28
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 149828048X
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Author: John Wesley
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 330
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Wesley's Preachers
Author: John Lenton
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2009-07-01
Total Pages: 535
ISBN-13: 1606088785
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is about those preachers whom John Wesley called his Sons in the Gospel, their lives, their importance in the Methodist movement and their wider significance. It is about those who entered in Wesley's lifetime; they had begun their work by 1791. Because of their unity and dedication they had more effect than either of the Wesley brothers in the creation of the worldwide Methodist Church. This study analyses their lives and achievements. It provides new statistical information and brings to life the calling, travels, and everyday experience of individual preachers.
Fletcher of Madeley
Author: Frederic W. Macdonald
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-09-15
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the minutes of the Methodist Conference which met at Bristol, in July, 1786, the following entry occurs: "John Fletcher, a pattern of all holiness, scarce to be paralleled in a century." Such is the brief record that marks the passing away of a man whose place in the love and veneration of Wesley and of the Methodists was unique. Second only to the great leader himself in his influence, and in the special character of that influence leaving even Wesley behind, Fletcher's loss was the greatest sustained by the Revival from the death of Whitefield, in 1770, to that of Wesley, in 1791. One word in the short obituary notice reveals the secret of his power; it was holiness. "Fletcher of Madeley" is a biography about this great leader of the Methodist movement.
The American Holiness Movement
Author: Darrell Poeppelmeyer
Publisher: Nazarene Theology Foundation
Published: 2023-04-05
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSecular historians tend to neglect the religious aspects of American history. This book examines the great revivals which swept America during the nineteenth century. Most modern Protestant denominations owe their existence in American due to these revivals.
