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The Twenty-five Articles of Religion are an official doctrinal statement of Methodism—particularly American Methodism and its offshoots. John Wesley abridged the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England , removing the Calvinistic parts among others, reflecting Wesley's Arminian theology.
Memorial to John Wesley and Charles Wesley in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles Wesley.
John Wesley (/ ˈ w ɛ s l i / WESS-lee; [1] 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism.
Pictured is a memorial to Wesley's own conversion and experience of assurance. The Wesleyan Quadrilateral , [ 1 ] or Methodist Quadrilateral , [ 2 ] is a methodology for theological reflection that is credited to John Wesley , leader of the Methodist movement in the late 18th century.
The Directions Given to Band Societies (25 December 1744) by John Wesley mandate fasting and abstinence from meat on all Fridays of the year (in remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus). [ 24 ] [ 151 ] Wesley himself also fasted before receiving Holy Communion "for the purpose of focusing his attention on God," and asked other Methodists to do ...
The conference adopted Articles of Religion prepared by Wesley (and adapted from the Church of England's Thirty-nine Articles) as a doctrinal statement for the new church, and it also received an abridged version of the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer provided by Wesley, titled The Sunday Service of the Methodists; With Other ...
The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion ... Articles 25–31: The Sacraments: These articles explain the Church of England's sacramental theology. ... John Wesley ...
Kenneth J. Collins (born 1952) is an American Wesleyan theologian and ordained minister in the Global Methodist Church.He is a professor of Historical Theology and Wesley Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. [1]