Wesley found some suggestions of these writers to be overly gloomy and austere, but he nevertheless became convinced that obedience to GodвЂ™s law, вЂњinward and outwardвЂќ as Wesley put it, was essential to being a вЂњreal Christian.вЂќ Law, a contemporary of WesleyвЂ™s, argued that one should strive for perfection in obedience to GodвЂ™s law and set aside all frivolity as a diversion from this important task. This program was best laid out by the medieval mystic Thomas Г Kempis in his classic work The Imitation of Christ, but the works of Anglicans Jeremy Taylor and particularly William Law further ingrained such notions in Wesley. These writers rigorously focused on devoting every minute of their lives to God through stringent scheduling and personal devotion. Through this study, Wesley discovered a number of Catholic and Anglican writers who were a part of what is called the holy living tradition. Because of his motherвЂ™s example and encouragement, Wesley began training to become an Anglican clergyman at Oxford. He was raised by a devout mother whose discipline and devotion provided the seedbed for these important characteristics of Methodism. MethodismвЂ™s influence in the Restored Church is extensive the following is an attempt to give a summary of WesleyвЂ™s achievements.Д«orn June 17, 1703, to Anglican rector Samuel Wesley and his wife, Susanna, John Wesley grew up in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. Thus Wesley infused Anglo-American culture with a religiosity that was receptive to the Restoration. Indeed, Wesley laid a major part of the groundwork for the Restoration by promoting essentially correct doctrine, encouraging religious zeal at a time when it was waning, and suggesting that the divine could play an active role in the lives of individuals in the midst of Protestant formalism and Enlightenment skepticism. Nevertheless, it was Wesley whom Woodruff ordained with Columbus and Franklin. Members of the Church tend to credit the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, particularly Martin Luther, for playing the primary religious role in setting the stage for the Restoration. If we designate ColumbusвЂ™s, FranklinвЂ™s, and WesleyвЂ™s contributions to the Restoration according to their major achievements, then ColumbusвЂ™s achievement would be geographical (finding the New World), FranklinвЂ™s would be political (helping to found the United States), and WesleyвЂ™s would be religious (founding Methodism). Woodruff recalled that the signers said, вЂњWe laid the foundation of the government you now enjoy,вЂќ implying that their work played an important role in the Restoration of the gospel the special distinction granted to Columbus, Franklin, and Wesley suggests that they perhaps played a particularly important role.Д¬hurch members frequently cite the contributions of the Founding Fathers and Columbus to the Restoration, but much less has been said of Wesley. In what is often considered an addendum to the story, Woodruff set apart three of the individuals-Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, and John Wesley-as high priests without explaining why in his journals. Woodruff quickly began this task in addition, he performed the temple ordinances for a number of other prominent historical figures. With each section, Arminius seeks not only to demonstrate the error of the attacks on him, but also to point out how and why reconciliation can take place through a careful examination of various precepts of Christian thought.In August 1877 the signers of the Declaration of Independence visited President Wilford Woodruff, asking for their temple work to be done. Thus, Arminius' Declaration of Sentiments is a sophisticated, passionate appeal to reason, scripture, and community. He spoke in his native Dutch language to an assembly of his peers and religious authorities with the hopes of avoiding a theological rift in Holland-while at the same time hoping to remove a long-standing conflict with the Supralapsarian faction warring against him. Having trained in Geneva under Jean Calvin's successor, Theodore Beza (1519-1605), and having further expanded and honed his theology at the University of Leyden from both lectern and the pulpit, Arminius thoroughly presented his theological views in both oral and written form. Second, Arminius hoped to bring to light the wrongdoings of the European church and its extremist understanding of certain Christian doctrines. First, Arminius sought to defend himself and his theological views from the spirited attacks of opponents such as Gomarus, Lubbertus, and Plancius. On October 30, 1608, Jacobus Arminius presented his Declaration of Sentiments to the Assembly of the States of Holland and West Friesland in the Binnenhof at The Hague. Tips for Tracking Down a Hard-to-Find Book.Testimonials from Our Customers and Authors.Request Text for Student with Disability.Suggest an Out-of-Print Title for Republication.

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