Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... The Works of John Wesley Volume 12: Doctrinal and Controversial Treatises Iby Randy Maddox
None Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. No reviews no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Series
The first of three theological volumes, this volume is devoted to four of John Wesley's foundational treatises on soteriology. These treatises include, first, Wesley's extract from the Homilies of the Church of England, which he published to convince his fellow Anglican clergy that the 'evangelical' emphasis on believers experiencing a conscious assurance of God's pardoning love was consistent with this standard of Anglican doctrine. Next comes Wesley's extract of Richard Baxter's Aphorisms of Justification, aimed more at those who shared his evangelical emphasis, invoking this honored moderate Puritan to challenge antinomian conceptions of the doctrine of justification by faith. This is followed by Wesley's abridgement of the Shorter Catechism issued by the Westminster Assembly in his Christian Library, where he affirms broad areas of agreement with this standard of Reformed doctrine--while quietly removing items with which he disagreed. The fourth item is Wesley's extended response to the Dissenter John Taylor on the doctrine of original sin, which highlights differences within the broad 'Arminian' camp, with Wesley resisting a drift toward naively optimistic views of human nature that he discerned in Taylor. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNone
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)230.7Religions Christian doctrinal theology Christianity, Christian theology MethodistLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |