Download or read book Wesley Aquinas and Christian Perfection written by Edgardo Antonio Colón-Emeric and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employing fresh readings, the author examines & underscores the centrality of the concept of perfection for the theologies of Thomas Aquinas & John Wesley, & finds them to be largely complementary.
Download or read book A Plain Account of Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection by John Wesley is about the theory of perfection according to Christian theology. Excerpt: "1. WHAT I purpose in the following pages is, to give a plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led, during the course of many years, to embrace the doctrine of Christian Perfection. This I owe to the serious part of mankind; those who desire to know all the truth as it is in Jesus. And these only are concerned with questions of this kind. To these I would nakedly declare the thing as it is, endeavoring all along to show, from one period to another, both what I thought, and why I thought so."
Download or read book Plain Account of Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by Whitaker House. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Wesley offers a comprehensive teaching on the doctrine of Christian perfection. In it, he describes the evolution of his own theological reasoning, telling the story of how he came to understand and preach this doctrine in his own life.
Download or read book A Plain Account of Christian Perfection as Believed and Taught by the Rev Mr John Wesley from the Year 1725 to the Year 1777 The Fifth Edition written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1785 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A plain Account of Christian perfection written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perfection in Dialogue written by Edgardo Antonio Colón-Emeric and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methodists and Catholics have enjoyed almost forty years of ecumenical dialogue. From the beginning of these conversations, both sides were pleased to discover a certain spiritual kinship: sanctification lay at the heart of both their soteriologies. However, in spite of this harmony of wills with respect to the goal of the Christian life, the doctrine of Christian perfection or "perfect love", as Wesley preferred to call it, has not been the subject of sustained ecumenical inquiry. In light of the continuing need for ecumenical rapprochement, this dissertation studies the doctrine of perfection as taught by John Wesley and Thomas Aquinas. A close reading of the chief texts by these two theologians, in critical conversation with their respective interpretive traditions, yields important ecumenical insights. First, this dissertation underscores the centrality of the concept of perfection for both Aquinas's and Wesley's theologies. Perfection is the organizational principle of the Summa Theologiae and Wesley's missiological imperative. Moreover in their exposition of this doctrine, both Wesley and Aquinas emphasize some of the same common elements: the importance of beatitude, the centrality of love, the universality of the call to perfection, the importance of the life of the virtues and the social character of holiness. Second, in light of these convergences, this dissertation proposes that the respective theological approaches of Aquinas and Wesley are largely complementary. Aquinas offers Methodists the speculative theological principles that Wesley considered to fall outside "practical divinity" and hence never developed. Wesley offers Catholics another practitioner of perfection next to the likes of St. John of the Cross who applies the speculative theology of Thomas Aquinas in a practical way, a way leading not up Mount Carmel to a life of contemplation but down the plain to a life of action. Finally, perhaps the most important conclusion of this dissertation is the claim that a generous reception of the teaching of Aquinas and Wesley on perfection offers the Church catholic a grammar of holiness which empowers the practice of a "kneeling ecumenism" that both affirms and recognizes the ecclesial significance of sanctity.
Download or read book Farther Thoughts upon Christian Perfection By John Wesley written by and published by . This book was released on 1763 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christian perfection written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Works of the Rev John Wesley A M Christian perfection written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Plain Account of Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Plain Account of Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Wesley written by John Wesley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, discusses the Christian doctrine in a manner that is accessible, with characteristic wisdom and clarity. The doctrine of perfect love, as it translates into the life and being of the believer, is the principle topic at hand. Christian Perfection is the name which Wesley gives to the achievement of greater closeness with God and his teachings; this gradual advancement of belief, itself entailing the deepening of one's relationship with the divine, is something which both fascinated and enveloped Wesley. This book has some autobiographical overtones, since Wesley advances through the years of his life and identifies major turning points or landmarks on his own spiritual journey. By stages, he embraced the doctrine of advancing his faith, to the point where he felt obliged to offer his journey as an example to other Christians also seeking greater spiritual growth. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection is a fine foundation to the study of the Christian theology and the Bible. Wesley is careful to quote scripture to support certain views - such as those involving the love of oneself, others and the Lord - and in keeping with his style intersperses his own poetry with the explanations. A distinguished author, preacher and cleric in 18th century England, John Wesley created a deep and abiding body of work which remains emblematic of Christian thought of his era. He is most remembered today for his role in founding Methodism, and his scholarship which continues to hold an influential place in theological study.
Download or read book Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Wesley s a Plain Account of Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by Alethea in Heart. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of a three-volume series on the teachings of John Wesley has been divided into chapters and verses for detailed study and cross-referencing. Together, these three volumes will present one of the most thorough and exhaustive studies ever done on Wesley's most beloved, yet, controversial doctrines. (Christian)
Download or read book The John Wesley Reader On Christian Perfection written by John Wesley and published by Alethea in Heart. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JOHN WESLEY (1703-1791) is the chief architect and source of inspiration for the modern doctrine of Christian perfection. From the year 1725, when Wesley was "exceedingly affected" and resolved to "dedicate all (his) life to God," holiness became the DNA of his spiritual temperament. For the next sixty-six years Wesley taught and proclaimed a gospel of holy love, gra-ciously given to sinful humanity in Jesus Christ, for the recovery of the di-vine image lost by the first Adam. Yet the vision of perfect love did not take shape overnight. The path Wesley journeyed in developing his theology of holiness was often arduous, at times turbulent, became personally painful at specific junc-tures, and was long. It took Wesley many years to work through the particu-lars of his theological principles and finally integrate them into a holistic theological system. For the first time all the significant writings from Wesley's pen on the subject of holiness are brought together in a reader format that tells the story how he developed his theology of Christian perfection. All periods of Wesley's ministry are included-early, middle, and late. Selections from the entire Wesley corpus are included: sermons, journal, letters, commentary notes, tracts, and other writings. Introductions offer historical context and alert the reader to major themes and motifs. Study guides are included for personal and group study. Whether one agrees or disagrees with John Wesley on the subject of Christian holiness, all will be challenged to reflect more deeply on the nature of Christian discipleship and what it means to be a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ. Mark K. Olson is an ordained minister in The Church of the Nazarene and resides in Antioch, California. He has spent many years researching John Wesley's life, ministry and writings. His other publications are John Wesley's 'A Plain Account of Christian Perfection': The Annotated Edition and John Wesley's Theology of Christian Perfection: Developments in Doc-trine & Theological System.
