Author: John William FletcherPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Six Letters on the Spiritual Manifestation of the Son of God
Author: John William FletcherPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 80
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The Meaning of Pentecost in Early Methodism
Author: Laurence W. WoodPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 1461673208
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 425
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John 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.
True Christianity
Author: J. Russell FrazierPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1620326639
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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John William Fletcher (1729-1785) was a seminal theologian during the early methodist movement and the Church of England in the eighteenth century. Best known for the Checks to Antinomianism, he worked out a theology of history to defend the church against the encroachment of antinomianism as a polemic against hyper-Calvinism, whose system of divine fiat and finished salvation, Fletcher believed, did not take seriously enough either the activity of God in salvation history or an individual believer's personal progress in salvation. Fletcher made the doctrine of accommodation a unifying principle of his theological system and further developed the doctrine of divine accommodation into a theology of ministry. As God accommodated divine revelation to the frailties of human beings, ministers of the gospel must accommodate the gospel to their hearers in order to gain a hearing for the gospel without losing the goal of true Christianity. This book contains insights for pastors, missionaries, and Christian thinkers on true Christianity from Fletcher, who devoted himself, according to Wesley, to being "an altogether Christian.
Wesley's Designated Successor
Author: Luke TyermanPublisher:
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Category : Antinomianism
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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On evangelical mysticism [and other sermons and essays
Author: John FletcherPublisher:
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Category : Antinomianism
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Hearing Things
Author: Leigh Eric SchmidtPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674003033
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
“Faith cometh by hearing”—so said Saint Paul, and devoted Christians from Augustine to Luther down to the present have placed particular emphasis on spiritual arts of listening. In quiet retreats for prayer, in the noisy exercises of Protestant revivalism, in the mystical pursuit of the voices of angels, Christians have listened for a divine call. But what happened when the ear tuned to God’s voice found itself under the inspection of Enlightenment critics? This book takes us into the ensuing debate about “hearing things”—an intense, entertaining, even spectacular exchange over the auditory immediacy of popular Christian piety.The struggle was one of encyclopedic range, and Leigh Eric Schmidt conducts us through natural histories of the oracles, anatomies of the diseased ear, psychologies of the unsound mind, acoustic technologies (from speaking trumpets to talking machines), philosophical regimens for educating the senses, and rational recreations elaborated from natural magic, notably ventriloquism and speaking statues. Hearing Things enters this labyrinth—all the new disciplines and pleasures of the modern ear—to explore the fate of Christian listening during the Enlightenment and its aftermath.In Schmidt’s analysis the reimagining of hearing was instrumental in constituting religion itself as an object of study and suspicion. The mystic’s ear was hardly lost, but it was now marked deeply with imposture and illusion.
Letters
Author: John FletcherWon at Last; Or, Memoirs of Captain George and Mrs. Hannah Smith
Author: Thornley SmithPublisher:
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Category : Christian biography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Posthumous Pieces of the Late Reverend John William de la Fletchere
Author: Jean Guillaume de La FlecherePublisher:
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Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ...
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 846
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