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Augustus M. Toplady and John Wesley : their theological controversy on predestination / Colin Philip Ryan
2006 •
Colin Ryan
Thesis (Ph.D. (Church and Dogma History))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus in association with Greenwich School of Theology, U.K., 2006.
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The Zanchy Affair or the Consequence Proved
George Ella
One of the most comforting passages in Scripture is 2 Tim. 1:9, which speaks of our Lord: 'Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling: not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us before the world began.' One of the hymns in Toplady's collection, puts it like this: 'How vast the benefits divine, Which we in Christ possess, Sav'd from the guilt of sin we are. And call'd to holiness. But not for works which we have done, Or shall hereafter do, Hath God decreed on sinful worms Salvation to bestow.
THE BEST OF BRITISH - our Judeo-Christian Heritage
Alan Clifford
Focusing initially on the career and impact of John Wesley, the paper explores the contributions of others in the legacy of Methodism. The implications of this legacy for Marxism, Roman Catholicism and Islam are touched upon, together with some nuanced discussion of the debates about Calvinism and Arminianism.
Mountain View College Publications
ORDO SALUTIS AND VIA SALUTIS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SALVATION PARADIGM OF JOHN CALVIN AND JOHN WESLEY
2021 •
Algae Densing
Soteriology is a diverse study, if not controversial, in Christian thought. Although some distinctions are as old as Christianity, the vast majority believe that Jesus’ life, crucifixion, burial, and resurrection made the redemption possible. Yet, John Calvin sees justification and sanctification as two elements of connection between the believer and Christ, which presuppose that one is fully achieved and the other is incomplete. The basis of his ordo salutis (Order of Salvation) is congruent with the nature and condition of God’s decree and absolute sovereignty. Contrastively, Wesley expressed called it via salutis (Way of Salvation) that he emphasized in his sermons. Via Salutis distinctively describes the nature and condition of salvation that elaborates justification and sanctification more in the account of God’s love in restoring the image of God. The study used comparative and theological approaches in determining the respective views of Calvin and Wesley about salvation. Ordo salutis is discussed through five points of Calvinism known as TULIP while Via Salutis is described through the lenses of Wesleyan’s perspective known as ACURA. The study concluded that Wesley’s via salutis is more theologically accurate and correct than that of Calvin’s ordo salutis. But, Calvin’s paradigm is more comprehensive because it clarifies that the motif of salvation from beginning to end is still the same. In Calvin’s ordo, one will not be saved unless he or she is called and be elected. It is significant to remember that it is not about repentance and faith that the person will be saved. Rather, it is about God’s favour in bestowing His grace and decree through predestination that one is elected. This is a huge contrast to Wesley’s via that states once a person believes, he or she will be momentously justified and sanctified and at the same time will be adopted as His children who are still having a will to lean on the saving state or not and who are still in the process of living a sanctified life. The theological implications of the study are the following: a therapeutic predestination since it is governed by love; a compassionate grace since, both are forensic and dynamic kind of grace; prescriptive atonement in a sense that God bestows it to those who repented; and lastly, a wilful freedom since God gives a will that enables men to possibly reject His calling. Given the thorough analytical review, it is evident that the theological framework of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been in line with John Wesley’s, than that of John Calvin’s. The Adventist belief of salvation has overlying paradigms with Wesley’s via salutis, than that ordo salutis of John Calvin. The Adventist soteriological paradigm was influenced by Jacobus Arminius and John Wesley; and was filtered through Ellen G. White.
The Oxford Handbook of John Bunyan, ed. Michael Davies and W. R. Owens
The Pilgrim's Progress in the Evangelical Revival
2018 •
Isabel Rivers
Evangelical Anglican Way: Pietist and Methodist 1738 - 1790
Ian Bunting
In the eighteenth century many Anglican clergy were known to be ‘evangelical’ thanks to the revivalist preaching of leading ‘Methodist’ figures who were Pietist but also Anglican, such as John Wesley and George Whitefield. However, towards the end of the century evangelical Anglicans largely distinguished themselves from the more Arminian ‘Methodists’ following Wesley on the one hand, and on the other from the more Calvinist and independent Methodists following Whitefield and his patron Lady Selina Huntingdon. Key to the message and motivation of notable evangelical Anglican clergy was the doctrine of redemption and providence. Personal salvation was the ground of their assurance both here and for eternity. Theirs was a religion of the feelings and the heart even if the one could easily get confused with the other. They also built constructively on the visionary, outgoing and activist implications of the Enlightenment thinking they embraced. Educated Christian concern, strong family life and shared responsibility for the common good would, they believed, deliver the nation and its people from what they most dreaded, religious and political revolution.
John Wesley as a theologian: an introduction
2015 •
Thomas A. Noble
The twentieth century saw a revival of interest in John Wesley as a theologian, but whereas the standard treatments of his theology have arranged his thought in the customary shape of Systematic Theologies, this article takes the shape of Wesley’s theology from the way he arranged and prioritized his doctrines pastorally in his Standard Sermons. This demonstrates that he began with the evangelical doctrine of the Reformation on Justification and the Atonement (focusing on Christ), understood regeneration and assurance in relation to the Holy Spirit, and saw the sovereign grace of God the Father as extending to ‘all his works’. The underlying structure is Trinitarian. His much misunderstood doctrine of ‘perfection’ was inherited from the Fathers and was his most creative contribution to Evangelical theology, but needs further development and clarification. 254 • EQ Thomas A. Noble sectarianism. It needs to be developed in a fully Trinitarian way so that the living experience of ‘real...
Modern Church History
Tefflix Printers
The Wesleyan Trilateral: Prevenient Grace, Catholic Spirit, and Religious Tolerance
Kelly Diehl Yates
John Wesley's concept of prevenient grace contributes to his 'catholic spirit,' and his openness to God's activity in the lives of people who practice Islam and Judaism, paving the way for interreligious dialogue.
