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Christian Perfection

Christian Devotional Classics: Christian Perfection

Introduction

John Wesley (1703 – 1791) author of A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (1766). “Wesley, John”. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 19 Aug. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/118866/John-Wesley-statue-at-Wesley-Church-Melbourne>

Are you perfect, becoming perfect? No, not in your field but as a Christian — loving God, loving neighbor? Hmm . . . as I think about it, that does spill over into your field but in a different manner than the way in which I grew up striving after perfection.

Today’s Christian Devotional Classics post turns attention to John Wesley (1703 – 1791) and his A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (1766).

John Wesley (1703 – 1791)

John Wesley’s brief biography from Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) reads:

John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield. In contrast to George Whitefield’s Calvinism, Wesley embraced the Arminian doctrines that were dominant in the 18th-century Church of England.” — www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley. Accessed 8/4/2013.

Based upon a rich amount of material presented in class by Michelle (thank-you!) and through some additional sources, I attempt to fill this out some in outline form. [Read more…] about Christian Devotional Classics: Christian Perfection

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