John and Charles Wesley: Selected Prayers, Hymns, Journal Notes, Sermons, Letters and TreatisesPaulist Press, 1981 - 412 pages "...an important ecumenical series..." Methodist Recorder John and Charles Wesley: Selected Prayers, Hymns, Journal Notes, Sermons, Letters and Treatises edited with an introduction by Frank Whaling, preface by Albert Outler "... I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for my salvation; and an assurance was given me that he had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death." John Wesley (1703-1791) John and Charles Wesley were the leaders of the Methodist revival that swept early eighteenth-century England and resulted in the founding of what was destined to become a major force in the history of Christianity. In this volume, the works of the two men who shared a spiritual as well as a natural brotherhood are considered. From John's early period are taken his Forms of Prayer, Scheme of Self-Examination, and translations of German hymns. His mature spirituality is revealed in selections from his Journal, Rules for Methodist Societies, the Plain Account of Genuine Christianity, the Covenant Service of 1780, selected letters, and the classic treatment of the fundamental theme of his life, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. Together with a selection of Charles's hymns, these works reveal a spirituality that synthesized into a unique "Wesleyan" blend elements from the Church Fathers, Catholic mystics, and Protestant Reformers. In so doing, explains Frank Whaling in his introduction to this book, the Wesleys have given us a vision of God that is a gift "so far mainly appropriated by the people called Methodists, but available in essence to all...." + |
À l'intérieur du livre
Page 46
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Page 55
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Page 58
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Page 59
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Page 60
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Le contenu de cette page est soumis à certaines restrictions..
Table des matières
JOHN WESLEYS SPIRITUALITY A COLLECTION OF FORMS OF PRAYER FOR EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK | 77 |
A SCHEME OF SELFEXAMINATION | 85 |
ADVICE ON SPIRITUAL READING PART OF THE PREFACE TO JOHN WESLEYS ABRIDGMENT OF THOMAS A KEMPIS TREATISE OF T... | 88 |
JOHN WESLEYS TRANSLATIONS OF SOME GERMAN HYMNS | 90 |
EXTRACTS FROM JOHN WESLEYS JOURNAL | 99 |
THE NATURE DESIGN AND GENERAL RULES OF THE UNITED SOCIETIES | 108 |
A MEDITATION ON THE LORDS PRAYER AN EXTRACT FROM WESLEYS SERMON ON THE MOUNT VI | 111 |
A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF GENUINE CHRISTIANITY 1753 | 121 |
ELEVEN LETTERS OF SPIRITUAL COUNSEL | 162 |
THE HYMNS of CHARLES WESLEY | 173 |
PREFACE AND SELECTION OF HYMNS FROM THE 1780 HANDBOOK | 175 |
SELECTION OF HYMNS FROM HYMNS ON THE LORDS SUPPER of 1745 | 251 |
SELECTION OF OTHER HYMNS BY CHARLES WESLEY | 273 |
A PLAIN ACCOUNT of CHRISTIAN PERFECTION | 297 |
A SERVICE for SUCH AS WOULD MAKE or RENEW THEIR COVENANT WITH GOD A Modern Adaptation | 379 |
389 | |
WESLEYS COVENANT SERVICE DIRECTIONS FOR RENEWING OUR COVENANT WITH GOD | 134 |
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE REVEREND JOHN FLETCHER | 146 |
FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION | 395 |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
John and Charles Wesley: Selected Prayers, Hymns, Journal Notes, Sermons ... John Wesley Aucun aperçu disponible - 1981 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Aldersgate Street appear Arminian believe blessing blood body Charles Wesley Christ Christian Perfection Church of England cleanse Covenant death desire divine doctrine earth Epworth eternal Eucharist everlasting evil faith Father fear feel flesh Fletcher forgive give glorious glory God's gracious happy hast hath heart heaven heavenly Holy Club Holy Ghost Hymnbook hymns Jesu's Jesus John Wesley kingdom light live London Lord Lord's Supper Madeley mankind means of grace mercy Methodist Methodist movement mind Mme Guyon Moravians never ourselves outward peace perfect love person Plain Account praise pray prayer preaching prevenient grace promise pure receive rejoice religion righteousness sacramental Saint Saint Paul salvation sanctified saved Savior scripture sense sermon servant sinners sins soul speak spirituality suffer temper thee thine things thou art thought thy love thy name truth unto whole witness word
Références à ce livre
Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie, Volume 26 Konrad Ameln,Christhard Mahrenholz,Karl Ferdinand Müller Affichage d'extraits - 1982 |