REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Holy Club, Christian Perfection, Calvinism
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Founder of methodism: didn"t aim to leave the anglican church, refused to accept that he was no longer part of the church. Preacher"s kid, fearful of his own salvation. Becomes a chaplain on a ship to the colonies: the sailors on the ship were less concerned about dying during a bad storm, confirmed his shaky faith, started his journey towards building his faith. Holy club / methodists at oxford: come together to lead lives of holiness, john became the leader. Heart strangely warmed by the love of god in 1738, no longer has any doubts about his salvation. Started methodist circles leads to sunday school movement (hannah ball: held mainly in homes and prayers were led and men and women could go and learn more about the bible. Conflict with anglicans: the world is my parish : seems like his followers were more interested in john"s ways of salvation, result is breaking away from the anglicans.
