Authority and Order John Wesley and His Preachers

Author/creator Burdon, Adrian, 1926- Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge Florence : Taylor & Francis Group [Distributor]
Description124 p. 24.000 x 016.400 cm.
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Summary Annotation The important questions in ecumenical dialogue centre upon issues of authority and order. This book uses the development of ministry in the early Methodist Church to explore the origins of the Methodist Order and identify the nature of authority exercised by John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Church. Showing Methodism as having been founded upon Episcopalian principles, but in a manner reinterpreted by its founder, Adrian Burdon charts the journey made by John Wesley and his people towards the ordination of preachers, which became such a major issue amongst the first Methodist Societies. Implications for understanding the nature and practice of authority and order in modern Methodism are explored, with particular reference to the covenant for unity between English Methodists and the Church of England.
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LCCN 2005011773
ISBN9780754654544
ISBN0754654540 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780754654544
Stock number0754654540 00081154

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