High and Low?: The Heritage of Anglican Latitudinarianism in the Thought of John Wesley
An increasing number of historians have highlighted the complex nature of much eighteenth-century churchmanship. These writers argue that in this period many clergyman possessed altitudinarian and latitudinarian tendencies simultaneously. While John Wesley's theological heritage has been examin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Wales Press
[2019]
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The journal of religious history, literature and culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-99 |
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Wesley, John 1703-1791
/ Latitudinarianism
/ Anglican Church
/ Anglo-Catholicism
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| RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church KDG Free church |
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Methodism
B Wesley B LATITUDINARIANISM B JOSEPH GLANVILL B SEVENTEENTHCENTURY |
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| Summary: | An increasing number of historians have highlighted the complex nature of much eighteenth-century churchmanship. These writers argue that in this period many clergyman possessed altitudinarian and latitudinarian tendencies simultaneously. While John Wesley's theological heritage has been examined from a variety of different perspectives, a growing body of literature has accentuated the altitudinarian tendencies in his theology and ministry. For this reason, several writers have closely identified Wesley with the Anglican High Church tradition. As a result, even though many of these scholars have compared Wesley's ecclesiology with the work of Edward Stillingfleet, the question as to whether or not Wesley might possess Latitudinarian tendencies has been neglected. Given the equivocal nature of much eighteenth-century churchmanship, this essay concentrates on whether Wesley also exhibits Latitudinarian tendencies by examining whether his focus on the essentials of religion, his tolerance concerning the inessential, and his emphasis on godliness resemble similar emphases in seventeenth-century Latitudinarian writers. |
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| ISSN: | 2057-4525 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religious history, literature and culture
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