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John Wesley
John Wesley was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the ongoing independent Methodist movement.
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culture · English clergyman (1703–1791) · Methodist pastor · diarist · philosopher · translator · hymnwriter · missionary · priest · writer · theologian · abolitionist · also John Wesley, Wesley
Born 17 June 1703 · Died 2 March 1791 · Q213393
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In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for 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.
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2026· 7 entries
“In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther's Preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while he was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for 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.”
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“You see the wine when it sparkles in the cup, and are going to drink of it. I tell you there is poison in it! and, therefore, beg you to throw it away”
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“s admirable qualities and acknowledged the two men”
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“so far as it is necessary for our salvation.”
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Cleveland.com: John Wesley Jellison Obituary (2026) - Hiawatha, IA - The Gazette
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Public attention spiked: 3,705 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 967, with 0 article edits.
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2020· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “A list of principles shared on social media in late 2019 was a manifesto written by 18th-century theologian John Wesley.” Mixture.
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2009· 1 entry
A more ambitious feature film, Wesley, was released by Foundery Pictures, starring Burgess Jenkins as Wesley
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2002· 1 entry
Wesley was listed at number 50 on the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons, drawn from a poll of the British public
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1985· 1 entry
“The Wesleyan Quadrilateral—in John Wesley”
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1954· 1 entry
The Radio and Film Commission of the British Methodist Church, in co-operation with J
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1831· 1 entry
Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, was the first institution of higher education in the United States to be named after Wesley
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1816· 1 entry
The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), in the Methodist tradition
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1791· 5 entries
Died 1791-03-02.
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“Variant: Every one, though born of God in an instant, yea, and sanctified in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.”
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“Give me one hundred men who love nothing but God, hate nothing but evil, and know nothing but Jesus Christ, and I will change the world”
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“I set myself on fire, and people come from all around to watch me burn”
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“I look upon all the world as my parish”
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1739· 1 entry
“The Character of a Methodist”
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1703· 1 entry
Born 1703-06-17.
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