The Sermons of Charles Wesley: A Critical Edition with Introduction and NotesOUP Oxford, 13 sep 2001 - 422 pagina's Charles Wesley (1707-1788) is widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of the English hymn. The importance of Charles, however, extends well beyond his undoubted poetic abilities, for he is a figure of central importance in the context of the birth and early growth of Methodism, a movement which today has a worldwide presence. It was Charles and not John who first started the Oxford 'Holy Club' from which the ethos and structures of organised Methodism were eventually to emerge. It was Charles rather than John who first experienced the 'strange warming of the heart' that characterised the experience of many eighteenth-century evangelicals; and in the early years it was Charles no less than John who sought to spread, mainly through his preaching, the evangelical message across England, Wales, and Ireland. Eye witness testimony suggests that Charles was a powerful and effective preacher whose homiletic work and skill did much to establish and further the early Methodist cause. In this book this other side of Charles Wesley is brought clearly into focus through the publication, for the first time, of all of the known Charles Wesley sermon texts. In the four substantial introductory chapters a case is made for the inclusion of the 23 sermons here presented and there is discussion also of the significant text-critical problems that have been negotiated in the production of this volume. Other chapters present a summary of Charles's life and preaching career and seek to show by example how the sermons, no less than the hymns, are significant vehicles for the transmission of Charles's message. This book hence makes a plea for a reassessment of the place of Charles Wesley in English Church history and argues that he deserves to be recognised as more than just 'The Sweet Singer of Methodism'. |
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Pagina vii
... context of the sermons presented in the volume . Short introductions to the individual texts themselves give more specific details on questions of the origin of the sermon , Charles's use of it , the manuscripts ( MSS ) for the text ...
... context of the sermons presented in the volume . Short introductions to the individual texts themselves give more specific details on questions of the origin of the sermon , Charles's use of it , the manuscripts ( MSS ) for the text ...
Pagina ix
... context the pioneering initial work that was carried out on these MSS by Dr Oliver A. Beckerlegge of York , the Revd Tom Albin of Nashville , Tennessee , and Mr and Mrs Douglas G. Lister of Leigh - on - Sea , Essex , needs to be clearly ...
... context the pioneering initial work that was carried out on these MSS by Dr Oliver A. Beckerlegge of York , the Revd Tom Albin of Nashville , Tennessee , and Mr and Mrs Douglas G. Lister of Leigh - on - Sea , Essex , needs to be clearly ...
Pagina 3
... context the work of Kenneth Shields is worthy of particular note ( ' Charles Wesley as Poet ' , in ST Kimbrough ( ed . ) , Charles Wesley : Poet and Theologian ( Nashville , TN : Kingswood Books , 1992 ) , 45-67 ) . In this essay ...
... context the work of Kenneth Shields is worthy of particular note ( ' Charles Wesley as Poet ' , in ST Kimbrough ( ed . ) , Charles Wesley : Poet and Theologian ( Nashville , TN : Kingswood Books , 1992 ) , 45-67 ) . In this essay ...
Pagina 6
... context we may note in particular the frequent call for editions of Charles's works . Thomas Albin , for example , voiced the call when he wrote " There is a very real need for a scholarly edition of Charles Wesley's prose works ' and ...
... context we may note in particular the frequent call for editions of Charles's works . Thomas Albin , for example , voiced the call when he wrote " There is a very real need for a scholarly edition of Charles Wesley's prose works ' and ...
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... context of the correspondence is to become apparent . One other body of evidence also in need of attention is the relatively few reports and tracts written by Charles , most of which , unlike A Short Account of the Death of Mrs Hannah ...
... context of the correspondence is to become apparent . One other body of evidence also in need of attention is the relatively few reports and tracts written by Charles , most of which , unlike A Short Account of the Death of Mrs Hannah ...
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