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Sacraments 1st Corinthians 11:23-34 Following the theology of John Wesley, the United Methodist Church observes two sacraments.  They are:  the Sacrament of Baptism and the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper or Holy Communion. When John Wesley abridged The Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of England for the use of the American Methodists, he defined …

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Part Two-  The Wesleyan Quadrilater-what??? I think the first time that I heard the phrase “the Wesley Quadrilateral,” was in my fourth grade confirmation class.  What I remember about this was that there were four “tests” or ““guidelines” by which a Methodist should make decisions: Scripture, Tradition, Reason, Experience.  Learned it. Never heard of it …

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The Theology of John Wesley Romans 5:1-12 Practical Divinity It is early Sunday morning, May 30, 1742.  The northern port city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne is hardly awake.  Two strangers from London, one a slight man in his late-thirties, walk quietly down Sandgate Street in the “poorest and most contemptible part of the town.” The two men …

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