The Sermons of Charles Wesley: A Critical Edition with Introduction and NotesOUP Oxford, 13 wrz 2001 - 422 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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... material in this book has been reconstructed from Charles's original shorthand manuscripts and though I have examined every stroke of those at times infuriating texts , I doubt that I would have had either the time or patience to work ...
... material in this book has been reconstructed from Charles's original shorthand manuscripts and though I have examined every stroke of those at times infuriating texts , I doubt that I would have had either the time or patience to work ...
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... material illustrative of Charles's life and work . Hence the remark seems valid : Charles was a man of many talents , of which the writing of hymns was but one . If he is to be fully appreciated from an historical , literary , and ...
... material illustrative of Charles's life and work . Hence the remark seems valid : Charles was a man of many talents , of which the writing of hymns was but one . If he is to be fully appreciated from an historical , literary , and ...
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... material , the bulk of which is distinctly pro- Methodist if not positively hagiographical . ( A notable exception here is Brailsford , who does , to her credit , maintain an academic distance and paints a picture of Charles ' warts and ...
... material , the bulk of which is distinctly pro- Methodist if not positively hagiographical . ( A notable exception here is Brailsford , who does , to her credit , maintain an academic distance and paints a picture of Charles ' warts and ...
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... material is relatively easy to locate , other parts less so . 13 Such an apparently promising mass of published material , however , conceals a far less valuable reality . The hymns and poems , while absolutely central to the task of ...
... material is relatively easy to locate , other parts less so . 13 Such an apparently promising mass of published material , however , conceals a far less valuable reality . The hymns and poems , while absolutely central to the task of ...
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... material will be given below , where it is noted that he decided to omit the section that deals with the various charges made against Charles by a Mrs Welch during Charles's brief sojourn in America . Examples of his omission of ...
... material will be given below , where it is noted that he decided to omit the section that deals with the various charges made against Charles by a Mrs Welch during Charles's brief sojourn in America . Examples of his omission of ...
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