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from the Church of England
BY
ROBERT LEONARD TUCKER, M.A.
A
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Printed for the Author by
THE METHODIST BOOK CONCERN
New York City
1918
Copyright, 1918, by
R. L. TUCKER
All Rights Reserved
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MY WIFE
GRACE GREEN TUCKER
MY MOTHER
FANNIE ALLUM TUCKER
MY FATHER
JOHN TUCKER
THREE METHODISTS WHOSE LIVES SHOW THAT NOBLEST SPIRIT OF TRUE RELIGION FAR MORE CLEARLY THAN ALL MY WORDS, THIS TASK IS DEDICATED
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. THE METHODIST VIEW OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LIFE......
I. Methodist Dissatisfaction with the Customs and Religion of
the Times
II. Methodist View of the Church and the Clergy.
CHAPTER II. THE CHURCHMAN'S VIEW OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LIFE..
Enthusiasm
I.
II. The Church View of Enthusiasm..
III. Methodist Attempts to Check Extreme Enthusiasm.
IV. Methodism and Mysticism...
CHAPTER III. METHODIST DOCTRINE.
I. Original Sin
II. Justification by Faith.
III. The New Birth...
IV.
Christian Perfection
V. The Witness of the Spirit..
VI. The Early Methodist Doctrine of the Church..
VII. The Orthodoxy of Early Methodist Doctrine..
CHAPTER IV. PRACTICES OF THE EARLY METHODISTS.
I. Early Field Preaching....
II. Early Irregular Indoor Preaching.
III. The Beginning of the Itineracy..
IV. The Use of Lay Preachers..
V. The First Methodist Ordinations..
CHAPTER V. THE GROWTH OF THE EARLY METHODIST ORGANIZATION.
II. The Beginning of the Methodist Conferences..
III. Methodist Classes, Bands, Stewards, Quarterly Meetings.
IV. The Methodist Press..
V. Summary
CHAPTER VI. DEVELOPMENT OF METHODIST SOLIDARITY...
I. Wesley's Opposition to the Unification of Methodism..
II. Bishops of the Established Church and Methodism...
III. Confusion of Methodists with Catholics...
IV. Opposition to the Methodists..
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CHAPTER VII. THE ACTUAL SEPARATION AFTER THE DEATH OF WESLEY. 144
V. Party Struggle and the Sacrament..
VI. Trusteeism and the Methodist New Connection.
VII. Plan of Pacification and Regulations of Leeds.