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from the Church of England
BY ROBERT LEONARD TUCKER, M.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
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CONTENTS
PAGE
PREFACE
7
INTRODUCTION
9
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.. 17
I. Enthusiasm
17
II. The Church View of Enthusiasm..
23
III. Methodist Attempts to Check Extreme Enthusiasm.
30
IV. Methodism and Mysticism...
34
CHAPTER III. METHODIST DOCTRINE.
37
I. Original Sin
II. Justification by Faith.
39
III. The New Birth....
42
IV. Christian Perfection
V. The Witness of the Spirit.
53
VI. The Early Methodist Doctrine of the Church.
55
VII. The Orthodoxy of Early Methodist Doctrine.
57
CHAPTER IV. PRACTICES OF THE EARLY METHODISTS.
62
I. Early Field Preaching..
63
II. Early Irregular Indoor Preaching.
70
III. The Beginning of the Itineracy.
71
IV. The Use of Lay Preachers...
74
V. The First Methodist Ordinations..
83
CHAPTER V. THE GROWTH OF THE EARLY METHODIST ORGANIZATION..... 96
1. Methodist Societies
96
II. The Beginning of the Methodist Conferences..
104
III. Methodist Classes, Bands, Stewards, Quarterly Meetings
IV. The Methodist Press..
117
V. Summary
123
CHAPTER VI. DEVELOPMENT OF METHODIST SOLIDARITY......
125
I. Wesley's Opposition to the Unification of Methodism.
II. Bishops of the Established Church and Methodism.
130
III. Confusion of Methodists with Catholics..
136
IV. Opposition to the Methodists.....
138
CHAPTER VII. THE ACTUAL SEPARATION AFTER THE DEATH OF WESLEY. 144
I. Paternal Government
144
II. The Eucharist
145
III. Hours of Church Service.
149
IV. The Confusion after Wesley's Death.
153
V. Party Struggle and the Sacrament..
156
VI. Trusteeism and the Methodist New Connection..
161
VII. Plan of Pacification and Regulations of Leeds..
166
CONCLUSION
171
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