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Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers

Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 4 (2008) 250–264 255 Adrian Burdon, Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005). 117 pp. £45. ISBN 0–7546–5454–0 (hbk). It is certainly the case that at various points in the sometime tense relationship between the Methodist Church and the Church of England questions of authority have arisen. Th e way in which each church expressed order has been both an aid to understanding and a barrier to closer communion. In this short monograph we are off ered a perspective on the development of ministry and order in the early Methodist movement by paying particular attention to John Wesley’s understanding and exercise of order in relation to those preachers who were in connexion with him. As the Methodist movement developed and Wesley’s own sense of being called to serve the gospel became more acute, so this volume turns to his subsequent action in rites of ordination, the fi rst of which took place in 1784. Th e historical development of Wesley’s teaching, thought and justifi cation for his actions in setting apart ministers for work in America, then Scotland, and fi nally in England are documented and we are left in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecclesiology Brill

Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers

Powell, Gareth
Ecclesiology , Volume 4 (2): 255 – Jan 1, 2008
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1744-1366
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Book Reviews / Ecclesiology 4 (2008) 250–264 255 Adrian Burdon, Authority and Order: John Wesley and his Preachers (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005). 117 pp. £45. ISBN 0–7546–5454–0 (hbk). It is certainly the case that at various points in the sometime tense relationship between the Methodist Church and the Church of England questions of authority have arisen. Th e way in which each church expressed order has been both an aid to understanding and a barrier to closer communion. In this short monograph we are off ered a perspective on the development of ministry and order in the early Methodist movement by paying particular attention to John Wesley’s understanding and exercise of order in relation to those preachers who were in connexion with him. As the Methodist movement developed and Wesley’s own sense of being called to serve the gospel became more acute, so this volume turns to his subsequent action in rites of ordination, the fi rst of which took place in 1784. Th e historical development of Wesley’s teaching, thought and justifi cation for his actions in setting apart ministers for work in America, then Scotland, and fi nally in England are documented and we are left in

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