A Pentecostal Appropriation of the Wesleyan Quadrilateral
12. Ibid. p. 9.
13. Donald A.D. Thorsen, The Wesleyan Quadrilateral: Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience as a Model of Evangelical Theology. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1990), p. 16.
14. Outler, Wesleyan Quadrilateral, p. 2.
15. See Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley’s Scriptural Christianity: A Plain Exposition of His Teaching on Christian Doctrine. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1994), p. 20.; Also see Randy L. Maddox, “Responsible Grace: The Systematic Nature of Wesley’s Theology Reconsidered,” Wesleyan Theological Journal 19:2. (1984).
16. Thorsen, p. 17.
17. Outler, Wesleyan Quadrilateral, p. 4.
18. Works, 8:340. “The Character of a Methodist.”
19. Works, 8:340. “The Character of a Methodist.”
20. Works, 5:3. “Preface.”
21. Works, 14:220. “Abridgments of Various Works.”
22. Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament, 2 Timothy 3:16.
23. Works, 10:79. “Letter to the Rev. Dr. Middleton.”
24. Kenneth J. Collins, “John Wesley’s Critical Appropriation of Tradition in His Practical Theology.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 35:2 (200). p. 69-90.
25. Ibid, p. 75.
26. Ted A. Campbell, John Wesley and Christian Antiquity: Religious Vision and Cultural Change. (Nashville, TN: Kingswood Books, 1991).
27. Thorsen, p. 152.
28. Works, 7:423. “At the Foundation of City-Road Chapel.”
29. Ibid, 7:423.
30. Thomas A. Langford, Practical Divinity: Theology in the Wesleyan Tradition. (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1989), p. 12.
31. Works, 10:485. “Address to the Clergy.”
32. Works, 5:38. “Scriptural Christianity.”
33. Campbell, Christianity Antiquity, p. 83.
34. Works, 10:1. “Letter to Rev. Dr. Middleton.”
35. Maddox, Responsible Grace: John Wesley’s Practical Theology. p. 135.
36. Ibid, p. 135.
37. Ibid, 6:351-60. “The Case of Reason Considered.”
38. Ibid, 6:353.
39. Maddox, Responsible Grace: John Wesley’s Practical Theology. p. 40.
40. Works, 6:354. “The Case of Reason Considered.”
41. Oden, p. 75.
42. Works, 6:355-58.
43. Outler, Wesleyan Quadrilateral. p. 127.
44. Works, 6:354.
45. Works, 8:13-14. “An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion.”
46. Ibid, 8:14.
47. Works, 5:124. “The Witness of the Spirit.”
48. Works, 5:124. “The Witness of the Spirit.”
49. Mildred Bangs Wynkoop, A Theology of Love: The Dynamic of Wesleyanism. (Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press), p. 350.
50. Theodore H. Runyon, “The Importance of Experience for Faith.” Randy L. Maddox ed. Aldersgate Reconsidered. p. 93-107.
51. Works, “A Letter to a Roman Catholic.”
52. Works, 10:79. “Letter to Rev. Dr. Middleton.”
53. Ibid, 5:125.
54. Oden, p. 226
55. There are a number of books and articles that have discussed the theological connection between the Wesleyan-Holiness movement and Pentecostalism. Winfield H. Bevins, Rediscovering John Wesley. (Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 2004); D. William Faupel, The Everlasting Gospel: The Significance of Eschatology in the Development of Pentecostal Thought. (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996); Steve J. Land, Pentecostal Spirituality: A Passion for the Kingdom. (Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997); Donald Dayton, Theological Roots of Pentecostalism. (New Jersey: Hendrickson Publishers, 1897); Vinson Synan, The Holiness Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1997); and a recent work by Laurence W. Wood, The Meaning of Pentecost in Early Methodism: Rediscovering John Fletcher as Wesley’s Vindicator and Designated Successor. (Scarecrow Press, 2003). Even non-Wesleyan Pentecostal scholars acknowledge the Wesleyan influence upon the early development of the Pentecostal movement. See Edith L. Blumhofer, “Purity and Preparation”, in S.M. Burgess (ed.), Reaching Beyond: Chapters in the History of Perfectionism (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1986), p. 275 and W.M. Menzies, “The Non-Wesleyan Origins of the Pentecostal Movement.” In V. Synan (ed.), Aspects of Pentecostal Charismatic Origins (Plainfield, NJ: Logos, 1975), p. 97.
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