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David Bundy, Associate Director, Manchester Wesley Research Centre –
Occasionally a book is truly important. This book is one! Here Pietists, Methodists, Wesleyans, and Pentecostals (in all their varieties) will find crucial keys to their theological histories and their ecumenical possibilities. The history of the interpretation of the uses (and abandonment) of pneumatological language in these traditions is insightful. The skillfully argued and closely documented work will probably, alas, not end the controversies over the terminology of “baptism with the Holy Spirit” but it will be the standard work on the subject from which all subsequent works must begin.”
D. William Faupel, Professor (retired), History of Christianity, Wesley Theological Seminary –
Larry Wood shows decisively that John Fletcher, Wesley’s designated successor, simply spells out John and Charles Wesley’s theological understanding in Luke-Acts language. He concludes the book by sketching subsequent developments in Methodist history and ends by proposing that pastors understand confirmation as an opportunity to instruct confirmands in the Wesleyan understanding of entire sanctification as part of its catechism. This is a must purchase for all theological libraries and a must read for all Wesleyan scholars and serious Christians seeking to deepen their spiritual development.
William Kostlevy, Director, Brethren Historical Library and Archives –
This landmark thoroughly documented study convincingly demonstrates that the traditional Wesleyan and holiness teaching and experience of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, far from being the nineteenth century invention of the American Holiness Movement, was rooted in the maturing thought of the Wesley brothers themselves. In an especially valuable chapter, Wood shows this experience was promoted by John Wesley’s inner circle. This work will stand as one of the most important Wesleyan studies of our generation.
Henry H. Knight III, Saint Paul School of Theology, Overland Park, Kansas –
This is a great book. Through extensive research Larry Wood presents a strong case for the pervasive linkage of Pentecostal language to Wesleyan concepts of sanctification. More than an historical argument, this book gives us an important window into the dynamic spirituality of early Methodism. It is essential reading for all who want to understand the theology of early Methodism as well as reflect on its implications for the contemporary church.
Lester Ruth, Research Professor of Christian Worship, Duke Divinity School –
Perhaps the most evocative definition of early Methodism was that it was ‘Church-of-Englandism felt.’ Laurence Wood shows how even the classic Wesley emphasis on sanctification was rooted deeply in the Anglican tradition of the Wesleys.
John Tyson, Professor of Church History and Director of United Methodist Studies, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School –
What a wonderful gift Larry Wood has given us in this book! It is lavishly documented from the sermons, journals, letters and hymns of John and Charles Wesley. The careful reader will notice much previously uncharted territory here, in terms of the roots, influences and sources which shaped the founders’ main ideas. Particularly interesting and significant is Wood’s careful attention to the development and nuancing of the key theme of Pentecost – down through the years – and bringing it into connection with the rite of Christian confirmation.
Jason E. Vickers, Professor of Theology, Asbury Theological Seminary –
Four decades in the making, this timely book explores the closely related themes of Pentecost and the baptism of the Holy Spirit in John and Charles Wesley’s writings in a way that is both theologically illuminating and spiritually inspiring. For those interested in the doctrine of sanctification in the Wesleyan tradition and the Wesleyan roots of Pentecostalism, Professor Wood’s work is must reading.