2 March 1791 A.D. John Wesley Dies—Dr. Lee Gatiss on Wesley & Pelagius
2 March 1791 A.D. John Wesley Dies—Dr. Lee Gatiss on Wesley & Pelagius John Wesley was a hot Arminian and 1/2 theologian . His acolytes were his brother, Charles Wesley , fellow cleric George Whitefield , and Walter Sellon. Arminian John founded the sectarian group of dissenters called Methodists . His work and writings also played a leading role in the development of the Holiness movement , Pentecostalism and the modern disease of Neo-Montanism. Now for a word from Dr. Gatiss. Gatiss, Lee. “Wesley and Pelagius.” Reformation21.org. 22 Dec 2014. http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2014/12/wesley-and-pelagius.php . Accessed 22 Dec 2014. For century after century, one man has been the bogeyman of Western theology. He's the bad guy. The one nobody wants to be like. Yes, you guessed it: that old Welsh heretic, Pelagius . For centuries the malign influence of his worksy free will religion has been resisted. Bede narrates in his history of the Eng...