John Wesley was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the domi
Portrait by George Romney, c. 1789
John Westley grandfather, dissenting minister
Samuel Wesley father, poet
Arminianism is a theological tradition within Protestantism that emerged in the early 17th century and is based on the ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his followers, known
John Wesley
…left the Moravians and began his own ministry. A key step in the development of Wesley's ministry was to travel widely and preach outdoors, embracing Arminian doctrines. Moving across Great Britain and Ireland, he helped form and organise small Christian groups that developed intensive and personal accountability…
Jacobus Arminius in a 1625 engraving by W. Swanenburgh
Theologian Sebastian Castellio, portrait by Jean-Paul Laurens (1892)
Eyk, Abraham van der (1721). Disputes Between Remonstrants and Counter-Remonstrants in 1618.
Portrait of John Goodwin by George Glover (1641)