Geordan Hammond
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198701606
- eISBN:
- 9780191771408
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198701606.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History, History of Christianity
Chapter 2 examines the theme of primitive Christianity on the voyage to Georgia. On the Simmonds, Wesley and his fellow missionaries resumed the ascetical and devotional practices characteristic of ...
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Chapter 2 examines the theme of primitive Christianity on the voyage to Georgia. On the Simmonds, Wesley and his fellow missionaries resumed the ascetical and devotional practices characteristic of the Oxford Methodists, including the adoption of religious resolutions, vegetarianism, fasting, and apostolic poverty. Wesley spent considerable time investigating the Eucharistic theology and practice of the High Churchman John Johnson and the extreme sect of Usager Nonjurors. Alongside this, he examined the baptismal doctrine and practice of the primitive church and Church of England, particularly through the work of William Wall, which was influential amongst High Churchmen. Wesley engaged in this intensive study with the aim of restoring the ecclesiology of the primitive church in Georgia as advocated by the Usager Nonjurors. At sea he began to implement his clerical practices, which emphasized the centrality of the sacraments in worship inspired by the example of the early church and Nonjurors.Less
Chapter 2 examines the theme of primitive Christianity on the voyage to Georgia. On the Simmonds, Wesley and his fellow missionaries resumed the ascetical and devotional practices characteristic of the Oxford Methodists, including the adoption of religious resolutions, vegetarianism, fasting, and apostolic poverty. Wesley spent considerable time investigating the Eucharistic theology and practice of the High Churchman John Johnson and the extreme sect of Usager Nonjurors. Alongside this, he examined the baptismal doctrine and practice of the primitive church and Church of England, particularly through the work of William Wall, which was influential amongst High Churchmen. Wesley engaged in this intensive study with the aim of restoring the ecclesiology of the primitive church in Georgia as advocated by the Usager Nonjurors. At sea he began to implement his clerical practices, which emphasized the centrality of the sacraments in worship inspired by the example of the early church and Nonjurors.
