Gareth Lloyd
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199295746
- eISBN:
- 9780191711701
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199295746.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The year 1784 represents a landmark in Methodist history as John Wesley established the Conference as his successor and ordained preachers for the United States. These events, which established de ...
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The year 1784 represents a landmark in Methodist history as John Wesley established the Conference as his successor and ordained preachers for the United States. These events, which established de facto Methodist institutional independence from the Church of England, were foreshadowed by developments during the 1770s and early 1780s as separatists and Church‐Methodists agitated in support of conflicting visions of the Methodist future. These conflicts and the events of 1784 illustrate several important but understated themes of early Methodist history, such as the political nature of the Wesley brothers, the strong support for the Church of England within the ranks of laity and preachers, and how 19th century Methodist scholarship sanitized and distorted the movement's early history.Less
The year 1784 represents a landmark in Methodist history as John Wesley established the Conference as his successor and ordained preachers for the United States. These events, which established de facto Methodist institutional independence from the Church of England, were foreshadowed by developments during the 1770s and early 1780s as separatists and Church‐Methodists agitated in support of conflicting visions of the Methodist future. These conflicts and the events of 1784 illustrate several important but understated themes of early Methodist history, such as the political nature of the Wesley brothers, the strong support for the Church of England within the ranks of laity and preachers, and how 19th century Methodist scholarship sanitized and distorted the movement's early history.
Robert Tobin
- Published in print:
- 2022
- Published Online:
- April 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780190906146
- eISBN:
- 9780190906177
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190906146.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
At the start of a new decade, Episcopal leaders recognized the need for reconciliation and renewal within the church. In 1973 John Hines announced his intention to step down, having staked his ...
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At the start of a new decade, Episcopal leaders recognized the need for reconciliation and renewal within the church. In 1973 John Hines announced his intention to step down, having staked his leadership on an increasingly unpopular empowerment program. Meanwhile, the failure of General Convention to approve women’s ordination to the priesthood led a group led by Suzanne Hiatt and Carter Heyward to seek “irregular” ordination in July 1974. This triggered a crisis among the bishops, highlighting differences among them about the relationship between institutional leadership and prophetic activism. The election of John M. Allin to succeed Hines as presiding bishop proved divisive, signaling as it did a turn away from his activist agenda to a more traditional model of church mission. By the close of the 1970s, the Episcopal Church was simultaneously more outward-looking and more inwardly troubled than ever before.Less
At the start of a new decade, Episcopal leaders recognized the need for reconciliation and renewal within the church. In 1973 John Hines announced his intention to step down, having staked his leadership on an increasingly unpopular empowerment program. Meanwhile, the failure of General Convention to approve women’s ordination to the priesthood led a group led by Suzanne Hiatt and Carter Heyward to seek “irregular” ordination in July 1974. This triggered a crisis among the bishops, highlighting differences among them about the relationship between institutional leadership and prophetic activism. The election of John M. Allin to succeed Hines as presiding bishop proved divisive, signaling as it did a turn away from his activist agenda to a more traditional model of church mission. By the close of the 1970s, the Episcopal Church was simultaneously more outward-looking and more inwardly troubled than ever before.
