Methodist doctrine : the essentials / Ted A. Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Ted.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methodist Church--Doctrines.

Methodist Church.

Methodist Church--United States--Doctrines.

United States.

Physical Description:

159 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Nashville : Abingdon Press, [2011]

Summary:

In this concise, accessible book, Dr. Ted Campbell provides a brief summary of the major doctrines shared in the Wesieyan family of denominations. Writing in concise and straightforward language, Campbell organizes the material into systematic categories: doctrine of revelation, doctrine of God, doctrine of Christ, doctrine of the Spirit, doctrine of humanity, doctrine of, "the way of salvation" (conversion/justification/sanctification), doctrine of the church and; means of grace, and doctrine of things to come. He also supplies substantial but simplified updated references in the margins of the book that allow for easy identification of his sources.

In Methodist Doctrine: The Essentials, Ted Campbell outlines historical doctrinal consensus in American Episcopal Methodist Churches in a comparative and ecumenical dialogue-with the doctrinal inheritance of other major families of Christian tradition. In this way, the-book shows both, what Methodist churches historically teach in common with ecumenical Christianity and what is distinctive about the. Methodist tradition in its various contemporary forms. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Methodists and doctrine

Doctrines about religious authority

Doctrines about God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit

Foundational doctrines about human nature and salvation

Distinctively Wesleyan doctrines about the "way of salvation"

Doctrines about the church, ministry, and sacraments

Doctrines about judgment, eternal life, and the reign of God

Methodist doctrine and Methodist ethos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781426727016

1426727011

OCLC:

727610601