Methodism [ Spirituality / Associational culture / Religious Belief ]
… of Methodism can be traced back to the meetings of a small group of students at Oxford in the early 1730s in a ‘Holy Club’ so as to better practice their religious duties. ‘In November 1729, at which time I came to reside at Oxford, your … Ways of Godliness. ’ 2 Even if the term ‘ Methodist ’ was first used as a derogatory term in satires against this Holy Club, it was then re-used by Wesley to refer to those following his teachings and coming to listen to the preachers who …
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