John Wesley

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Anglican cleric Christian minister founder of Methodism human theologian

John Wesley was an 18th-century Anglican cleric and theologian who founded Methodism and became a central figure in the rise of modern evangelical Christianity.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican cleric ⓘ Christian minister ⓘ founder of Methodism ⓘ human ⓘ theologian ⓘ
birthDate	1703-06-28 ⓘ
birthPlace	Epworth, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace	Wesley's Chapel, London ⓘ
causeOfDeath	natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfAldersgateExperience	1738-05-24 ⓘ
dateOfOrdination	1728-09-19 ⓘ
deathDate	1791-03-02 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ
denomination	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
educatedAt	Charterhouse School ⓘ Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
familyName	Wesley ⓘ
father	Samuel Wesley the Younger ⓘ surface form: Samuel Wesley
founded	Methodism ⓘ surface form: Methodist movement
givenName	John ⓘ
influenced	Holiness movement ⓘ Methodist churches ⓘ surface form: Methodist Church modern evangelicalism ⓘ
influencedBy	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism Moravian Church in America ⓘ surface form: Moravian Church Pietism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Church of England ⓘ
mother	Susanna Wesley ⓘ
movement	Methodism ⓘ
notableEvent	Aldersgate experience ⓘ
notableIdea	Christian perfection ⓘ assurance of salvation ⓘ prevenient grace ⓘ
notableWork	Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament ⓘ Journal of John Wesley ⓘ Sermons Preached on Several Occasions ⓘ surface form: Sermons on Several Occasions
occupation	cleric ⓘ evangelist ⓘ theologian ⓘ
positionHeld	fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sibling	Charles Wesley ⓘ Samuel Wesley the Younger ⓘ
spouse	Mary Vazeille ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Arminianism ⓘ

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Wesleyan Methodist Church → followsTeachingsOf → John Wesley ⓘ

United Methodist Church → followsTraditionOf → John Wesley ⓘ

Methodist churches → foundationalTheologian → John Wesley ⓘ

Christian ethics → hasHistoricalFigure → John Wesley ⓘ

Jacobus Arminius → influenced → John Wesley ⓘ

George Whitefield → influencedBy → John Wesley ⓘ

Holiness movement → influencedBy → John Wesley ⓘ

Pietism → influencedPerson → John Wesley ⓘ

Great Awakening → keyPerson → John Wesley ⓘ

Charles Wesley → sibling → John Wesley ⓘ