Charles Wesley

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Anglican priest Christian theologian Methodist leader human hymnwriter

Charles Wesley was an 18th-century English clergyman, co-founder of Methodism, and prolific hymn writer whose work deeply shaped Methodist theology and worship.

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Label Occurrences
Charles Wesley canonical 27

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican priest ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
Methodist leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
hymnwriter ⓘ
burialPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Marylebone ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 18th century ⓘ
coFounded Methodism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1707-12-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1788-03-29 ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Westminster School ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Wesley ⓘ
father Samuel Wesley the Younger ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Wesley
genre hymn ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
hasOccupation itinerant preacher ⓘ
influenced Methodist hymnody ⓘ
Methodist theology ⓘ
Protestant worship music ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Holy Club ⓘ
mother Susanna Wesley ⓘ
movement Evangelicalism ⓘ
surface form: Evangelical Revival
notableIdea experiential piety in hymnody ⓘ
notableWork And Can It Be That I Should Gain? ⓘ
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today ⓘ
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing ⓘ
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling ⓘ
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing ⓘ
numberOfHymnsWritten over 6000 ⓘ
occupation clergyman ⓘ
hymnwriter ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Epworth ⓘ
Lincolnshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism

Methodism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling John Wesley ⓘ
Samuel Wesley the Younger ⓘ
spouse Sarah Gwynne ⓘ
theologicalTradition Arminianism ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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Methodist churches → foundationalTheologian → Charles Wesley ⓘ
John Wesley → sibling → Charles Wesley ⓘ
George Whitefield → influencedBy → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Methodism → hasEarlyLeader → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Epworth, Lincolnshire, England → associatedWith → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Susanna Wesley → child → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Susanna Wesley → influenced → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament → associatedPerson → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Samuel Wesley the Younger → sibling → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Samuel Wesley the Younger → notableRelative → Charles Wesley ⓘ
General Rules of the Methodist Church → coFounder → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Holy Club → foundedBy → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Holy Club → memberOf → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Methodist Church of Great Britain → founder → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Magdalen Hall, Oxford → educated → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Epworth → notablePersonBornHere → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Sarah Gwynne → spouse → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing → lyricist → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling → author → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling → lyricist → Charles Wesley ⓘ
And Can It Be That I Should Gain? → author → Charles Wesley ⓘ
And Can It Be That I Should Gain? → lyricist → Charles Wesley ⓘ
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing → author → Charles Wesley ⓘ
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing → lyricist → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today → hasTextAuthor → Charles Wesley ⓘ
John Callcott Horsley → relative → Charles Wesley ⓘ
Isaac Watts → influenced → Charles Wesley ⓘ