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.

Statements (49)

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 NERFINISHED →
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 (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Whitefield → influencedBy → Charles Wesley →
John Wesley → sibling → Charles Wesley →