卫理公会派教徒课件

Methodist卫理公会派教徒Methodist1TheHistoryofMethodismOriginsTheMethodistbeganinthemid-18thcenturyastheChurchofEngland.asmallgroupofstudents,includingJohnWesley,CharlesWesleyandGeorgeWhitefield,metontheOxfordUniversitycampus.Theyfocusedonbiblestudy,methodica(系统的)studyofscripture(圣经)andlivingaholylife.TheyalsofoundedtheHolyclubatOxfordIn1735,JohnandcharlesWesleywenttoAmericatoteachthegospel(传播福音)totheamericanIndiansinthecolonyofGeorgia.Inlessthantwoyears,theHolyClubdisbanded.JohnWesleyreturnedtoEnglandandmetwithagroupofclergymenherespected.Afterthat,theseclergymen(牧师)becamepopular.TheHistoryofMethodism2Thenickname"Methodists"studentshadusedagainstthewesleyswasrevivedThefollowersbecameknownasMethodists.TheseMethodistsfrequentlyvisitedthesickandthepoor,aswellasprisonersMethodistpreachers(牧师)werenotorious(臭名昭著的)fortheirenthusiasticsermons(FiE)andoftenaccusedoffanaticism(狂玨热).Becauseofthis,theyoftenbeexpelledfromthechurch.However,manyunderclasspeopleweredeeplymovedbyhissermonsandbegantobelieveinChristianityAfterAmericanIndependence,MethodismbreakedawayfromAnglican(圣公会).ThenitsplitintotheMethodistProtestantchurch(美普会)hemethodistEpiscopalChurchSouth(监理会),themethodistEpiscopalChurch(美以美会)andsoon.In1939,thesethreechurchmergedintotoday'stheMethodistChurch(卫理公会Thenickname"Methodists"stude3FirstandSecondAwakeningsTheFirstGreatAwakeningwasareligiousmovementamongcolonials(殖民地)from1730sto1740s.TheEnglishCalvinist(加尔文主义)MethodistpreacherGeorgeWhitefield(乔治·怀特菲尔德)travelledacr。ssthecoloniesandpreachedinadramaticandemotionalstyle.Heaccepttedeveryoneashisaudience.ThenewstyleofsermonsbreathednewlifeintoreligioninAmerica.Peoplebecamepassionatelyinvolvedintheirreligion,ratherthanpassivelylisteningtodiscourse(论述)TheSecondGreatAwakeningwasanationwidewaveofrevivalsfrom1790to1840.InNewEngland,therenewedinterestinreligioninspiredawaveofsocialactivism(行动主x).Methodismgrewrapidlyandestablishedseveralcolleges,especiallyBostonUniversityFirstandSecondAwakenings4ThomasCoke卫理公会第一任主教JohnWesley约翰卫斯理GeorgeWhitefield乔治囗怀特菲尔德ThomasCoke5两次分裂和合并1828年有虔诚圣洁的会友多人,主要由于坚持会友代表权的缘故而分离,另行组织美普会。1844年又为蓄奴问题或总议会与会督之权限问题而分裂在美南的称监理会,在美北的称美以美会。1939年5月10日在密苏里州堪萨斯城召开的联合大会中美以美会、坚理会和美普会合并成现今的卫理公会。1968年4月23日,卫理公会和福音联合弟兄会又合并成为联合卫理公会。两次分裂和合并6MethodistChurchNMethodistChurch7HHEEHHEE8ThebestlovedmaninEnglandJohnWesleyJohnWesley(1703-1791wasborninEpworthEngland.HisfatherwasagraduateoftheUniversityofOxfordandachurchofenglandrectorInJune1720,WesleyenteredChristChurch,Oxford.In1724,hegraduatedasaBachelorofArtsanddecidedtopursueaMasterofArtsdegree.Hewasordainedadeaconon25September1725.In1726,WesleywaselectedafellowofLincolnCollege,OXford.InAugust1727,aftertakinghismastersdegree,WesleyreturnedtoEpworthOrdainedaprieston22September1728,Wesleyservedasaparishcuratefortwoyears.Hereturnedtooxfordin1729attherequestoftheRectorofLincolnCollegeandtomaintainhisstatusasjuniorFellowThebestlovedmaninEngland9In1735,WesleyandhisbrotherCharlessailedforSavannahattherequestofJamesoglethorpe.Ir1737.hereturnedtoEnglandFrom1739,Wesleybeganhisopen-airpreaching.Thoughhewaspersecutedbyclergyandmagistratesforvariousreason,hekeptpreachingtotheendThe