The Wesleyan "Standards" in Great Britain
[Fourth paragraph] These writings, then, contained the standard
exposition of Methodist teaching. They provide a model and measure for adequate
preaching in the Wesleyan tradition. doctrinal sermons became in
the witnessing experience more than a belief assented to. In the dynamic of the
occasion, the sermons become a "present existing and established standard of
doctrine." The primary norm...
Doctrinal Standards in American Methodism
[Seventh paragraph] ...as assurance and Christian perfection. Wesley's
Sermons and Notes, therefore, continued to function as
the traditional standard exposition provided these missing
doctrinal emphases, and through the dynamic of doctrinal preaching, provided a
standard of distinctive Methodist teaching.
[Ninth paragraph] Within the Wesleyan tradition, then as now, the
Sermons and Notes furnished models of doctrinal
exposition. contained doctrine that challenges each generation of
Methodists not to merely assent to beliefs but to witness. The doctrinal
witness is in the process a "standard" of doctrine. Other
documents forms of witnessing have also served...
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PETS Creator: John Brawn
Petition Text: 22199-DI-66-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference