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Works of piety

Spiritual disciplines in Methodism

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Spiritual disciplines in Methodism

"Works of piety", in Methodism, are certain spiritual disciplines that along with the "works of mercy", serve as a means of grace, in addition to being manifestations of growing in grace and of having received Christian perfection (entire sanctification). All Methodist Christians, laity and ordained, are expected to employ them. The Works of Piety are:

  1. Prayer
  2. Searching the Scriptures
  3. Holy Communion
  4. Fasting
  5. Christian community
  6. Healthy living The interior works of piety are paralleled by the external Works of Mercy. John Wesley insisted that the works of piety were important because they "further ensconced believers in a spiritual world of conflict in which humans needed to pursue holiness with the same vigor with which they sought their justification." In relation to soteriology, the grace of God was "all sufficient," and it issued in a universal atonement that made possible a saving "change of heart;" this change of heart required "the influences of divine grace," but it also required "constant exertions."

References

References

  1. F. Belton Joyner. (January 2004). "Being Methodist in the Bible Belt: A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Parents, and Other Confused Methodists". [[Westminster John Knox Press]].
  2. S. T. Kimbrough. (2007). "Orthodox and Wesleyan ecclesiology". [[St Vladimir's Seminary Press]].
  3. "Christian Perfection: Works of Piety and Mercy". [[The United Methodist Church]].
  4. (27 April 2011). "American Methodist Worship". [[Oxford University Press]].
  5. "Mission: The Works of Mercy". [[The United Methodist Church]].
  6. Paul Wesley Chilcote. (2007). "Early Methodist spirituality: selected women's writings". Kingswood Books.
  7. Jeffrey Williams. (22 April 2010). "Religion and Violence in Early American Methodism: Taking the Kingdom by Force". [[Indiana University Press]].
  8. E. Brooks Holifield. (2003). "Theology in America: Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War". [[Yale University Press]].
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