[DOC] [TLE] History of Wesleyan University - Wikipedia [PAR] Wesleyan was founded by Methodist leaders and prominent residents of Middletown, and was the first academic institution to be named after John Wesley, the Protestant theologian who was the founder of Methodism. [DOC] [TLE] Methodism - Wikipedia [PAR] Methodism, or the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related 
denominations of ..... A few years later the principal of the school created a 
Methodist university, .... Among names associated with the founding period of 
Methodism in India are .... to New England, and eventually south into Virginia and 
North Carolina. [DOC] [TLE] John Wesley - Wikipedia [PAR] John Wesley was an Anglican cleric and theologian who, with his brother 
Charles and fellow cleric George Whitefield, founded Methodism. Educated at 
Charterhouse School and Oxford University, Wesley was ..... Without it the names 
of Wesley and Methodism would likely be nothing more than obscure footnotes in 
the... [DOC] [TLE] History of Wesleyan - About - Wesleyan University [PAR] Wesleyan University was founded in 1831 by Methodist leaders and Middletown 
citizens. ... Named for John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, Wesleyan is 
among the ... In 1911, some of Wesleyan's alumnae helped to found the 
Connecticut... [DOC] [TLE] Our History | The Wesleyan Church [PAR] The name "Wesleyan" is in honor of John Wesley, a priest in the Church of 
England who was the inspiration and founder of the Methodist movement. ... They 
adopted the name of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection, later changed to The 
... Five colleges and universities belong to the denomination in the United States 
and... [DOC] [TLE] John Wesley | Christian History [PAR] Get the best from CT editors, delivered straight to your inbox! .... It got worse than 
name calling at times: methodists were frequently met with violence as paid 
ruffians broke up meetings and ... Issue 69The Wesleys: Founders of Methodism
2001... [DOC] [TLE] Wesleyan University - Hartford Courant [PAR] Jul 17, 2014 ... By the mid-1900s, Wesleyan was independent of the Methodist Church. ... The 
university, a private liberal arts college founded by Methodist leaders and ... was 
named for John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement. [DOC] [TLE] Methodism - Content Pages of the Encyclopedia of Religion and ... [PAR] Methodism's founder, John Wesley, was an Anglican priest whose own religious 
... first attracted attention to his work in the 1730s as a tutor at Oxford University, ... 
and his followers acquired the name "Methodists," a derisive reference to the .... (
a body formed in 1946 by the merger of the Church of the United Brethren in... [DOC] [TLE] United Methodist Church Timeline - GCAH [PAR] John Wesley attends Oxford University. Charles Wesley forms the ... Anna Lee 
born, founder of the Shakers. ... Thomas Coke named by Wesley as the first 
superintendent for America. ... Beginning of the camp meeting movement at 
Rehoboth, North Carolina. Bethal Methodist Episcopal Church founded in 
Philadelphia. [DOC] [TLE] Methodist History | School of Theology Library - Boston University [PAR] In 1784, the Baltimore Christmas Conference established the Methodist ... 
leading to the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, under Richard 
Allen, in 1816. ... Methodist Episcopal Church, re-named in 1956 as the Christian 
Methodist .... New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and eastern 
Connecticut. [DOC] [TLE] Methodist Church: Overview | New Georgia Encyclopedia [PAR] Apr 13, 2007 ... Georgia's deep roots in Methodism reach back to the founders of the Methodist 
movement. ... According to John Wesley, who founded the denomination in 1729, 
the three ... 1729, at Oxford University in England, brothers John and Charles .... 
to change its name to the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. [DOC] [TLE] BBC - Religions - Christianity: Methodist Church [PAR] Jul 12, 2011 ... A profile of the Methodist Church, the fourth largest Christian Church in England: 
its history and founder John Wesley and its values. ... to the rules and authority of 
the established Church of England. Top ... Robert Colls, Professor of English 
History at the University of Leicester explores Methodism's belief in... [DOC] [TLE] SMU Facts - Southern Methodist University [PAR] SMU

Question: Methodists founded this Connecticut University & named it for Methodism's founder
Answer: Wesleyan