The evangelical doctrines of Charles Wesley's hymns
Publisher: Epworth Press (E. C. Barton)
Published: 1941
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: English Hymns; History and criticism; Methodist Church; Hymns; Controversial literature; Doctrinal and controversial works
Notes: "List of Charles Wesley's publications": p. 338-340.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I : General and introductory; title: Bibliographical facts and questions. Authorship ; Chronology ; Personation; title: Literary characteristics. Values ; Metres ; Substance and texture ; Alleged literary defects; title: John Wsley's use of his brother's hymns. As doctrinal statements ; Authorized hymns ; The large hymn-book : a Methodist manifesto ; The large hymn-book : doctrinal singificance; title: Charles Wesley, theologian; title: Part II : Hymns of the Hinterland; title: The Hinterland; title: God and man. The Calvinistic controversy ; God and man in hymns of everlasting love ; Charles Wesley's universalism; title: The holy trinity. Trinitarian hymn-books ; Unity in plurality ; Trinity in unity ; Prayers to the trinity ; God the Father; title: Our Lord Jesus Christ. Charles Wesley's Lutheranism ; The divinity of Christ ; Jesus the saviour of man ; The humanity of Christ ; Easter and ascension hymns ; Nativity hymns; title: The Holy Spirit. The trinitarian hymns ; The Whitsuntide hymns and pamphlet ; The Holy Spirit and the mystic Christ ; Pentecost; title: The atonement. The finished work illustrated from Hymns on the Lord's supper, part I, and by the hymn "All ye that pass by" ; The unfinished work illustrated by the hymn "Arise, my soul, arise" and by Hymns on the Lord's supper, parts V and VI; title: The Wesleys' doctrine of the atonement and the modern mind. Fact and theory : theory and metaphor ; Modern rejections of racial significance of the atonement ; The doctrine of Holy Scripture; title: The Eucharist, church and Bible; title: Part III : Hymns of the pilgrim way; title: The pilgrimage : an introductory note; title: The Wicket Gate and the cross. Legal night and the new day ; The conversion ; The results of the conversion ; Conversion as justification by faith; title: Doctrines of the Wicket Gate. Justification and adoption ; John and Charles Wesley's doctrines of salvation ; The new birth ; The saving faith ; Assurance and witness of the Spirit ; Religion and the common life; title: The pilgrim's progress. Charles Wesley's quest for love ; Pisgah views of the pilgrim way ; Hymns for love ; Nearing the goal; title: Discussion of two pilgrims; title: The earthly paradise. Hymns of two periods ; Charles's doctrine of suffering ; The common teaching of the brothers; title: Hymns of the pilgrim band. A band of pilgrims ; A company of soldiers ; Angelology ; A society of friends ; Love and death; title: Appendix 1 : Dr. Bett's second canon; title: Appendix 2 : List of Charles Wesley's publications; title: Appendix 3 : Methodist prosody.