Wesley, Aquinas, and Christian perfection
Subtitle: an ecumenical dialogue
By: Edgardo A. Colón-Emeric.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781602582118
Subjects: Wesley, John, -- 1703-1791; Thomas, -- Aquinas, Saint, -- 1225?-1274; Perfection -- Religious aspects -- Methodist Church -- Comparative studies; Methodist Church -- Relations -- Catholic Church; Perfection -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church -- Comparative studies; Catholic Church -- Relations -- Methodist Church
Genres: Comparative studies
Description: Employing fresh readings, the author examines & underscores the centrality of the concept of perfection for the theologies of Thomas Aquinas & John Wesley, & finds them to be largely complimentary.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Methodists and Catholics in dialogue; title: Wesley on Christian perfection; title: Wesley on the way to Christian perfection; title: Aquinas on Christian perfection; title: Aquinas on the way to Christian perfection; title: Dialogue on the Beatitudes; title: Dialogue on Christian perfection; title: Prospects for Christian perfection; title: Aquinas on women and the image of God.